“Russian President Vladimir Putin took part in the launch ceremony of a new fish processing plant on the island of Shikotan,” RIA Novosti quotes Shapku.

It is noted that the ceremony took place at the joint exposition of the Russian Ministry for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic and the development institutions of the Far Eastern Federal District.

September 3, Putin flew to Vladivostok to participate in the WEF.

Oksana Bondar, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Regional Policy and Problems of the North and the Far East, spoke about the importance of the Eastern Economic Forum for Russia in an interview with PolitExpert.