OREANDA-NEWS  A bakery in the remote Yugra village of Igrim has become the first project launched in the Arctic zone of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug, according to the Yugra Development Fund.

"SEVEROV LLC, a company specializing in the production of bakery products, has opened production and launched a line of bakery products under the Resident program. The resident purchased baking equipment (hearth oven), opened a retail store for the sale of bakery products to the public. As part of the project, the resident plans to create 18 new jobs," the report says.

The management company of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation in the territory of the Autonomous Okrug is the Yugra Development Fund. To date, residents of the Arctic zone are implementing projects for the construction of industrial infrastructure facilities in the Beloyarsk district, as well as for the construction of an apartment building and the creation of a ship repair facility in the Berezovsky district.

Beloyarsk and Berezovsky districts of Yugra correspond to territories with features prescribed in the Development Strategy of the Arctic zone, including low population density, high potential for the development of hydrocarbons and solid minerals such as manganese, chromium and copper ores, zinc, lead, quartz.