News archive on the topic "Siberia"

The project for the socio-economic development of Siberia, proposed by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in August of this year, is gaining momentum. The head of the Ministry of Economy, Maxim Reshetnikov, was instructed to present the main investment projects, including the development of energy, production of non-ferrous metals, timber industry, products with high added value, and so on. The Ministry of Economic Development is considering about 100 such projects, which are grouped into eight clusters “Oil and Gas”, “Color and...

Russian businessman Oleg Deripaska believes that war is most likely not on the western, but on the eastern borders of Russia. The oligarch wrote about this in his Telegram channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “It would probably be reasonable, having assessed the real risks, to honestly say: we have no risk of getting serious problems in the western direction - we have a serious risk of being unprepared for...

The Russian government must urgently, within two to three years, develop a concept for the development of Siberia and remote regions of the country, otherwise the bulk of the population will soon move to the south, exposing the borders of the state. Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Institute of Demography, Migration and Regional Development Yuri Krupnov said this on air on the Crimea 24 TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to the expert, now the population is massive...

Supporters of the Russian liberal party "Yabloko" and members of the local "Congress of Ukrainians of Siberia" held a rally on the occasion of the so-called Day. "Independence of Ukraine" in the center of Novosibirsk. They published photographs of their performance on blogs, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The participants held posters with the inscriptions: “Ukraine, Syria, Africa. When we think about our country”, “Peace and prosperity for Ukraine. Power, stop fighting!”,...

Details have emerged of the Russian Ark project, the ideas of which the Minister of Defense and Chairman of the Russian Geographical Society Sergei Shoigu has been promoting for several years. The essence of the project is that new agglomerations with innovative enterprises, green energy and high scientific potential will be created in Siberia. This will make it possible to bring the regions into the ranks of Russian economic leaders and significantly increase their gross regional...

Ten brigades of the Russian railway troops are starting to build the second branch of the Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM). The work will cover a 340-kilometer section, according to the decision of Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. A PolitNavigator observer talks about the significance of the largest project in the history of our country and why an object of particular importance is once again entrusted to military builders. The idea of ​​building the Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM) arose back in…

In Tobolsk, members of the Public Chamber did not include the name of the pioneer of Siberia Ermak Timofeevich in the list of candidates for assigning a historical name to the local airport. For the Tyumen region, this is not the first scandal associated with an attempt to perpetuate the name of the conqueror of Siberia. The idea of ​​erecting a monument to the ataman and declaring him the founding father of Tyumen and Tobolsk ran into resistance from some radical...

In Russian cities of the Far East and Siberia, unauthorized rallies were held in support of opposition blogger Alexei Navalny, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. They were the most radical in Vladivostok. There, young people (their number is estimated to range from one thousand to three) gathered in the central square. After standing there for about an hour, they moved along Svetlanovskaya Street. The police blocked their road. Happened…

The West has always dreamed of gaining access to the natural resources of Russian Siberia. Kiev political scientist Vadim Karasev stated this on the Nash TV channel, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The expert emphasized that Russia will remain a great power as long as it includes Siberia. “All our lives, Western Europe, first of all, then the Germans, dreamed of the storehouses of Siberia. Until now...

In the Yakutsk region, construction of a new bridge over the Lena River will begin, which was “frozen” shortly after the reunification of Crimea with Russia due to the need to spend money on crossing the Kerch Strait. The construction of a 3,1-kilometer-long bridge across the Lena (as well as about 11 km of adjacent roads) is estimated at 83 billion rubles. Construction of the facility is planned to be completed by 2025. The project was...

Both Kuban and Siberia are full of ethnic Ukrainians, whom it’s time to start supporting. Deputy head of the Mejlis banned in the Russian Federation, member of the Ukrainian parliament Akhtem Chiygoz stated this on air on the ATR TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Kuban was part of the Crimean Khanate for hundreds of years. Then it was Ukrainian territory, and since then Ukrainians settled there, who...

Ukrainian nationalists are amused by the scale of forest fires that have engulfed Siberia. Thus, the scandalous ex-deputy of the Verkhovna Rada, member of the VO “Svoboda” Irina Farion thanked “God” in her blog for creating “hell for the enemy,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Farion left her message under the video of forest fires. “The enemy received a demonstrative hell on earth. I thank God for His sign,”…

A well-known Crimean businessman, owner of the Taigan and Skazka zoos, Oleg Zubkov, expressed regret that German troops could not capture Siberia during the Great Patriotic War - in this case, supposedly, the Nazis saved forests from fires that Russia now cannot put out. Zubkov wrote about this on his blog, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “My heart aches from pain, from...

Russia is supposedly a historically failed state, and therefore must cease to exist. Ex-militant and odious right-wing radical Dmitry Korchinsky, who is wanted in the Russian Federation, stated this on the Internet channel “World-Brovary Television”, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Muscovy is not capable of bearing responsibility for Siberia. She is not capable of bearing responsibility for these territories, which means these territories must be taken away...