According to First Deputy CEO Maxim Ovchinnikov, the state corporation, together with federal executive authorities, is doing everything possible to make up for this
MOSCOW, February 15. /tass/. The construction of the Vostochny cosmodrome is accompanied by a shortage of labor resources, as well as some building materials, for example, crushed stone. Maxim Ovchinnikov, First Deputy Director General of the state corporation, told about this in an interview with the Vedomosti newspaper published on Tuesday.
"The Amur region, however, like the entire Far East, is characterized, unfortunately, by a significant shortage of not only labor resources, but also construction materials. Together with the federal executive authorities, we are doing everything possible to make up for this deficit as much as possible. We provide the necessary conditions for attracting labor resources, including from foreign countries, their delivery, passage of migration procedures and quarantine. There are some problems with the supply of crushed stone due to flooding of the region," he said, answering the question about the attractiveness of working conditions in the construction of the East.
Ovchinnikov clarified that the state corporation solves the problem of the shortage of crushed stone together with the local authorities and the governor of the region. "In short, we are doing everything that our American or Chinese competitors do not have to face even in a terrible dream," summed up the first deputy director of Roscosmos.
Vostochny is the first Russian civilian cosmodrome. It is located in the Amur region near Tsiolkovsky (the city arose in 2015 on the site of the former village of Uglegorsk). The decree on the creation of the cosmodrome was signed by the President of the Russian Federation in 2007. As part of the first stage of construction in 2012-2016, a universal launch complex for Soyuz-2 series launch vehicles was built here. The second stage of the construction of the cosmodrome involves the construction of a launch pad for Angara-A5 launch vehicles and related infrastructure. It is assumed that the construction of the second stage will be completed at the end of 2022, and the first launch will take place at the end of 2023.