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The city of Ustyuzhna and Kannus, a town located in the province of Western Finland have been official twin cities for several years.

Vologda Oblast Governor took part in the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the 20th International exhibition-fair "Russian Wood". Vladimir Bulavin, Plenipotentiary Presidential Representative in the North Western Federal District also arrived in Vologda to take part in the exhibition and to convey his greetings to its organisers and attendees.

Russian Wood - 2015, held in Vologda from 2-4 December, is hosting exhibitors from over twenty Russian regions and six foreign countries.

To begin with, Mr. Kuvshinnikov briefed on socioeconomic situation in the region in 2015.

The discussion also focused on establishment of a new production facility complex for deep wood processing in a special economic zone of the Vologda Oblast. According to Mr. Kuvshinnikov, this will be a closed-cycle facility to produce bleached pulp (1,2 mln tonnes a year) both for domestic use and export. The Governor said some 5 million cubic metres of woodland has been reserved for the project, expressing confidence that after the construction of the facility the full wood processing cycle will be located in the region.

The international scientific and technical conference “Urgent issues of timber sector development” is scheduled for December 1-2 at the Vologda State Technical University.