2. KOSTROMA REGION
ADMINISTRATION

3. Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,
Kostroma region that I have the honour to represent has
an abundant history of the successful partnership, the unique
productions and natural resources.
Today the region follows the line of intensive development on
the side of investment attraction, business sector improvement,
promotion of social sphere, creation of the new technologies
and innovative products.
The Kostroma region possesses all preconditions for the
further progress of the investment collaboration: convenient
transport-and-geographical location as regards home and
external markets; rich potential of the natural resources
permitting to head on to the dynamic production development;
affluent historical and cultural heritage; high scientific and labor
potential of our people.
The edition you are reading now enables investors to find the challenging targets for the efficient use of their
talents and capitals. The Kostroma region is always open to the new projects realization. In support we work
steadily to create maximal comfort conditions for the investors, we maintain the projects at every stage of their
implementation, we form the industrial grounds provided with the necessary well-developed infrastructure.
We are interested in the partnership progress and we are sure that our collaboration will be successful,
mutually beneficial and productive.
Welcome to the hospitable Kostroma region.
Sergey Sitnikov
Kostroma region Governor
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4. CONTENT
Competitive strength factors ................................................................. 5
General information about the Kostroma region .............................. 7
Tourism ..................................................................................................... 19
Conditions of the investment activities implementation
in the Kostroma region ......................................................................... 21
Regulations of the basic administrative procedures ...................... 25
Rate of tariff ............................................................................................. 29
Examples of the effective cooperation .............................................. 31
Investment proposals ............................................................................ 33
Free ground areas inventory ................................................................ 37
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5. COMPETITIVE STRENGTH
FACTORS

6. RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Primary transport-and-
Unique Eurasian geopolitical location of the Russian State geographical location
(central part of Eurasia). (central part of Russia).
High educational level and spiritual traditions of the population directing people to the
creative and constructive labour, to the social justice and partnership, to the personal self-
realization for the benefit of the community. Affluent historical and cultural
heritage of all-Russian importance.
Rich potential of the natural resources that meets the most of the home
requirement in raw materials and energy carriers.
Availability of the mineral deposits highly
Huge territory and capacious home market, providing the high variety remunerative for the commercial development
of the people needs and activities. (clay, loams, claydite, mason's sand, sand-gravel,
lime, peat, sapropel, mineral waters etc.).
Availability of the experienced manpower resources.
Numerous free savings capable to triple the investment activity One of the biggest in the European part of Russia forest
level in case of their drawing into the economic turnover. resource.
Large area of the region territory with relatively low land value.
Advanced scientific and technical potential , availability
of the new process developments in some perspective
brunches of knowledge and industry (power-saving
technologies, bioengineering). Energy duplication of the region.
Availability of the regional scientific schools
and original advanced technologies, which High scientific and personnel potential of the region.
being used in practice are capable to
provide the competitive business on an
international scale. Improved legislative basis enables to invest with minimal risks.
A lot of free production
capacities making it possible Well-developed infrastructure.
to increase productivity
promptly at relatively low
costs. Existence of the production capacities of all-Russian and international scale (textile, jewelry,
woodworking and engineering industries).
KOSTROMA REGION
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7. GENERAL INFORMATION
ABOUT THE KOSTROMA REGION

8. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND SUMMARY
In the year of 1152 in order to strengthen the northern border of his principality the lord of Rostov and Suzdal
– the princeYuriy Dolgorukiy had laid the foundation of the frontier town Kostroma at the two rivers` confluence
– the Volga and the Kostroma.
More than once the Kostroma land became a center of the political, cultural and spiritual life of Russia. Just
here Mikhail Federovich Romanov had been crowned by the Assembly of the Land resolution in 1613. Later on
Kostroma was called “the House of Romanov`s cradle”. At the same time the patriot of the Russian land –the
peasant of the Kostroma government Ivan Susanin – had performed a feat of valour at the cost of his own life.
In 1767 after visiting Kostroma Yekaterina II introduced the emblem of the town with an image of the boat
which brought the empress to Kostroma. According to the legend when Yekaterina II was asked about how
she would like Kostroma to look like, the empress unfolded her fan. This reply caused designing a fan-shaped
planning of urban streets network.
On the 13th of August 1944 the presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR officially stated by its decree
the establishment of the Kostroma region in its actual borders with Kostroma as a chief town.
GEOGRAPHY AND POPULATION
The Kostroma region is one of the largest subjects of the Russian Federation forming the Central Federal
District. It is contiguous with five regions: Yaroslavl, Vologda, Kirov, Nizhny Novgorod and Ivanovo.
According to the data from the 1st April 2012 the population size of the Kostroma region is 660,8 thousand
people. By birth rate the Kostroma keeps lead among another CFD regions – 12,7 newborns for 1000 people.
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9. INFRASTRUCTURE
The transport artery Sankt-Peterburg – Yekaterinburg including the
motorway Kostroma - Shar`ya – Kirov – Perm` passes through the territory
of the Kostroma region. This motorway is of a great importance not only
for the Kostroma region, but for the Russian Federation on the whole,
because it has a going out from Kostroma city to the federal motorways:
M-8 Kholmlgory and A-113 Kostroma – Ivanovo and passes through
the territories of 8 metropolitan regions to the East from Kostroma.
By the traffic increase due to the transit freight flow from the eastern
parts to Moscow the significance of this motorway for the economy of
Russia will grow. In prospect there are plans to build one more motorway
“roundabout Kostroma” with the new bridge across the Volga.
The Northern Railway – a brunch of OAO “Russian Railways” is a basis of the rail traffic on the territory of the
Kostroma region.
The convenience of the transport-and-geographical location of the Kostroma region is also connected with
the main waterway - the Volga river. The system of the river transport has exits to the Black, Caspian, Baltic and
Northern Sea.
ENERGY
Secure energy supply of the region is guaranteed by the Kostromskaya State District Power Plant which is
one of the largest and most efficient power stations in Russia. According to one of the most important projects
planned for the implementation in the nearest future there should be the Central Nuclear Power Station built.
The power consumption for the needs of the region accounts about ¼ from the produced power volume
including losses.
Energy excess of the Kostroma region determines the expedience and economical reasons for the placement
of the energy-intensive productions at the local territory.
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10. LABOR POTENTIAL
The number of the labor resources in Kostroma region accounts about 400 thousand people including the
able-bodied population at the employable age in the quantity of 364,6 thousand people. The number of the
economically active population is 337 thousand people.
Major parts of the employed population are engaged at the following types of the economic functioning:
Manufacturing activities, wholesale and retail trade, Agriculture.
Three State high-educational establishments perform the human resource development at the Kostroma
region for the needs of the contemporary economy. In 2011 the number of the graduated specialists was 4 051
people.
NAME GENERAL COURSES OF EDUCATION ADDRESS
- woodworking;
- machine-building;
17, Dzerzhinskogo Street, 156000
- jewelry design and production;
Kostroma, Kostroma region, Russia
Kostroma State-run - textile and sewing;
Tel.: 007(4942) 31-48-14
Technological university - IT;
Fax: 007 (4942) 31-70-08
- economics;
info@kstu.edu.ru
- jurisprudence;
- tourism.
14, The 1st of May Street, 156000,
- humanities and natural sciences;
Kostroma State-run Kostroma, Kostroma region, Russia
- foreign languages;
university named after Tel.: 007(4942) 31-82-91
- economics;
N.A. Nekrasov Fax: 007(4942) 31-13-22
- jurisprudence;
ksu@ksu.edu.ru
KSAA campus, Karavaevo township,
Kostroma district, Kostroma region
Kostroma State - farming;
Tel.: 007(4942) 65-75-97, 65-71-10
Agriculture Academy - economics;
Fax: 007(4942) 65-75-99
van@ksaa.edu.ru
Well-developed system of the vocational technical training schools (26 institutions) train the skilled workers
for all economic activities in the Kostroma region. Training of the qualified industrial workers is performed as well
by the Educating and advanced training Center of Nordrhein-Westfalen (Germany). Many students graduated
from this center have the international standard diploma.
Furthermore there were 9 innovation small-scale enterprises created on the basis of the Kostroma
Universities.
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11. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
Industrial system is a foundation of the regional economy, it includes about 238 large and medium enterprises
and 464 small businesses. The most in the industrial production structure of the region is occupied by the
processing industry (more than 70%).
Processing industry structure
The leading branches of the industrial operations performed on the territory of the Kostroma region are:
- Electric power and thermal energy production;
- Wood processing and woodwork manufacturing;
- Pulp-and-paper industry;
- Metallurgy and machinery;
- Jewelry production;
- Foodsfuffs production;
- Textile and sewing industry;
- Chemical and petrochemical industry;
- Production of building materials.
Contribution of the Kostroma region The Kostroma region is well-known as a land of jewelers,
to All-Russian Industry where the largest Russian jewelry plants and enterprises are
concentrated.
The Kostroma region`s part in the all-russian production
is as follows:
- more than 60% of jewelry;
- 21% of automotive cranes;
- 25% of linen fabrics;
- 6% of wall blocks made out of cell concrete; electric-
welded steel pipes (except those ones of a big diameter).
Dynamics of the industrial production growth rates
In 2011 the growth rates of the industrial
production in the Kostroma region have exceeded
the mean all-russian value for 3,4% and in 2012 –
for 2,1%.
Among the processing industries the most
significant production rise was achieved at the
leather goods production – in 1,4 times, at the
machinery and equipment manufacturing – 24% rise
and at the chemical industry – 23,7% rise.
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12. Projects successfully implementing in the processing industry
1. One of the largest productions of the Kostroma region is OAO “Gazpromtrubinvest”. Pump-compressor
pipes, pipe liners, gas-and-oil pipes and shaped tubes are the basic products of the plant. At present OAO
“Gazpromtrubinvest” supported by the regional administration is putting into practice the investment project for
the production of the mean diameter pipes. The total volume of investment accounts 10 billion roubles. This
project has been included in the Register of the Investment projects of the Kostroma region with the preferential
terms of taxation.
2. ООО «Joint venture «Kokhloma» - the cotton spinning mill of the latest technology - the only enterprise
in Kostroma and the first textile company in Russia that has replaced the old equipment with the new efficient
processing lines permissive to manufacture environmentally safe product competitive at the world market.
Two investment projects has been successfully implemented. The total volume of investments was 545 million
roubles. Due to this the automatic spinning mill has been started up, the total reconstruction of the mill has
been completed and the planned mill performance – 1 000 ton of the high-quality yarn - has been achieved. At
present OOO «Joint venture «Kokhloma» is putting into practice the investment project for the organization of
the advanced technology ring spun yarn production. The total investment volume exceeds 540 million roubles.
This project has been put on the list of the priority investment projects of CFD.
3. The implemented project for the building of the coppered wire manufacturing shop at OOO «Sudislavskii
welding materials plant» can be an example of the successful cooperation between the Kostroma region
Administration and private investors. The total investment volume exceeds 110 million roubles. Modernization of
the existent facilities and creation of the new production capacities helps the plant to increase significantly the
volume of output and improve the quality of the product.
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13. FOREIGN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
According to the data of 2011 the volume of the Commodity composition of export in 2012
export products was 201 million US dollars, same
indicator in the 1st quarter of the year 2012 accounts
43,2 million US dollars.
The products of wood processing and machinery
prevail in the commodity composition of export in
2012. The same can be said about metals and wares
made out of it. The volume of the imported goods in
2011 was 162,2 million US dollars, in the 1st quarter
of the year 2012 import volume accounts 40,7 million
US dollars.
Commodity composition of import in 2012
Deliveries of equipment, transport facilities, paper,
cardboard, ferrous metals and wares made out of
them make the major part of the import commodity
composition in 2012.
Main trade partners of the Kostroma region are: the
Netherlands, Kazakhstan, Ireland, China, Germany,
Ukraine, Italy, Uzbekistan, Czech Republic, Latvia,
Turkey, USA, Poland, Great Britain, France, Egypt.
BUILDING
There are 865 organizations and enterprises on the Industrial mix of the hardware
territory of the Kostroma region belonging to the building and building structures
industry: 705 of them are the building companies and 63
are busy with the construction materials production and
building industry; inter alia 14 enterprises are quite large;
there are also 83 design engineering firms.
The existent capacities completely satisfy the demands
of the region for housing and building sites of industrial
and civilian purposes.
The average workload of the hardware productions for
the building industry is 60-70% from the rated capacity.
Industrial production occupies 95% in the industrial mix
of the hardware and building constructure productions;
non-metallic minerals extraction occupies 5%.
Many enterprises of the Kostroma region perform their
production facilities renovation and the new technologies
adoption which cause a significant diversification of the
products and quality improvement.
At present ZAO “Mezhregion Torg Invest” (Kostroma)
is putting into practice the investment project for
reconstruction of the plant for the cement bonded particle
board production. The plant merges two works: the cement
bonded particle board production and manufacturing of
the wrought and saw timber. The investment volume of
the project accounts about 800 million roubles.
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14. AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
Agricultural sector of the Kostroma region is one of the
most important branches of the regional economy. Farming
make 11,8% of the regional gross product. The animal
breeding share is 49%, the crop sector share - 51%.
Regional farming is specialized in the dairy-and-meat
cattle breeding. Natural climatic conditions, state of soils are
favorable for the herbage cultivation which permits to satisfy
the needs of the cattle breeding branch in feeding stuffs. It is
profitable to produce milk, grains, vegetables, potatoes, long-
stalked flax and rape in the Kostroma region.
Index of the agricultural production
output in all types of farming
For the development of the prior areas of the agricultural sector in the Kostroma region there were the
goal-oriented programs approved: “Cultivation of the milk cattle breeding and increase of the milk production in
the Kostroma region” and “Development of the meat cattle breeding in the Kostroma region” aiming to create
economical and technological conditions for the stable progress of the milk and meat cattle breeding in the
Kostroma region.
The structure of the agricultural areas in the Kostroma region
Land category Area, thousand hectars % to the total value
Arable land 436,8 80,1
Pasture 54,0 9,9
Hayfield 42,7 7,8
Permanent grasses 11,9 2,2
TOTAL 545,4 100
A number of the investment projects in the sphere of farming are successfully implemented on the territory of
the Kostroma region.
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15. ZAO “Shuvalovo” (Kostroma district) puts into
practice the investment project for the building of the
pig-breeding closed cycle complex with the meat-
processing plant. At present in order to increase
the output for 20% the company is reconstructing
the sausage shop at “Shuvalovo-1” and plans to
arrange a new production space with complete
comprehensive mechanization “Shuvalovo-4”.
OAO “Hothouse gardening complex
“Vysokovskiy” (Sudislavl` district) is organizing the
pedigree stock-breeding center to breed the cows
of the French breed “limousine”. The company has
already bought 700 livestock units of this breed.
The total investment volume according to the project is 200 million roubles.
OOO “Agroindustrial firm “Planeta” (Bui district) is putting into practice the investment project for establishing
the pedigree stock-breeding center to breed the cows of the Kostroma breed. According to the project the
company has to build the new and to reconstruct the old cattle-breeding farms, to renew the machine and
tractor fleet, to buy the heifers of the Kostroma breed.
It is already invested more than 70 million roubles in this project.
The project of OOO “Voskresenje-Agro” (Bui district) stipulates the integration of the producers of the
farm goods and milk processors. The new cheese-making plant has been already put into operation. Its capacity
is up to 50 tons of the processed milk per day. The shop is fully automated. The number of necessary workers
does not exceed 3 persons. The volume of investments accounts 110 million RUR.
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16. NATURAL RESOURCES POTENTIAL
Mineral resources base
Mineral resources base of the Kostroma region is mainly presented by the deposits of the structural and
agrochemical raw materials (deposits of peat and sapropel, deposits of carbonate strata for the soils liming).
Mineral resources deposits on the territory of the Kostroma region
Notation conventions
Sand
Loam
Clay
Sand-gravel
Limestone
Clayite
Peat
Phosphorite
Pyroshale
1156 deposits of the current mineral resources are prospected and explored on the territory of the
Kostroma region. 514 of them are deposits of the structural raw materials, 614 – peat deposits and 28 deposits
of sapropel.
Resources
Resources
Number of (million m3) Number of the
(million m3) of the State as of the
Mineral the explored as of the year explored deposits
explored deposits year 2011
deposits (2011) 2011, January, (2011)
(2011)
the 1st
Mason's sands 72 86, 03 16 17,08 exploit
Sand-gravel 29 212,6 8 85,3 exploit
Moulding sands 2 46,8 mil. ton 1 39,4 exploit
Glass-making sands 1 0,2 1 0,2 not exploit
Clays and loams (for bricks ) 22 41,2 5 8,7 exploit
Clays (for silicate cotton) 1 1,8 1 1,8 not exploit
Raw material for clayite 3 5,3 2 2,3 exploit
Limestone 1 12,1 Bedinskoe 12,1 exploit
Peat 358 311,2 mil. ton 8 29,4 mil. ton exploit
Sapropel 28 303,1 mil. ton - - not exploit
Peat (curative) mud 1 1,5 mil. ton - - not exploit
Pyroshales (coaly) 4 6,1 mil. ton - - not exploit
Phosphorite 1 2,3 - - not exploit
Gold 3 0,0000593 - - not exploit
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17. Volume of the current mineral resources extraction on the territory
of the Kostroma region
There were expected reserves of hydrocarbonic stuff, titanium zirconium placer, gold, common salt and
mineral pigments on the territory of the region discovered. Ground mineral waters of a different composition and
stage of mineralization are widely spread on the territory of the Kostroma region.
The right to use the mineral wealth is granted by the auction.
The investment projects for the subsoil usage are successfully implemented in the Kostroma region.
OOO “Kostromaregiontorf” is putting into practice the project for the increase of the peat extraction at the
Miskovskoe peat enterprise. It is planned to deliver the peat briquettes to the municipal services of Kostroma and
to the farms of the Kostroma region. Estimated capacity is about 100,0 thousand ton per year. The investment
volume accounts 60 million roubles.
OOO “Sudislavl-torf” performs the extraction at the Slavnovskoe peat deposit in the Sudislavl` district.
Enterprise estimated capacity is 70,0 thousand ton per year. Total investment volume – 93,5 million roubles.
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18. Forestry sector
The percentage of forest land in the Kostroma region is 74,1%, wood resources exceed 700 million m3
occupying the area larger than 4,5 million hectars. The region ranks high among other regions of the European
part of the Russian Federation by its forest stock and it takes first place in CFD.
Prescribed cut, Actual cut, exploitation percent of the
thousand m3 thousand m3 prescribed cut, %
Forest
including including including composition
TOTAL softwood TOTAL softwood TOTAL softwood
forest forest forest
11 366,7 3 934,0 4 690,65 1 891,72 41,27 48,09 3F2P4B1As
Average rental for the wood resources accounts 83,3
RUR/m3 and depends on the volume, composition and
location of the prescribed cut.
The right to use the wood resources is granted by the
auction.
Several investment projects for the forest exploitation
have been already implemented on the territory of the
Kostroma region.
The Swiss concern “KRONOHILDING AG” has put into
practice the investment project for the production of the
wood-based panels and workpieces for the furniture and
building enterprises in Shar`ja (Kostroma region). The
production is based on the wasteless processing of the
low-grade timber and wood-scrap. The investment volume
accounts 12 350,1 million RUR. There were 1 500 new
jobsites created.
OAO “Manturovskiy plywood complex” successfully operates
on the territory of the Kostroma region (Manturovo district). The
modern wood-processing plant for the plywood production has
been constructed with the direct participation of the Kostroma
region Administration. The investment volume accounts 1 143
million RUR. Today the plant is one of the city-forming enterprises
employing 900 workers. The annual plywood output volume
accounts about 100 thousand m3.
Land lots
Land-use pattern on the territory of the Kostroma region
Area,
NN Land category % to the TOTAL
thousand hectar
1 Agricultural lands 1969,3 32,7
2 Human settlement lands 122,7 2,04
Industry, energy, transport, communications and other
3 51,0 0,85
lands
4 Lands of the protected zones and objects 0,9 0,01
5 Forest resources 3712,2 61,65
6 Water resources 71,7 1,19
7 Reserve land 93,3 1,56
TOTAL 6021,1 100
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19. TOURISM

20. The Kostroma region is a unique territory where amazing nature, original
culture and rich historical traditions are blended in harmony with the hospitality
and cordiality of the Kostroma people.
The jewelry handicraft is a very important heritage of the Kostroma region.
Though nowadays the production of jewels reaches the industrial volumes
(a half of the golden and a quarter of the silver articles produced in Russia
come from the Kostroma region) the goldsmiths from Kostroma keep and
develop their unique skills in making the real pieces of art in gold and in
silver. One of the centers of the jewelry art in the Kostroma region is the
township Krasnoe-on-the Volga, where you can find a museum of the jewels
and articles of the national applied art. Every year at the end of June there is
a major International festival and a jewelry exhibition “Golden Ring of Russia”
held in Kostroma. The representatives of the leading Russian and foreign
jewelry companies always come to take part at the exhibition.
A romantic fairy-tale about the fragile girl Snegurochka (Snowmaid)
and Tsar` Berendey`s kingdom inspires the tourists from all-over the world
to visit the wildwoods of Kostroma land. The birthplace of this winter character is situated in the backwoods
of the Kostroma region - the Shchelykovo estate. This country seat belonged to the great russian dramatist
A.N.Ostrovskiy, the author of the famous story.
There are more than 2,5 thousand of old relics and monuments of architecture and archaeology, national
historic landmarks, pieces of art, settlements of the past, protected relict national parks. The Kostroma region is
recognized as a model of the Russian midland landscape.
In 2013 Russia celebrates the remarkable date – the 400th anniversary of the Romanov Dynasty and revival
of the Russian nationhood. Kostroma along with the most significant cities of Russia will rightly take its place in
the celebration because it is Kostroma that is considered to be the cradle of the Romanov House.
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21. CONDITIONS OF THE INVESTMENT
ACTIVITIES IMPLEMENTATION
IN THE KOSTROMA REGION

22. MEASURES OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT
OF THE INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES
Legal and organizational background and institutional conditions created on the territory of the Kostroma
region favour the implementation of the efficient investment activities with the minimal investment risks. The
developed system of the investment legislation stipulating many forms of the administrative support of investors
at all stages of the investment project realization creates the conditions of transparency, logical simplicity and
high protection of the investment activities, which minimize significantly the investment risks.
Level Form of support
Budget assignments from the Investment Fund of the Russian Federation for the
implementation of the regional investment projects in the sphere of transport, municipal,
energy infrastructure development.
Ordinance of the RF Government dd 01.03.2008 No. 134 «Concerning the adoption of the regulations for
formation and usage of the budgetary provisions of the Investment Fund of the Russian Federation»
Possibility of the double lowering of the woodlot rental, used for the investment project
implementation, listed as prior in the area of the forest development within the period of
its payback.
Ordinance of the RF Government dd 30.06.2007 No. 419 «Concerning the prior investment projects in the
Federal
area of forest exploitation»
Loans issuance, crediting, provision of guarantee and financing on the refunding base
of the investment projects with the payback period exceeds 5 years and if the total
investments account more than 2 billiard RUR.
Federal Law dd 17.05.2007 No. 82-FL «Concerning the Development Bank», Edict of the RF Government dd
27.07.2007 No.1007-r
Financing for account of State corporations.
Certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation
There is the most favorable treatment for the investment activities in the Kostroma
region. This treatment is realized through the package of the following measures:
Tax remissions within the payback period of the investment project (referred to the taxes
of the regional budget). Objects of the investment can be completely exempted from
the property taxes which is particularly important by implementing the large investment
projects with the significant material and technical basis. A part of the profit tax subject
to pay to the Kostroma region budget is also to be lowered from 18% up to 13,5%;
Regional Using the lower limits (among those stipulated by the current legislation)of payment for
the Kostroma region resources usage including rental;
Support in organization and maintenance of the investment project;
Support of the investors by their applications and appeals to the Federal bodies of state
power, to the bodies regulating the price formation on the monopolies services, to banks
and other financial intermediary regarding the most favorable treatment usage towards
them.
Law of the Kostroma region dd 14.10.1997 No. 12 «Concerning the investment activities in the Kostroma
region»
Tax remissions and other benefits provided by the bodies of the local authorities. It is
about possibility of the complete or partial land tax exemption and about minimization of
Municipal
the rental for the property and land lots belonging to the municipality.
Certain legislative acts of the Kostroma region local authorities
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23. MEASURES OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT
OF THE BUSINESS ACTIVITIES
Measures of the business activities support on the territory of the Kostroma region includes numerous forms
of the business activities stimulation at all stages of the business development.
The main measures are as follows.
Level Form of support
1. Subsidizing of the small business beginners:
- small innovative company subsidy;
- self-business grants;
- target grants for self-business establishment (entrance fee as per the leasing
contract).
2. Subsidizing for the reimbursement of:
- part of the small and medium business costs connected with the improvement of the
- production efficiency;
- part of the costs of small and medium business, infrastructure subjects of the small
Regional and medium business support in the sphere of technological connection them to the
power supply (in case their maximal power consumption is under 500 kilowatt).
3. Small and medium business subsidizing to recover the costs or deficient income due
to the innovative goods production (realization), innovative operations performing or
innovative services extension.
4. Assistance in development of the youth business.
Resolution of the Kostroma region Administration dd 31.03.2009 No 144-а «Concerning the regional target
program «The development of small and medium business subjects in the Kostroma region» for the period
from 2010 up to 2013»
1. The small business beginners subsidizing for the self-business establishment.
Municipal 2. Small and medium business subsidizing to reimburse a part of the credit interest rate
in the spheres of business prior for the municipality.
Certain legislative acts of the Kostroma region local authorities
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24. PROGRAM OF THE INVESTMENT
CLIMATE IMPROVEMENT
Recently there was a regional program
“The investment climate improvement in
the Kostroma region for the period till 2015”
adopted. The aim of the program is to improve
the investment climate by forming the political,
financial, economical, organizational, legal,
social and cultural mechanisms which support
the investments providing the economy
increase, the goods and services production
growth, the quality of life improvement, the
operational efficiency advance and new
jobsites creation.
All these measures will provide the stable
socioeconomic progress of the region.
LIST OF GENERAL NORMATIVE LEGAL ACTS CONCERNING
THE INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES:
1. Federal Law dd 25.02.1999 No. 39-FL «Concerning investment activities implemented in the Russian
Federation and performed by way of the capital contributions»;
2. Federal Law dd 09.07.1999 No. 160-FL «Concerning the foreign investments in the Russian Federation»;
3. Federal Law dd 17.05.2007 No. 82-FL «Concerning the Development Bank»;
4. Federal Law dd 29.11.2001 No. 156-FL «Concerning the Investment Funds»;
5. Federal Law dd 03.12.2011 No. 392-FL «Concerning the territorial development zones in the Russian
Federation and the alternation of certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation»;
6. Federal Law dd 22.07.2005 No. 116-FL «Concerning the special economic zones in the Russian
Federation»;
7. Federal Law dd 21.07.2005 No. 115-FL «Concerning the Concession agreements»;
8. Ordinance of the RF Government dd 01.03.2008 No. 134 «Concerning the adoption of the regulations for
formation and usage of the budgetary provisions of the Investment Fund of the Russian Federation»;
9. Ordinance of the RF Government dd 30.06.2007 No. 419 «Concerning the prior investment projects in the
area of forest exploitation»;
10. Law of the Kostroma region dd 14.10.1997 No. 12 «Concerning the investment activities in the Kostroma
region»;
11. Law of the Kostroma region dd 03.03.2006 No. 8-4-LKO «Concerning the lowering of the organisation
profits tax for the users of the investment activity subjects»;
12. Law of the Kostroma region dd 24.11.2003 No. 153-LKO «Concerning the assets tax on the territory of
the Kostroma region»;
13. Resolution of the Kostroma region Governor dd 07.06.2010 No. 121 «Concerning the procedure for
maintaining a register of the investment projects of the Kostroma region»;
14. Resolution of the Kostroma region Administration dd 16.09.2008 No. 320-а «Concerning the adoption of
the regulations for the scheduling the payback period of the investment projects»;
15. Resolution of the Kostroma region Administration dd 08.02.2011 No. 39-а «Concerning the Authorized
Body for carrying out the expert examination of the investment projects, the adoption of the regulations for carrying
out the expert examination of the investment projects and for delivering of the investment agreements»;
16. Resolution of the Kostroma region Administration dd 13.09.2011 No. 348-а «Concerning the adoption of
the regional program « The investment climate improvement in the Kostroma region for the period till 2015»;
17. Decree of the Kostroma region Governor dd 09.07.2012 № 762-r «Concerning the Investment Attraction
and Investment climate Improvement Council of the Kostroma region»;
18. Decree of the Kostroma region Administration dd 03.12.2009 No. 382-ra «Concerning the adoption of
the list of the priority areas of the investment activities in the Kostroma region»;
19. Decree of the Kostroma region Administration dd 31.08.2009 No. 279-ra «Concerning the concept
clearance of the industrial policy of the Kostroma region till 2020».
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25. REGULATIONS OF THE BASIC
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES

26. PROCEDURE OF RECEIVING WOODLOTS BY LEASE
Procedure Terms of performance
Holding an auction for selling the right to conclude a contract of a woodlot lease 60 days
Concluding a contract of a woodlot lease 11 days
Registration of a contract of a woodlot lease (Kostroma regional Office of the Federal
15-30 days
Registration Service)
Providing a forest exploitation project – depending on the woodlot character 30-60 days
Carrying out a State expert examination of the forest exploitation project 30-40 days
Consideration of a forest declaration 10 days
PROCEDURE OF ACQUISITION A LICENSE
TO USE SUBSOIL
Procedure Terms of performance
Compiling the documents to hold an auction to acquire the right to use natural
10 days
resources
Holding an auction 45-90 days
Issuing a license to use regional subsoil 20 days
Endorsement of the current mineral resources losses that exceeds the norms
20 days
stipulated in the project documentation
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27. LAND LOTS
1. Procedure of the land lots assignment by lease for the building in Kostroma city with the not-demarcated
national property of the land lots. The object location is a subject of the preliminary endorsement.
Procedure Terms of performance
Application acceptance, preparation of the request to the Kostroma city
5 days
Administration about the possibility to place an object
Request processing at the Kostroma city Administration, request consideration at
the Land Commission (choice of the land lot, determination of the permitted usage
60 days
(target usage), preparation of the act for the land lot choice and preparation of the
land lot layout)
The department of the land and property of the Kostroma region adopts a resolution
for the preliminary endorsement of the object location, which approves the land lot 14 days
choice
Providing the cadastral works on the account of the person applying for the land lot
90-120 days
assignment
Land lot registration in the cadastre (Kostroma regional Office of the Russian State
30 days
Register)
The department of the land and property of the Kostroma region adopts a resolution
14 days
to assign the land lot by lease
Concluding a contract of a land lot lease 14 days
State registration of the contract of a land lot lease (Kostroma regional Office of the
30 days
Federal Service of Registration, Cadastre and Cartography)
The average rental for the land lots in Kostroma calculating on 1 m2 varies from 2 up to 500 RUR per year
depending on the type of the permitted usage of the land lot.
2. Land and land lots transfer from one category to another
Procedure Terms of performance
Acceptance, registration and consideration of the documents performing by the
8 days
department of the land and property of the Kostroma region
Preparation and endorsement of the Decree of the Kostroma region Administration
17 days
project concerning the land lot transfer from one category to another
Adoption of the resolution of the land lot transfer 6 days
Providing an applicant with the resolution 5 days
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28. TERMS OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
IN THE BUILDING SECTOR
Procedure Terms of performance
Issue of the resolutions for the artificial land lot creation in case of such creation on
7 days
the territories of two or more municipalities
Preparation and issue of the resolutions for building or rebuilding of the capital
construction objects which is planned to perform on the territories of two or more
7 days
municipalities (districts) or which is planned to create on the artificial land lot.
Prolongation of the validity terms of the stated resolutions and their alternations.
Preparation and issue of the resolutions for the commissioning of artificial land lots 7 days
Preparation and issue of the resolutions for the commissioning of capital
7 days
construction objects built on the artificial land lots
Preparation and issue the town-planning of a district situated within the limits of the
specially protected natural territories of the regional importance in the Kostroma
30 days
region (except the medioprophilactic areas and health resorts), where building or
rebuilding of the capital construction objects is planned
Issue (validity terms prolongation) of the resolutions for the building permit 10 days
Issue of the resolution for the object commissioning 10 days
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29. RATES OF TARIFF

30. Power rates in 2012 (RUR/kilowatt/hour without VAT)
Voltage level
Power rates HV LV
AV-I AV-II
(110 kilowatt and (0,4 kilowatt and
(35-20 kilowatt) (20-1 kilowatt)
more) lower)
From 01.01.2012 till 01.07.2012 2,71 3,49 3,54 3,95
From 01.07.2012 3,01 3,87 3,93 4,38
Technological networking
1. Rates of tariff of the technological networking for the consumer (applicant) applying for the technological
connection of the energy-consuming devices with maximal installed load not exceeding 15 kilowatt (including
consumption of the same power outlet connected before) providing that the distance from the applicant`s lot
limits to the objects of the power supply network of the required voltage level is not more than 300 meters in the
towns and townships and not more than 500 meters in the countryside:
Rates of tariff of the technological
Applicants
networking
For legal entity, RUR/connection (per each power outlet),
466,10
VAT not included
For private person, RUR/connection (per each power outlet),
550,00
VAT included
2. Rates of tariff of the technological networking for the consumer (applicant) not coming within item 1 of
the present rates of tariff of the technological networking of OAO «Interregional power distributing networking
company of the Centre» - «Kostromaenergo»:
Rates of tariff of the technological
Power consumption to be connected networking (RUR/kWt/h without VAT)
Voltage level (together with the one connected
before) 2 category 3 category
of safety of safety
up to 1,0 kW inclusive up to 100 kWt inclusive 6 192 5 757
(0,4 kW) From 100 kWt up to 750 kWt inclusive 6 911 6 090
3. Rates of tariff of the technological networking to the distributing networks of the branch of OAO «Interregional
power distributing networking company of the Centre» - «Kostromaenergo» are calculated individually:
1) by the technological networking of the consumer power plants to the network with the voltage level higher
than 35 kW and capacity higher than 10000 kWA;
2) by the technological networking of the consumer power plants to the network with the voltage level from
1,0 kW up to 35 kW (6-10 kW);
3) by the technological networking of the consumer power plants to the network with the voltage level lower
than 1,0 kW (inclusive) and capacity higher than 750 kWA;
4) by the technological networking of the consumer power plants to the network with the installed load higher
than 15 kWt and applying for the category of safety increase.
Weighted rates for the heat energy in 2012 (RUR/Hkal)
Weighted rates VAT not included VAT included
from 01.01.2012 up to 01.07.2012 1110,49 1286,00
from 01.07.2012 up to 01.09.2012 1160,22 1343,50
from 01.09.2012 1187,59 1375,31
Weighted rates for the water supply and draining in 2012 (RUR/m3)
Water supply Water draining
without VAT with VAT without VAT with VAT
from 01.01.2012 up to 01.07.2012 14,57 16,77 14,62 16,97
from 01.07.2012 up to 01.09.2012 15,29 17,60 15,28 17,74
from 01.09.2012 15,83 18,23 15,79 18,34
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31. EXAMPLES
OF THE EFFECTIVE
COOPERATION

32. Investment
Nn Project name Investor volume, Job sites
million RUR
Agricultural sector
Construction of pig-breeding farm “Shuvalovo”
1 ZAO “Shuvalovo” 425,7 17
in the Kostroma region
Reconstruction of pig-breeding farm for 7000
2 OOO “Sharjinskiy bacon” 49,8 12
heads
Creation of livestock farm for meat cattle OOO ARS “Russian
3 148,0 17
breeding Halloway”
Creation of pedigree centre for cows of French OAO “Hothouse gardening
4 200,0 14
limousine breed complex “Vysokovskiy”
Timber industry
Production of plywood in assortment and work-
Swiss concern
5 pieces out of it for the furniture and building 12 350,1 1 501
“KRONOHOLDING AG”
industries on the base of wasteless processing
Expansion of big-sized plywood production at
6 the industrial base of Kostroma mechanical “SVEZA” Group 684,0 81
plant
Reconstruction of plywood production at OAO
7 “SVEZA” Group 1 148,0 844
“Manturovskiy plywood plant”
Industry
Creation of pump-compressor pipes and pipes
8 OAO “Gazpromtrubinvest” 9 000,0 1 415
with insulation finish production
Organization of mean diameter pipes
9 production as per development strategy of OAO “Gazpromtrubinvest” 10 043,0 560
OAO “Gazpromtrubinvest”
Creation of enterprise for metal goods Finnish-Swedish company
10 614,3 89
production with annual output of 30 000 ton “Specta AG”
Technical re-equipment and reconstruction of OOO “Joint Stock venture
11 545,0 269
production areas of cotton-spinning mill “Kokhloma”
Creation of production of spare parts for sleeve ZAO “Kostroma
12 310,0 889
assembly autocomponent plant”
Creation and putting into operation the crane
OAO “Galichskii crane truck
13 truck production with elevating capacity of 60- 250,0 1 474
plant”
100 ton
Creation of the shop producing the welding OOO “Sudislavskiy welding
14 110,0 264
coppered wire materials plant”
Energy
OOO “RK
15 Construction of building block boiler rooms 65,5 17
“Energoprominvest”
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33. INVESTMENT PROPOSALS

34. AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
Investment
Investment project Location Target volume, Contacts
million RUR
Construction of
Creation of the
the refrigerated
Sudislavl` district, infrastructural object
slaughterhouse with 200
Kostroma region in the meat livestock
feedlot for heavy
sector
beasts
Construction of the
Municipal districts
livestock farms on Milk livestock sector
of the Kostroma exceeding 100
the territory of the development The department of the
region
Kostroma region Agricultural sector of the
Construction of the Creation of the up-to- Kostroma region
Sudislavl` district,
milk processing date milk processing 150
Kostroma region
plant production Tel.: 007 (4942) 55-16-31
Ecologically clean Fax: 007 (4942) 45-65-41
Creation of production of the
Ostrovskiy district,
the bioethanol fuel performed out of 2 000
Kostroma region
production the renewable raw
materials
Municipal districts Creation of the modern
Organization of the
of the Kostroma production for flax 1 700
flax-cultivation
region growing and stocking
BUILDING
Investment
Investment project Location Target volume, Contacts
million RUR
Construction of the
Creation of the
cement plant, annual Soligalich district, The department of
modern cement 14 800
capacity - 2,7 million Kostroma region building, architecture
production
ton and town-planning of the
Creation of Kostroma region
Construction of
the up-to-date Tel.: 007 (4942) 31-28-12
the housing estate Kostroma 3 569,5
residential Fax: 007 (4942) 47-10-94
“Agashkina Gora”
complex
FUEL-ENERGY COMPLEX
Investment
Investment project Location Target volume, Contacts
million RUR
The department of the
Creation of the fuel-energy complex
Construction of the
Municipal districts of modern system and tariff policy of the
building block boiler 100
the Kostroma region of the heat Kostroma region
rooms
supply Tel.: 007 (4942) 31-52-13
Fax: 007 (4942) 37-34-01
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35. WOOD PROCESSING COMPLEX
Investment
Investment project Location Target volume, Contacts
million RUR
Production of
the competitive
Construction of the Manturovo district,
production capable to 51 000
pulp-and-paper mill Kostroma region
replace the imported
paper and cardboard
Satisfying the needs
of the home market
Creation of the
Bui district, by the creation of the
oriented shaving 5 500
Kostroma region productions with the
board (OSB)
new technologies
and equipment
Construction of the Production of the
plant producing Galich district, granulated timber- The forestry department
2 000
granulated timber-fuel Kostroma region fuel (pellets) and of the Kostroma region
(pellets) and lumber lumber Tel.: 007 (4942) 55-15-12
Fax: 007 (4942) 55-80-32
Creation of the
Organization of
production of furniture Shar`ja district,
birch sawing and 1 500
workpieces made out Kostroma region
processing
of birch
Creation of the
Creation of the
Chukhloma district, complete wood-
integrated house- 900
Kostroma region processing
building factory
production
Creation of the
modern wasteless Vokhma district, Production of the
400
timber processing Kostroma region competitive goods
production
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36. NATURAL RESOURCES
Investment
Investment project Location Target volume, Contacts
million RUR
Organization of
Extraction and the extraction
processing of sapropel Galich district, and processing
580
at the deposit Kostroma region of sapropel,
“Galichskoe” construction of the
processing plant
Creation of
the ferrosilicon
Construction of the Bui district,
production – the first 4 020
ferrosilicon plant Kostroma region
one in the European
part of Russia The department of the
natural resources and
environmental protection
Peat extraction at the
Extraction and of the Kostroma region
deposits “Kremnevo”,
supply of the Tel.: 007 (4942) 51-35-91
“Chapyzhnoe”, Pyschug district,
peat fuel for the 101,5
“Petrovskoe” and Kostroma region
heat-generating
construction of the peat
companies
pellet plant
Loam extraction for the Bui district, The natural minerals
150
brick production Kostroma region usage
Open-pit mining of the “Arkharovo”,
The natural minerals
boulder-gravel-sand Chukhloma district, 245,7
usage
mixture Kostroma region
INDUSTRY
Investment
Investment project Location Target volume, Contacts
million RUR
Production of
Creation of the the advanced
Nerekhta district,
energy-efficient technology products 2 000
Kostroma region The board of the
lamps production – energy-efficient
lamps investment and industrial
policy of the Kostroma
region
Providing with the Tel.: 007 (4942) 31-20-01
Creation of the most comfortable Fax: 007 (4942) 31-87-33
industrial park Kostroma conditions for the
“Industrial`nyi” modern production
organization
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37. FREE GROUND AREAS
INVENTORY

38. Area,
No Location Infrastructure description
hectar
Kostroma city district
Land lot limited by the streets There are all supply terminals available along the borders
1 Industrial`naya-Bazovaya- 23,6 of the land lot. Transport: distance to the railway station -
Galichskoe highway 5,4 km; to the river port – 11,5 km
Land lot in the Moskovskaya
There are all supply terminals available along the borders
2 street near the Klyuchevka 38,0
of the land lot. Transport: distance to the railway – 1,2 km
-river
Claster in the Magistral`naya There are all supply terminals available along the borders
3 59,6
street of the land lot. Transport: distance to the railway – 1,0 km
1) Power supply - own step-down substation for
220/110/10 kW with the capacity reserve of 20 MVt.
Total consumption - 191,88 MVA
2) Gas supply – from distributing net of Kostroma city.
Free gas capacities – 1000 m3/h
3) Heat supply – own boiling room with the water heating
(4PTVM 50) and steam (2DKVP 20/13 – DKVP 10/13)
boilers. Released energy – 75 Hkal/h with reserve of 50
Hkal/h. Total capacity in delivery water – 200 Hkal/h, in
steam – 10 ton/h
4) Water supply – water is delivered from the Volga and
from the artesian wells. Household water supply –up to
100 m3/h, total debit – 250 m3/h, free capacities – up
Land lot in the Moskovskaya
4 137,0 to 100 m3/h. Water recycling is provided by 5 water-
street
cooling towers with capacity of 1300 and 1200 m3/h. Free
capacity – up to 500 m3/h
5) Water drain – water escape is performed via city
collector in volume of 150 m3/h
6) Water treatment – buffer pool equipped with
the aeration system, through load – 900 m3/year.
Neutralization system:
- Coolant drain – 20 000 m3/year;
- Acid-based substance drain – 100 000 m3/year;
- Chrome-containing drain – 36 000 m3/year.
Transport: distance to the Kosrtoma-Yaroslavl` motorway
– 10m; 3,342 km of the railway runs in the territory of the
lot.
The supply terminals are available in 300-500 m from the
Land lot in the Solonikovskaya
5 4,35 land lot borders.
street, close to No.6
Transport: distance to the railway – 600 m;
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39. Area,
No Location Infrastructure description
hectar
Kostroma district
Land lot on the territory of
There are all supply available along the borders of the
6 Baksheevskoe rural settlement 40,0
land lot. Transport: distance to the railway – 300 m;
close to OAO “Motordetal”
Gas and power terminals are 250 m far from the land
Land lot situated from the west lot. From the South the lot has the common border with
7 35,4
side of the village Pustoshki the motorway Kostroma-V.Spasskoe (Nikol`skoe rural
settlement) and with the railway from the North
Power supply – VL-35 kW; has the common border with
Land lot surrounding the
8 59,3 the railway on the South; distance to the motorway –
village Pesikovo
3 km.
Gas and power terminals are 200 m far from the land lot.
Land lot to the North of the
9 66,5 Distance to the motorway – 500 m; From the South the lot
village Kharino
has the common border with the railway.
Power supply – 500 m. Distance to the city centre – 7 km;
Land lot 500 m to the West
10 1,5 distance to the motorway Kostroma-V.Spasskoe – 800 m;
from the village Gubachevo
distance to the railway – 1,5 km.
Volgorechensk township
1) Power supply – there two lines VL-220 kW on the
territory of the land lot. The substation is needed;
2) Gas supply – distributing net is 1 km from the land lot
border;
3) Heat supply – there are two variants: gas boiling room
Land lot limited by:
or central heating supply from Kostroma regional power
Volgorechensk-
station – distance from the land lot border – 6 km;
Ivankovo-
4) Water intake facility are 1,5 km far from the land lot
Vladychnoe-
11 3 600 border;
Rostilovo-
5) Sewerage system is 5,5 km far from the land lot border;
hole Pozdeevo-
6) Motorways:
the Ivanovo region border
Volgorechensk-Ivankovo-Vladychnoe – 6 km of
up to Volgorechensk
asphalt; Ivankovo-Tolstokvasovo-Gorki-Neronovo – 11
km of asphalt;
Tolstokvasovo-Mikshino – 3 km of earth road;
Vladychnoe-Rastilovo-hole Pozdeevo-the Ivanovo region
border – 5,5 km of earth road.
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40. CONTACTS
Kostroma region Governor tel.: 007 (4942) 31-34-72
fax: 007 (4942) 31-33-95
Sergey Konstantinovich SITNIKOV press2@kos-obl.kmtn.ru
First Vice Governor tel.: 007 (4942) 31-35-16
fax: 007 (4942) 31-43-81
Ivan Vladimirovich KORSUN prk@kos-obl.kmtn.ru.
Vice Governor Deputy tel.: 007(4942) 31-20-01
fax: 007(4942) 31-87-33
Pavel Vladimirovich ALEKSEEV alekseev@region.kostroma.ru
Kostroma region Duma Chairman tel.: (4942) 31-62-52
fax: (4942) 31-21-73
Andrei Ivanovich BYCHKOV econom@kosoblduma.ru
Kostroma region Duma
tel.: (4942) 31-57-51
Chairman of the committee on economic policy and business activity fax: (4942) 31-57-51
econom@kosoblduma.ru
Sergey Vyacheslavovich GALICHEV
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41. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
In case you have not find the information you are looking for in this booklet and if you have any offers for
cooperation with the Kostroma region Administration, we ask you to fill in the following application form and
send it to our e-mail address: spi.kostroma@yandex.ru.
This form can be found as well at the Kostroma region authority portal: www.adm44.ru.
1 Investor
2 Investment project name
Necessary resources, namely:
Land lot area
Civil engineering infrastructure with
the capacity indication (electricity, gas,
3
water)
railway, motorway
other resources (nature, forest etc.)
Preferable location of the industrial
4 site (city/town, region, distance to the
regional or district centre)
5 Other conditions
6 Contacts
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42. Notes
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44. Kostroma region Administration
15, Dzerzhinskogo Street 156013 Kostroma
Tel.: +7 (4942) 31 34 72
www.adm44.ru
Body of Investment and Industrial policy
of Kostroma region Administration
15, Dzerzhinskogo Street 156013 Kostroma
Tel.: +7 (4942) 31 20 01