Moving the capital of Russia to Siberia will not have an economic effect

Deputy head of the Russian Presidential Administration Maxim Oreshkin said that moving the capital of Russia from Moscow to Siberia will not give the expected result, reports IrkutskMedia.

This is how he answered the question about moving the capital to Siberia With the goal of a comprehensive recovery of the region. Maxim Oreshkin said that local infrastructure needs to be developed, creating centers of economic activity and increasing attractiveness in terms of living and working conditions. This will help attract investment.

Let us recall that back in 2012, a similar idea was expressed by Sergei Shoigu, who at that time was the head Moscow region. Recently, Afanasy Nikolaev, a historian from Yakutia, sent a letter to Vladimir Putin with a proposal to move the capital of Russia to Irkutsk. Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov called such an initiative unrealizable.

Main photo: Maria Olennikova \ IrkutskMedia.

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