New regions of Russia are actively restoring industry and integrating into the country’s production chains, said the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov in an interview with the Kherson News Agency.

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We have collected the key statements of the Deputy Prime Minister:

Promising industries in the DPR and LPR are metallurgy, chemistry and mechanical engineering;

There are already more than 500 enterprises operating in the new regions. Since last spring, as part of the work of the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade, it was possible to restart about 160 industrial sites, which provided work for another 11.5 thousand people;

Products manufactured in new regions are already supplied to other regions of Russia;

New regions are becoming attractive to investors, especially in the field of metallurgy and heavy engineering;

A free economic zone has been created to support the investment potential of new regions;

New regions have the potential to introduce artificial intelligence and innovation, but the main task now is to restore the destroyed production infrastructure and eliminate the technological gap;

Food security has been ensured in the Donetsk and Lugansk republics, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions;

In new regions, local retail chains are actively developing and negotiations are underway to work with large regional retail chains and leading marketplaces.

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