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Working meeting with Head of the Republic of Karelia Alexander Khudilainen

March 11, 2015, The Kremlin, Moscow

Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with Head of the Republic of Karelia Alexander Khudilainen. Mr Khudilainen briefed the President on the results for 2014 and plans for 2015.

Mr Khudilainen said that Karelia is getting investment in the timber processing and mining sectors. Tourism is developing, with more than 2 million people visiting the republic, which has a population of 640,000 people, in 2014. A revival is underway in the shipbuilding sector. Work continues to connect the region’s towns and villages to the gas network, and construction of a new airport will begin in 2015.

March 11, 2015, The Kremlin, Moscow