The Commission of the Ministry of the Russian Federation for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic approved the application of the next candidate for the residents of the territory of advanced development "Capital of the Arctic". Pondera Arctic will act as a contractor in the project to create capacity and complete the assembly of the plant for the production of liquefied natural gas in the framework of the project implemented by NOVATEK. This was announced today by the Governor Andrey Chibis during the traditional operational meeting, which he held via videoconference from Moscow.
"The sixth application for obtaining the status of a resident has been approved . The agreement with Ponder Arctic will create 630 new jobs in the region," the head of the region said.
The governor also said that another company from the Murmansk region has become a resident of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation. The recreation center "Gulfstream 51" will contribute to the development of tourism in the Pechenga district. The volume of investments in the project is almost 2 million rubles.
"Let me remind you that the Murmansk Region has entered the TOP 10 regions of the country in terms of investment. I invite potential investors to work in the region. Today, both large projects and small and medium-sized businesses are subject to the preferential tax regime of the TOR and the AZRF, " said Andrey Chibis.