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Andrey Kazantsev: “There is discussion between the authorities and the population; the authorities react to new social demands”
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Agglomeration of Caucasian Mineralnye Vody to become special economic zone
The plenipotentiary envoy of the Russian president to the North Caucasian Federal District, Alexander Khloponin, declared that the development project for the recreational and industrial district of Mineralnye Vody requires the establishment of a new special economic zone with tax benefits
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Not all is well with the young people of the Caucasus
Report from the pan-Caucasus youth education camp "Mashuk-2010"
During the first pan-Caucasus youth education camp "Mashuk-2010", a big press-conference has taken place, dedicated to youth politics and the work of the conference itself. The head of the federal youth agency Vasiliy Yakimenko, deputy representative of the Russian president in the North Caucasus District Yuri Olenikov, governor of Stavropol territory Valery Gaevskiy, archbishop of Stavropol and Vladikavkaz Feofan and chairman of the Coordination center of Muslims of the North Caucasus, Ismail-Hadzhy Berdiev, answered questions put by journalists and participants.
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Joint Russian-Korean energy company to be created in North Caucasus
The "Resorts of the North Caucasus (CSC)", the South Korean company "Korea Western Power" and "CHT Korea" have created a Russian-Korean joint venture, which will supply the tourism cluster with power and will be built in Southern Russia, RIA Novosti reports.
Earlier it was reported that the CSC and the French state holding company "Caisse des Depots et Consignations" had created a joint venture to develop the tourist cluster, entitled "International Development of the Caucasus".
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Saakashvili's "construction of the century" threatens Colchis national reserve
The Agency for Protected Areas is preparing a special statement in connection with the construction of a new town in western Georgia, Georgia Online reports, referring to "Kommersant".
Several non-governmental environmental organizations have recently stated that the construction will threaten the Colchis national reserve. According to the Agency for Protected Areas, they are aware of problems in connection with the construction of Lazika.
The initiative to build a new town in Western Georgian belongs to president Mikheil Saakashvili.
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$1.8 million to be invested in Ajaria's tourism industry
The authorities of the autonomous region of Ajaria are going to invest $1.8 million in the region's tourism industry in 2012, News-Georgia reports.
The authorities also say they they will try to attract international tourists, especially from Poland and Israel.
