Putin discussed with the head of Chukotka, the problem of high prices for air tickets – Russian newspaper

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with the governor of the Chukotka Autonomous District Roman Kopin. In particular, we discussed the issue of high prices for tickets for residents in the region and the complexity of the reindeer herders.

The governor started a conversation with the good news, saying that the 2014 Chukotka was “good.” “The main branch of economy – Gold – increased and reached 32 tons of metal produced per year, about 12 percent of what is produced in Russia, – he said. – There are new jobs.” Kopin explained that it, in particular, more than 2 million jobs that have emerged due to the launch of new deposits. As a result of measures in the labor market, unemployment in the region is quite low.

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“What you have right now the average salary in the region?” – Asked the President, adding separately on the public sector. According to the explanatory of his interlocutor, if the whole people of the region in the past year received an average of 79,000 rubles, for example, “the doctors the average wage – 105-106 thousand rubles.” Teachers also earned last year 80 thousand rubles. “We follow the targets of the May decree”, – assured the head of the region. However, this year there has been a slight lag, “schedule” for a number of public sector wage growth, he acknowledged. “In the first quarter of 2015 raises some concerns junior medical staff – said Kopin. – We have a little bit not call up targets, schools and teachers have begun to sink slightly. However, he has promised for years to correct this omission.

“In addition, some problematic issues still exist in the region’s development?” – asked Vladimir Putin.

“One of the big questions – this aircraft – said his companion, – for Chukotka – one of the most remote regions, no alternative to aircraft. “According to him, despite the measures taken by the transport accessibility and the introduction of preferential categories of tickets, fares for flights to Moscow are high. The average ticket costs 36 thousand rubles, and at the peak of the season the price is 70 thousand rubles one way. “Of course, the people feel it – admitted the governor. – There is some tension, isolation, a feeling that we live in a corner of a bear. “The fact that Chukotka – the most remote regions of Russia, and the only way to get from Moscow to Anadyr – the plane.

Authorities in the region have tried to out on this subject in talks with the airlines, but did not achieve positive changes. In this regard, the leadership of the Autonomous District has decided to study the experience of other regions. According to Kopin, the airline “Aeroflot” has recently introduced a “flat” rates for residents of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatka, Khabarovsk , Vladivostok and other cities. “They have the tickets cost from 11,000 rubles to one side to 18 thousand – there and back,” – said the governor. And asked the president: “If there was an opportunity to support our movement to establish “flat” rates, more affordable tariffs for the residents of the region, it would, of course, very much in the region “.

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Vladimir Putin elaborate on what companies are talking about. It turned out that the region is only one airline – “Transaero”. For their competitors, said Roman Kopin, came the hard times – companies have to turn off part of the route.

The head of state promised in response to the discussion of the topic.

Meanwhile, in Chukotka was found another problem, requiring the attention of the Russian leader. It reindeer husbandry – “zhizneobrazuyuschem” direction for indigenous people in the region. “At present, we process about a thousand tons of venison – said Kopin – and are available in one form or another 40 types of products: from stew, dumplings to smoked meats, sausages, dried, well, just cut. “So what we are talking about food security in Chukotka, said the head of the autonomous region.

However, there were problems with subsidies. The federal program reindeer herding assimilated in this sense to the horse breeding, while climate and costly part they are different. As a result, the subsidy northerners, according to the head of the region, is not enough – 150 rubles for the head of a deer. But we need about a thousand rubles. “Given that the region still remain subsidized, it would be fair to review the criteria for reindeer herding in the Arctic zone,” – addressed a new request to the governor.

Vladimir Putin promised detailed discussion on this subject.

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