Krasnoyarsk

Krasnoyarsk is a major city in central Siberia, Russia, known for its striking natural beauty and industrial significance. Krasnoyarsk is an important junction of the renowned Trans-Siberian Railway, and is one of the largest producers of aluminum in the world.

Economy

In February 2025, shortly after US President Donald Trump took office, President Vladimir Putin told interviewer Pavel Zarubin,

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we could think about working together with US companies in this area. For example, back in Soviet times, there were plans to build a new hydroelectric power plant and to create additional aluminium production facilities in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. After all, aluminium is, first of all, about energy, preferably cheap energy. Hydropower is cheap and environmentally friendly. To reiterate, such plans have been in place since the Soviet times. However, these are capital- and investment-intensive projects. In today's money, according to preliminary estimates, they will cost around 15 billion.

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