Alexander Novak, Andrei Chibis and Mikhail Kotyukov answered students' questions at the RUSSIA EXPO

Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Alexander Novak, Governor of the Murmansk region Andrei Chibis and Governor of the Krasnoyarsk region Mikhail Kotyukov talked to students in the "Dialogue on Equal Terms" format. One of the subjects of discussion was the hydrogen energy.

"This is a promising topic. We are very actively engaged in this area. There is a project on hydrogen energy approved by the Chairman of the Government. And Russia has ambitious goals - we plan to occupy at least 20% of the world energy market in the future," said Alexander Novak.

Andrei Chibis and Mikhail Kotyukov also informed the students about the attractiveness of their regions in building a career.

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"We have a project called "Course to the North". Its goal is to attract specialists to our region. We are looking for specialists, we pay extra to those who work for us if they help convince their friends and acquaintances to come to us. Last year, for the first time since 1991, more people came to our region than left. Our conditions are good. Yesterday I met with employees of FSUE Atomflot, and the average salary there is 212 thousand rubles. The average salary in the regional economy is close to 100 thousand rubles," said Andrei Chibis.

Mikhail Kotyukov in his speech noted that the Krasnoyarsk region has a lot to offer to workers in the energy industry.

"The Krasnoyarsk region is a unique region in terms of energy. We have hydropower, thermal power, the richest coal deposits, centers of competence in nuclear technologies. One of our closed municipalities was fully supplied with heat and electricity through an experimental nuclear reactor - we have such experience as well. Now we are working on the creation of a virtually new industry where nuclear fuel will operate in a closed cycle mode," Mikhail Kotyukov reported.