The Deputy Prime Minister, who is the presidential plenipotentiary representative of the Russian Far East, said that "large-scale development is necessary to make the land of Russia an objective fact" over the Northern Territories, and attract foreign investment within five years. At the same time, he expressed his desire to accelerate development.
Deputy Prime Minister Yury Trutnev, the presidential plenipotentiary representative of the Russian Far East, responded to an interview with a national television station in Vladivostok, the central city of the Russian Far East, and aired on the 16th.
In this, Deputy Prime Minister Yury Trutnev said of the Northern Territories, "It is necessary to develop the island on a large scale not only to understand it as Russian land but also to make it an objective fact."
"I hope that we will feel that development has progressed rapidly within the next five years. It is also necessary to end a series of dialogues," he said, showing a strong stance on territorial disputes.
Regarding the development method, he mentioned the proposal that Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin announced when he visited Etorofu Island in July to establish an area to which preferential treatment such as tariff exemption would be applied to the northern territories. He expressed his desire to actively attract foreign investment.
Russia is preparing for the House of Representatives election next month, and Deputy Prime Minister Yury Trutnev's remarks are aimed at the locals, and the Japanese side is not making progress in peace treaty negotiations and joint economic activities. It seems that there is also an aim to explore the reaction.