“We need to develop the Pacific Ocean, because this is our Mediterranean Sea”

Any initiatives in the eastern direction are of great importance for Russia, because they allow to provide multipolarity regardless of the content of the initiatives. An important moment of President Medvedev’s trip to the East was that the BRICS five gathered and, in fact, created in addition to G8 and G20 a unit of world politics. It will allow a more balanced solution of many issues. It is no coincidence that BRICS met in China, which indicates that the world center of economic life has shifted to Northeast Asia.

Then the key question arises: what is Russia in BRICS and in Northeast Asia today? Here the situation does not look good. In terms of economic growth, Russia lags sharply behind all the five states. If we take the structure of trade, then in Russia it is one of the most raw materials. If we take China's trade with the Far Eastern Federal District, we see the advantage of China and the absolute transformation of the Russian Far East into a raw materials appendage of China. Then the question arises: what goals does Russia put forward and what does it hope for? After all, the main positions have now been lost.

Behind the words about the financial center does not actually cost anything

As for the International Financial Center, these are not only important technical things, such as the settlement system, the exchange system, and so on. It is primarily the ability to offer a unique service. In this regard, nothing is clear with the Moscow Financial Center, since we cannot be either the City of London, or Wall Street, or Hong Kong. Russia does not really offer anything. Behind the words about the financial center does not actually cost anything.

Therefore, the visit of the President of the Russian Federation to Northeast Asia and in particular to Hong Kong with definitive clarity raised the question: either we really will make the world financial center, or this will turn into just PR. If we do, then we need other initiatives, a different content and understanding of the goals of world development, a different type of accounting, and long-term money for these purposes. This is the key question. The main significance of the visit is that he allowed this problem to be identified.

What projects together with Asian countries can Russia implement? It should be understood that in addition to the standard commodity turnover that has taken shape in the past twenty years, it is necessary to discuss projects related to the remnants of basic science in Russia and the ability to implement projects that would involve the resources of all states. There are several obvious options. For example, the creation of the Vostochny cosmodrome is not just another Baikonur, but a fundamentally new, advanced cosmodrome with the strongest international participation and international investments, and not only by means of the Federal Budget of the Russian Federation.

Today, Russia is a raw materials appendage in the Pacific Ocean

Today, Russia is a raw materials appendage in the Pacific. Having unique bioresources that are absolutely ahead of the resources of other states, we almost never process them and do not develop the economy of the Pacific Ocean. Here Russia should and could offer a serious project. This is not only the development of the fishing industry. For example, it is possible to extract unique elements from the ocean, which is important for the chemical industry. There are projects that have scientific and fundamental importance (the study of the seabed), and there are those that have economic value.

We need to explore the Pacific Ocean, because this is our Mediterranean Sea. This is a unique region, where we have both access to the ocean and resources, but we do not conduct serious research except purely scientific ones.

Another area is energy projects. They are associated not only with the supply of raw materials, but also with new approaches to the energy sector, including the development of nuclear energy. We will not get anywhere from nuclear energy! The only question is that it should be the energy of a completely different generation with a completely different safety. Here Russia has all the possibilities for Northeast Asia and the Pacific region to actively cooperate with us.

Comments

[turnip]

We need to develop the Pacific Ocean, because this is our Mediterranean Sea. - can lower the bar a little, more realism

[mmm]

Everything is correct. The Pacific Ocean is marine communications, bioresources, energy, minerals, etc. - the richest opportunities. Just stupid - if Russia misses the opportunity to develop and develop the resources of the Far East.

It would be stupid if Russia does not master its Far East.
On the Pacific coast, it is important to develop maritime transport communications, processing of marine bioresources, oil and gas production, etc.
The field of activity is huge - it would be the desire of the government.

[Paparacia]

turnip - aren't you a Cossack mishandled?
In general, we need to master everything, and the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic, and some more thread, more, more !!!

otherwise we will "walk in girls" ...

[Escander]

Paparacia

You yourself mishandled.
You do not tell this turnip, and holding our power. Look at the facts for a start. What naval grouping is being strengthened now - NORTH, and what about the Pacific grouping? In fact of the matter…

[vist]

Naive, they will master and cut, surrender for kickbacks, the current "elite" is not capable of more, naturally, under the bravura-patriotic squeals of the controlled media, for twenty years of "democracy" for embezzlement on a particularly large scale, almost no one answered, on the contrary, people of this category, they have become something like economic gurus, objects for imitation, why does everyone think that now everything will be different, prezik, did he promise?

[His]

Russia is two heads of an eagle. No one has ever really thought about the development of the Far East. We thought that Europe is all. China will be everything soon

[Cheese]

For the development of the Far East, only one trifle is needed - the presence of an ice-free seaport. The common truth of logistics. There will be a port, and in addition to normal transport connections, at least with Transib, consider the development problem to be solved, will not - then you can give any bonus to those who solve this problem.
This is so, by the way, about our exit to the Pacific Ocean.

[Stavr]

Yes, this is possible, but only in one case: the transfer of the capital of Russia to Vladivostok. Is it possible that the authorities voluntarily moved to the East !? Unbelievable! Therefore, in the future, all these riches will go to China and there is nothing to go on drooling, if not only our arms are short, but our tandem’s pants too.

[Cheese]

Interestingly, and where does the tandem? Or is it a fashion to blame age-old problems on current leaders? How much was howling when Putin organized the APEC summit in Vladik? Everyone was screaming, why bury the money on Russky Island? And now they suddenly remembered that the Far East should be developed, but Putin is still to blame. It seems that the tandem is only to blame for the fact that Russia is moving forward and developing, and many do not like it, so the notorious tandem must be denigrated at all costs!