Russia embarked on development of South Kuril Islands to attract foreign investors list

Singwensi Russia: Good fortune has been prepared for foreign investors since November 1 last year, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrived in the South Kuril Islands (Japan said the "four northern islands") the southernmost end of the island, Japan and Russia on the South Kuril Islands, the sovereignty dispute gradually escalated.　　And the Russian government has actively invited China and South Korea and other countries with the territory of the disputed country's enterprises stationed in the South Kuril Islands to participate in the development, but also caused by Japan's strong dissatisfaction. At the same time, because of U.S. support for Japan in the four northern islands sovereignty issue, but also led to Russia and Japan on the issue of the controversy towards more complex and unclear. Russian Foreign ministry 21st summoned the U.S. ambassador to Russia, the United States on the recent Russian-Japanese disputed islands made representations.　　The United States argues that the incident originated from a "misunderstanding."　　As for the incident, Russian media believe that because of U.S. intervention, Russia-Japan relations in the near period will be more tense. Investment, China and South Korea in the Lienan Islands is the most outstanding issue between Japan and Russia, but also a great obstacle to the development of bilateral relations.　　Some scholars pointed out that in recent years, with the development of cooperation between Japan and Russia, the attitude of Russia on the territorial issue has not softened, but more hard-line, because Russia has clearly seen: not to solve the territorial issue can also develop relations with Japan. After returning from a visit to the South Kuril Islands, Medvedev launched a series of moves, determined to promote local development.　　Medvedev is actively sending signals to neighboring countries to invite neighboring countries to cooperate in the South Kuril Islands. The South Kuril Islands are administered by Sakhalin, the state's main trading partner, Japan, South Korea and China.　　For the development of the South Kuril Islands, the Sakhalin state's referral activities will also focus on the three countries. According to Russian media, Island aquatic Enterprise "Renaissance" Company and a Chinese fish processing company signed a cooperation agreement on the construction of sea cucumber farms earlier this month to further export sea cucumbers to China.　　The head of the "Renaissance" company said the joint venture would be officially put into production from April this year. Russian Regional Development Minister Bassalkin also revealed that the Russian side has sent a list of South Kuril Islands investment projects to the South Korean investors for consideration. South Korean companies are said to be interested in projects such as construction, coal, aquatic processing and hotels.　　Preparations are being prepared to participate in the development of the programme. In fact, the Sakhalin state Government held an investment statement in South Korea Seoul last April, including the disputed territory of Russia and Japan.　　The state government also plans to hold the same investment statement for Chinese companies in Beijing this March. Russian authorities openly pledged that Russia will provide preferential policies for foreign investment to develop four northern islands. "The South Kuril Islands have prepared their own wealth for investors in China, South Korea, the United States and Australia – whether it is fishing, geothermal energy, tourism or other mineral resources ... Whoever invests here, the Russian government will open the ' green light ' for them.　　"Sakhalin, Minister of Economic Development of the State, explained further. Poor facilities, the development of the South Kuril Islands refers to the Russian Kamchatka Peninsula and Japan's North SeaThe choice of the road between the catch, after the state, tooth dance, color Dan four islands, a total area of 5038.33 square kilometers, currently under the actual Russian control. It not only has the important strategic position, but also has the good harbor and the abundant resources.　　It is estimated that the total value of oil, coal and rare metals in the four islands and continental shelf is $45.8 billion.　　Owing to the lack of investment by the Russian government for a long time, the disputed island's infrastructure is lagging behind and the economy is in poor condition, most of the residents live below the poverty line.　　In 2006, the Russian government adopted the "2007-2015 Thousand Island Islands Socio-economic development Program", which aims to improve the local infrastructure and improve the living conditions of the residents, and plans to use the region for 9 years to create a new Russian "special Economic Zone", which integrates labor, agriculture, business and tourism. According to the plan, the development of transport infrastructure in the Kuril Islands area, the establishment of a biological resources development and processing base, the building of an integrated system of raw materials and the social infrastructure, as well as the strengthening of energy exploration, exploitation and development of tourism to stimulate the further development of the local economy should be vigorously built.　　Communication facilities and television reception equipment, and to achieve high-speed Internet access to the island's residents to improve the local living conditions are relatively backward situation, to establish a local military airport, including the naval port of the 12 Defense Forces infrastructure, to create a safe and good investment environment for investors, thereby attracting more private investment. At present, Island geothermal power station has been fully opened, the geothermal power plant using Mendeleev volcanic steam Pressure "free" power generation. According to experts, this method can be free of more than 4,000 tons of diesel, but also save 7000~10000 tons of coal.　　Data show that the island's income has doubled to date, attracting more foreign capital to 10 million of billions of dollars. But despite the ambitions of the Russian government and local governments for the development and construction of the Kuril Islands, Russian public opinion is concerned that the region's economic development is no more than a start from zero in terms of the current basic conditions of the Kuril Islands, and that a $80 million trillion annual financial allocation is a drop in the bucket.　　Without the active participation of foreign investment, the Russian government is determined to put the region into a "special economic zone" concept is still very difficult.　　Interestingly, in the Russian government "Italian" foreign investment, the order is: Japan, Korea, China ...　　However, Medvedev "consider the establishment of a unified economic zone, free trade zone," the idea was strongly opposed by Japan. Russia and Japan confrontation, and have seen the experts estimate that nearly 100 countries in the world have territorial problems and territorial claims.　　Either unilaterally a territorial claim or a territorial claim by both parties.　　In the battle between Russia and Japan over the sovereignty of the South Kuril Islands, although the trend is not yet clear, but the essence of the victory and defeat has actually emerged.　　Poll results published by the all-Russian opinion research center showed that 89% of Russians opposed the return of four islands in the South Kuril Islands to Japan. Sociologists point out that, since 1994, there has been an increasing number of Russians who are unwilling to "return to Japanese territory".At that time, the opposition to restitution accounted for 76%.　　Most Russians believe that if Mr Medvedev decides to return the disputed islands to Japan, 63% of Russian citizens will change their attitude towards him.　　As Lohukov, Russia's former ambassador to Japan, said: "This is a troubling political issue involving the national sentiments, self-esteem and great economic interests of two countries." Here, most of the Russian observers believe that the Russian-Japanese territorial dispute will not particularly affect the business cooperation between the two countries. Kistanov, director of the Japan Research Center at the Far East Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, said some Japanese companies planning to invest in Russia would think twice about political and diplomatic considerations. As for the companies currently operating in Russia, will Japan withdraw from the Sakhalin and Sakhalin second projects? Can you not buy Russian oil and gas? Not likely.　　Alternatively, Japan's closure of Nissan and Toyota assembly plants in the suburbs of St. Petersburg is not realistic. "Even if the two countries fall into the doldrums, they will not go further because there is no place left to go."　　Kistanov stressed. March, Russia and Japan will continue to hold talks on the South Kuril Islands. But analysts judged Japan's energy shortage, so Japan-Russia energy relations are of paramount importance. No matter how the negotiations, no matter how Russia's relations with Japan develop, in the face of increasingly tough Russia, Japan can play a very limited number of cards.