Where should the Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East be geographically located? When will the megaproject to build a bridge from the mainland to Sakhalin be completed? And have you claimed your own free land plot under the Far Eastern Hectare programme? Andrey VANDENKO, a senior interviewer at the TASS news agency, asked Alexander KOZLOV, the Minister for the Development of the Russian Far East, these questions and more, exclusively on behalf of the EEF magazine.

The Ratings of socio-economic development of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, presented by the RIA Ratings agency, provide data on regional development in Russia. Regional ratings can serve as a tool for assessing investment appeal of the regions or as a reference point for identifying problems and finding solutions to them.