Yakut historian, candidate of historical sciences Afanasy Nikolaev sent an open letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin, in which he proposes to move the country’s capital from Moscow. This letter was published by the publishing house. sahalife.
According to the scientist, the capital of the Russian Federation should be moved to Irkutsk. According to him, this will ensure the balanced development of the European and Asian parts of the Russian Federation, ensure the security of the country’s military-political leadership, accelerate the socio-economic development of the state by getting closer to Asia. It will contribute to the strengthening and development of the Pacific region (APR) and the Eurasian Economic Union as a new and powerful allied Eurasian power.
He also noted that Irkutsk was not only the administrative center of Siberia during the period of Russian exploration of Siberia, the Far East and Russian America, but also one of the centers of legendary prehistoric Tatarstan.
In September 2020, entrepreneur Oleg Deripaska proposed relying on relations with Asia in the face of breaking ties with Europe and moving the Russian capital to Siberia. Then in the Kremlin registeredA businessman has the right to his own opinion.
Putin before saidWhat does he think about moving Russia’s capital?