
Dmitry Patrushev met with the governor of the Irkutsk region Igor Kobzev
Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Patrushev met with the governor of the Irkutsk region Igor Kobzev. The meeting discussed issues of socio-economic development of the region.
Igor Kobzev said that the Irkutsk region is developing successfully. The industrial production index of the region over 11 months of last year increased by 9%. The mineral extraction index for the same period rose above the average Russian and amounted to 112% – this is the seventh place in Russia as a whole. The processing industry index increased by more than 5%.
Also at the meeting, the issues of forest use, agriculture and implementation of the measures of the national project “Environmental well -being” were raised.