OREANDA-NEWS. May 28, 2010. Meetings with representatives of the companies and organizations carrying out investment projects in territory of the republic took place in the Ministry of Economic Development of Karelia. During the working meetings chaired by the Deputy Minister of Economic Development of Karelia Sergey Alimpiev the course of preparation for the largest in history of the republic fair Economy of Karelia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow was discussed. The exhibition will work in Petrozavodsk on June 8-10 in the Kaleidoscope center on Warkaus quay, 12.

The business part of the exhibition includes presentation of the leading investment projects of the republic. In the conversation with businessmen Sergey Alimpiev has noted that "representatives of large interested financial structures from Russia and from abroad are invited to the exhibition, serious meetings are expected, and Karelian investment projects should be presented as thoroughly as possible."

The Economy of Karelia Tomorrow section will offer presentation of more than 20 projects including reconstruction and construction of small hydroelectric power stations in territory of the Republic of Karelia (Nord Hydro Joint-Stock Company) which is reconstruction, modernization and commissioning of objects of small hydrogeneration in all regions of Karelia with a full capacity of 100 Megawatt. Total amount of investments within the project is more than 4450 million roubles. Altogether it is supposed to reconstruct 46 objects. Among significant projects there has been pointed out the Mariprodukt Joint-Stock Company cultivating and processing fish and seaweed at the White Sea, complex development of Shtokmanovskoye gas condensate deposit, construction of a seaport in Byelomorsk (Byelomorsk Seaport Joint-Stock Company) – according to the plan it should be a competitive port constructed according to strict international ecological standards. The idea of building an enterprise for machine-assembling of large-capacity special equipment in Kondopoga, the project of construction and reconstruction of water purification plant of the city of Petrozavodsk (2-nd phase), modernization of the waste water treatment plant of Petrozavodsk (PKS Inc.) will be presented as well.

Besides, within the scope of celebrating the 90th anniversary of the republic there will be held the International Tourist Forum Karelia 2010. Activities of the Forum includes a meeting Business Breakfast with Investors where representatives of regions of the republic that have prepared investment porjects in the sphere of tourism for implementation will have an the opportunity to meet with potential investors. Sergey Alimpiev has emphasized, that "it is necessary not only to make presentations, but to bring ready documents to the meeting, to specify guarantees, terms of preparation of necessary documents, to present in details infrastructural support of sites."

Among the investment porjects there are the Spasskaya Guba Alpine skiing recreational resort, the Mountain Pajnur Alpine skiing complex project presented by Louhi region of Karelia, the entrance zone of the first Russian resort Marcial Waters Spa presented by Kondopoga region, the republican boating and sailing center of the city of Petrozavodsk. There wil be also presented construction projects of small hotels for recreation, fishing and hunting by the cleanest lakes of Zaonezhie. The town of Sortavala and Pudozh region of Karelia will also present their investment offers of construction of objects of tourism.