“For example, an industrial center with an attractive economy and long-term growth potential, Copper and Electrical Engineering, could be created between Bratsk and Krasnoyarsk,” Shoigu said in an interview with RBC.

According to him, in the Kansk region there is a potential for the creation of a coal chemical production, near Lesosibirsk it is possible to create a cluster "Wood and building materials".

Earlier, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia - Presidential Plenipotentiary in the Far Eastern Federal District (FEFD) Yuri Trutnev, in an interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda radio, commented on the possibility of building new cities in the Far Eastern Federal District.