‘Doctrine of De-Moscovication’: A Russian demographer has proposed transferring his country’s capital to an area nearer China, Japan and South Korea, which he calls the center of the world’s geo-economic map, Inga Velanskayawrites. Yury Krupnov, the head of the Supervisory Board of the Institute for Demographics, Migration and Regional Development, argues that the development of Russia’s Far East and Siberia regions is hindered because the country’s population, finances, resources and economic development is concentrated around Moscow. “Putin said that the country’s Far East should become an absolute priority for us for the entire 21st century,” Krupnov said. “And this reflects our realities, because our Far East is located in the very heart of the modern geo-economic map. It is next-door to China, South Korea and Japan, and the US is just across the ocean.” READ THE STORY HERE
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