OREANDA-NEWS. April 12, 2013. The Concept for the development of Abakan Airport & Abakan-City drafted by BALT-AUDIT-EXPERT (the Energy Consulting Group) has received high accolades from the Presidium of the Council for Economic Development under the Governor of Khakassia.

On March 21st the Presidium Assembly of the Council for Economic Development under the Governor of Khakassia was held at the Conference Hall of the Khakassian Government. The Council focused on five investment projects expected to be included into the Abakan- Montenegrin Agglomeration.

The Abakan Airport & Abakan-City projects worked out by BALT-AUDIT-EXPERT have received high accolades from the Presidium. These projects were presented earlier at the 10th Krasnoyarsk Economic Forum held on February 14-16, where they had sparked a huge interest of all participants.

In the course of the Presidium Assembly, Victor Zimin, the Governor of Khakassia, emphasized in his welcome speech, that the airport is the central liaison in the economic development of the republic.

Tatiana Krasnova, Minister of Economic Affairs of Khakassia, highlighted in her report that it was impossible to boost investment attractiveness of the region without implementation of this project. She focused on the investment project concerning the Abakan-City construction. Abakan-City will be located closely to the airport and shall become the center of the Abakan- Montenegrin Agglomeration.

The business center will move the region to an absolutely new level of the development rendering a wide range of business services. Victor Zimin, the Governor of Khakassia, remarked: "The relevance of this project can hardly be overestimated. It shall become a landmark of Khakassia".

The Concept for the integrated development of Abakan airport includes transfer hub construction (airport ? coach terminal ? municipal transport) and formation of a modern multi-functional space on the area surrounding the airport – Abakan City consisting of the following buildings: hotel, business center, and shopping & leisure centers.

Boris Vakhrushev, Director of BALT-AUDIT-EXPERT North-West Division: "The implementation of projects enables to improve the traffic lines of the region with major economic centers of the country, to create conditions for a new level of the economic growth and investment activities in the republic, and to set new standards for the business and social environment in Khakassia".