Cottage settlement “Gagarinland” implemented within the program “New Dachas” is situated in 145 kilometers along Minsk highway on the boarder of Moscow and Smolensk regions, in 25 km from Gagarin town. Settlement area — 34 ha, including 14 ha of lake mirror around which 110 lots per 12 hundred cub.m. are located in a “fan-shape”. Settlement construction began in April 2009 and is being implemented in three turns. The project will be completed in full in summer 2011. The strategic partner of the project is “NLK Domostroenie” company, a part of Investlesprom holding.

On October, 23 the meeting of WIC (wood industry complex) development Council under RF (Russian Federation) Government was held in Moscow, presided over by first vice-premier, Viktor Zubkov. Within the council there was heard the experience of Privolzhsk and Ural’sk federal regions concerning priority investment projects realization in the field of profound processing of wood.

(…) News Agency REGNUM: Such leaders of Karelian economy as Kondopoga and Segezha pulp and paper mills are known all over the country. What is the state of affairs at these enterprises?
 — OJSC “Kondopoga” and OJSC “Segezha PPM” withstood — and this is important! Enterprises’ Management together with Karelian Government have put into practice competent and timely administrative decisions aimed at stability increase during crisis period. They were able to avoid serious production shutdowns, mass redundancy, social programs reduction. This didn’t come easy but today specialists believe that the “bottom” of the crisis for these enterprises has been left behind. Besides both giants were included into federal support program for backbone enterprises that played positive role as well.
(…) During nine months of 2009 OJSC “Segezha PPM” produced 168,3 thous. tons of paper that make up 95 percent of last year level. While in respect of the main product — sack paper — by the end of the year the enterprise will reach the level 102–104 percent of 2008 level. Production capacities are loaded at 90 percent. The situation is under control. The mill does not have outstanding dept before the budget and wages as well; it is looking into future confidently.
Dimensioned, even to international measures, investment project “Polar Bear” has started its implementation; it is aimed at fundamental reconstruction of the mill, capacity increase, and new product types’ application. As a result of the project’s realization the mill have to become leader among Russian and foreign bleached softwood and hardwood pulp producers by such criteria as technology efficiency, quality and ecological cleanness of production and commodity output.
Government of RK comprehensively supports “Polar Bear” project being decisive for Wood Industry Complex development in Karelia.
(Out of interview with Head of Republic of Karelia (RK), S.L. Katanandov, of news agency REGNUM)

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Total gain of entered into Top-50 of “Lesnaya Industriya”, by the results of 2008, constituted 216,34 milliard rubles. 70% of the total gain falls on 10 largest companies that tells about continuation of consolidation process in the industry: in the last year rating this share was 60%.