The chairman of the supervisory board of the Institute of Demography, Migration and Regional Development, Yuri Krupnov, proposed to Russian President Vladimir Putin to move the capital of Russia from Moscow beyond the Ural ridge. This initiative is part of the draft “Doctrine of De-Moscowhood,” which the publicist recently sent to the head of state.

The public figure pointed out that modern Russia“hypercentralized” - the Moscow region alone has absorbed almost a fifth of the entire population of Russia. At the same time, national development is focused on 15-25 megacities, where more than half of all citizens of the country live.

According to the expert, as a result of ongoing internal migration, Russia may not only lose its geopolitical advantages, but also lose sovereignty over remote areas. big cities territories.

“Forcibly congregating in narrow, limited point zones, Russian people<...>they will not want to increase the number of their families, to escape the global plague of few children and extinction.<...>Today, on 1/7 of the world’s landmass, we live 7-10 times more crowded, cramped and higher-storied than the British and Germans,” the draft doctrine says.

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A demography specialist sees a possible solution to the problem in moving the capital of Russia beyond the Urals. At the same time, Krupnov is convinced that priority in development should be given to Siberia and the Far East, and from the economy concentrated in Moscow, it is necessary to move on to the development of the country’s territories.

The expert also proposes to abandon megalopolis urbanization in favor of low-rise landscape-estate urbanization, which will allow “Russians to re-develop their endless spaces, their own land and will contribute to the departure from forced small families and the restoration of demographic growth.”

A public figure proposes that the state allocate to each large family own “family estate” with an area of ​​at least 30 acres, having all the necessary infrastructure.

According to Krupnov, in addition to the proposed measures, Russia should be “de-Moscowed” by a project to build thousands of new cities and accompanying new infrastructure. The expert proposes to provide transport links to all small towns in the country with complete aviation and complete restoration of river navigability.

The head of the LDPR faction, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, in a conversation with RT, expressed the opinion that there is no reason to move the capital of Russia beyond the Urals.

“No need to touch (the capital - RT). The holy city of Moscow, which is already almost a thousand years old, and suddenly take a new capital. This is a lot of money, and most importantly - what is the point? We are leaving the Urals and will be the capital of an Asian state, that is, all symbols will be lost.<...>There are no economic, historical, legal, or moral and ethical reasons to move the capital,” he said.

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The politician noted that the authorities should not deal with moving the capital, but with the development of the regions. He also drew attention to the fact that too many resources would be spent on developing the new capital.

“There is simply no point in moving the capital. No one is stopping us from directing money to the development of all other regions of the country. Otherwise, it will turn out that we will now be developing another capital and will tell everyone that now all the money is going to the new capital, so wait ten years,” Zhirinovsky emphasized.

He also stated that his party would under no circumstances support this initiative and would hinder it in every possible way.

In turn, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on State Construction and Legislation Pavel Krasheninnikov expressed confidence that the prerequisites for moving the capital Russian Federation are absent, and they are unlikely to arise in the foreseeable future.

The deputy noted that any relocation of the capital is a “costly matter” that is “hardly worth doing during a crisis.” He recalled that in the history of Russia there had already been cases when the capital was moved from Moscow to St. Petersburg and back, but then, according to him, there were prerequisites for this.

“Then it was a different story. Now I don’t see any prerequisites, so I don’t think that such a need is ripe. Yes, there is an overload in the capital, Muscovites are suffering in many ways, but it seems to me that if this is taken away, we will increase the suffering both for Muscovites and for those cities where, according to this project, the capital is supposed to be moved,” TASS quotes Krasheninnikov.

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The politician called the initiative “an interesting stuff for discussion,” but doubted that it would be implemented in the coming decades.

First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Federal Structure and Local Government Issues Irina Guseva, in a conversation with RT, called the proposal inappropriate.

“This is generally the wrong approach. What's the point of going beyond the Urals, what will it give us? In my opinion, the most important thing in this issue is the need to reconsider, perhaps, inter-budgetary relations, because the regions are very dependent on the federal center. We need to set a little more priorities in the regions, take care of the population so that people do not run away with small homeland, but were proud of it, developed enterprises, built businesses,” she said.

The Federation Council also does not believe in the prospects of such a proposal. First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Federal Structure, Regional Policy, local government and Northern Affairs Stepan Kirichuk, in a conversation with RT, called the initiative far-fetched.

“Nobody needs Moscow either as a capital or as a metropolis if there is work and good living conditions. This is what governors, mayors, people, residents need to do, public organizations. Not the transfer of the capital, but development regional economy, creating conditions for great work, creating jobs is the main thing, not contrived events associated with such things,” he said.

According to him, the capital can be located in any city, but the situation in the regions will not change: “What difference does it make for Buryatia where the capital will be, if in 1990 they had 2 million rams and sheep on pasture, and today - 200 thousand What difference does it make to them whether the capital will be in Moscow, Yekaterinburg or Novosibirsk? The situation needs to be resolved so that their sheep grow and the meat is sold, rather than imported Mongolian meat.”

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Judging by the results, in which more than 5,000 people have already taken part, RT readers support Krupnov’s proposal. More than 50% of respondents voted for this option.

In October, at a meeting with scientists and entrepreneurs in Skolkovo, the President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev declared that he wanted to create new class officials who will be interested in their work, including the development of science. According to him, in Russia the bureaucracy lags significantly behind other countries in terms of efficiency. During the discussion of the technology for implementing the idea of ​​the President of the Russian Federation in the article “Is it possible to raise a new caste of officials in the CIS who support science: opinions,” experts suggested using the historical experience of Tsar Pyotr Alekseevich Romanov, who solved the problem of sabotage of the Moscow boyars to his reform course by building a new capital, the city of St. Petersburg.

Coordinator of the international expert group IA REX Sergey Sibiryakov from October 29 to 31 conducted a survey in social network Guidepark on the topic “Which city should be made the capital instead of Moscow?” 2856 bloggers took part in it, leaving 400 comments on the survey topic. 1% of respondents voted for the westernmost and most European city in the country, Kaliningrad; 2% believe that the capital should be moved to Astana in Kazakhstan (since Putin and Nazarbayev have set the goal of creating the Eurasian Union and Nazarbayev is its initiator); 2% voted for Sevastopol (at the same time, the issue of returning Crimea to the Russian Federation must be resolved); 6% are confident that St. Petersburg should be returned to the status of the capital, because this city preserves the greatness of the Russian Empire in its history; 7% love Moscow and Muscovites (let the capital remain in Moscow); 36% offered their own options, among which Magadan and other distant places are often mentioned; Novosibirsk collected 46% of the votes (the capital should be somewhere in the geographical center of the state).

Publishes the most interesting comments to the survey.

“Sergei, by raising the issue in this way, you join the ranks of traitors to the country. Maybe even split the country into pieces? Moscow has always been a trading center, even when St. Petersburg was the capital. Its income is not determined by the presence or absence of power structures there, but primarily by its favorable geographical location. Yes, I also agree that there should be many centers. And the same Skolkovo, it was more logical to organize it in the Novosibirsk region. It would be a little more expensive, but much more promising. But I will disappoint you. Nobody feeds Moscow. People in Moscow work ten to twelve hours a day and do not fatten at all. I see this in the example of my own sister and nephew. And those who are fattening make up an insignificant percentage. Perhaps it’s also because Muscovites are used to “keeping it in style” and never admit to their problems? Everything seems to be fine with them, the thing bought at the sale looks great... And to listen to what he tells you there, it’s like an oligarch. This is a common “modus operandi” for most Muscovites and those who have come in large numbers. A slacker and rentier will be such anywhere on the planet. By the way, they are now not only in the capital. Take a look around. So maybe we’ll start transforming the world with the fact that you try not to feed a single official in your hometown skoy government? And if we take global goals, try not to feed America, for example,” suggests Andrey Zemlyanoy from Kazan.

“Moscow, how much has merged in this sound for the Russian heart...”! And power, and money, and fame, i.e. brain, heart, muscles, stomach, and, excuse me, the cloaca. “A colossus with feet of clay,” as the enemies say. And, indeed, a systemic power needs a proportional capital so that the head does not overtighten the body. Structurally, the state mechanism resembles not a nesting doll or a bear, but an octopus or a jellyfish, where all vital organs are located in the center, within the Garden Ring. Capture them, and all of Russia will only twitch in convulsions, unable to help either the Tsar, or the Secretary General, or the President. This genetically comes from Genghis Khan and means that Russia is what is within the Garden Ring, and then there is a colony,” explains his choice Vladimir Spirin.

“With this survey you reminded of the Tatar-Mongol yoke. Since that time, there has been a WAR for the right to collect tribute and use the remains to build Moscow, Tver, or Novgorod. It seems that a new “quarrel” is beginning over the right to collect “tribute” - taxes. It's like an election fight. Whoever wins will collect, distribute and live on what “sticks”. We, the common people, pushed away from the “trough,” will still get nothing except promises of a “better share.” Like the new - old opposition, someone really wants to “steer” cash flows and any city will promise anything to the “people” if only its city becomes the capital. With all the ensuing privileges,” he believes Victor Volkov.

“Moscow, of course, consumes a lot itself from everything that the country has produced. And that's just not bad. Something else is bad. Moscow itself sells everything or almost everything that the country produces. The money from sales ends up mostly offshore. The system of taxation from pumped-out resources does not allow regions to develop and settle normally. This is why Moscow is booming by leaps and bounds, and the regions are shrinking. There is only one way out - all mining companies must be registered not in Moscow, but in the mining region, and pay all taxes there. And 60% of all taxes collected must remain in the regions. Then there will be fewer people in Moscow, and Muscovites will breathe easy. It’s true that the standard of living of Muscovites will fall. And fewer business travelers will come to Moscow for any permits or subsidies. But no one has any complaints about Muscovites personally. Now the world's financial and industrial centers are shifting to Asia. It would not hurt Russia to move its capital there. But it must be a new small city, planned and built on free land and by the latest projects, following the example of Astana,” reassures Muscovites Vasily Zagogulko.

“I love Moscow very much. And I don’t care where the capital is. I personally won't go anywhere. Less people - more oxygen! It’s always funny to me when they start writing that all of Russia feeds Moscow. It is Moscow that feeds, drinks, dresses and educates everyone. Well, he feeds or doesn’t feed, but everyone gets eaten. Look at how the prices for apartments have been raised for us. They would buy it from themselves, otherwise the whole village would chip in and buy it for crazy money. Or ten people will get together and rent a one-room apartment for 30 thousand. And realtors (also more than one Muscovite) are only too happy. In order to sell somewhere, you must first study at least the basics of economics, not to mention mathematics, but in the regions they only know how to steal from each other. And then, so as not to be noticed, accusing those they care about as much as Courchevel of theft is to make it clearer to you. For you, this is the limit of your desires,” he responds with indignation to the attacks of bloggers from the regions Muscovite Krupskaya.

“This “nurse” Krupskaya means that Moscow “feeds, waters, clothes” us by printing Russian rubles at the Gosznak factory, and sending a tiny, not stolen part of them to the regions. Because it is impossible to imagine that 12 million Muscovites, day and night (otherwise it won’t work) without sleep or rest, fry, steam, bake, sheathe from products and materials sent from some planet (we, the remaining 130 million, are ill-mannered, eat from the hands of Muscovites, parasites, as she believes, and the Americans or anyone else will never send all this, of course, from another planet! After all, it is impossible to see pastures and fields for growing food inside the Moscow Ring Road, 95% of working Muscovites receive only 55 thousand, while for the same work outside the Moscow Ring Road they receive 10-12 thousand rubles. Do Muscovites wrinkle their foreheads more, or do they sweat more? But Muscovites who are pensioners receive bonuses to their pensions, with which their pensions exceed the average all-Russian ones. 2-2.5 times You are Muscovites, you live and have always lived at the expense of the entire population of the peripheral part of the country, 80% of this population have never been to a theater or a museum, if only because the closest ones are at a considerable distance. , and even if people wanted to visit them, they would not have the means to get to them and pay for the entrance. Not to mention organizing a family vacation at sea! ", retorts Stanislav Dekopov.

“The capital should be brand new. And it is best to be located in the Far East, on the shores of the Sea of ​​Okhotsk or the Sea of ​​Japan. This is how we will turn Atlantic Russia into Pacific Russia. Thus, at one time, Peter the Great opened a “window to Europe.” And we will “open the door” to Asia and the Pacific region, where a new world civilization center is beginning to take shape. We must not be late. Finally, the capital must be the first to greet the sun and usher in a new day. In all large countries capital in the east. Having moved the capital to Far East, we'll keep it. Otherwise we will lose it in the next twenty years. Russia will again, following in the footsteps of the explorers, begin a new campaign to Pacific Ocean, populating the eastern lands. Moreover, we can attract other nations for this. Now this is impossible, since you won’t invite anyone to this outback. And when the capital is in the east - it’s easy. Finally, we will save the Jewish people from destruction and new dispersion. Sooner or later the Jews will be squeezed out of Palestine. There is no doubt about it. Where should they go? And then we will open the doors of the Jewish Autonomous Region, the homeland created for them by the genius of Stalin. And if the capital is nearby, then it will be the most luxurious business place for Jews,” a Muscovite campaigns for the Far East Vladimir Yurovitsky.

« Whatever city you make, it’s all a pity. Let what remains of the Russian city of Moscow rot. In St. Petersburg, all the canals will have to be filled with cement, otherwise there will be traffic jams, it’s bad to build in St. Petersburg, but it will be necessary, because all the non-Russians will spread to the new capital. Astana is coming, it will be closer for migrant workers to go there », - sums up a resident of Bryansk Sergey Pivovarov.

There is, if not a tradition, then at least a stable trend: every few hundred years our state changes its capital. Will it continue and which cities can lay claim to the title of the center of the country?

Trade routes change capitals

The change of the main city, as a rule, occurred against the backdrop of serious geopolitical changes. Thus, Veliky Novgorod can be considered the first capital of the Russian state - it was there that the Slavic tribes, according to legend, were called to rule Rurik in 862. However, the center Ancient Rus' the city did not remain long.

Already in 882, Rurik’s successor, Prince Oleg, settled in Kyiv. “The Mother of Russian Cities” suited the role of the capital perfectly: it was closer to Byzantium, the main partner of Rus', and protected due to its convenient location on the banks of the Dnieper. In addition, through this river lay the “Road from the Varangians to the Greeks” - then the main trade corridor from North to South.

By the middle of the 11th century, after Kyiv became the residence of the Russian metropolitan, the institution of the capital in its modern sense was formed in the city. A long period of autocracy played an important role in this. Kyiv princes. But with the offensive in Rus' feudal fragmentation and especially after being hit Tatar-Mongol yoke the formation of statehood stalled.

Rus', which was under the rule of the Horde, was, in fact, not a monolithic state and was rather a collection of separate principalities. At this time, Vladimir began to be considered the nominal capital - it was the local princes who were recognized as the oldest by the Tatar-Mongols. However, the local table, as a rule, was transferred to one of the appanage princes of the North-East, and the “Varangians” received the title “ Grand Duke of All Rus'”, did not consider it necessary to personally sit in the city. As a result, Vladimir gradually turned into a provincial city.

After this, Moscow gradually came to the fore. Over time, local princes managed to unite Rus', liberate the country from the Tatar-Mongols and make their hometown the capital of the newly formed state. It is believed that Moscow acquired the status of a center in 1389, when Vasily I came to reign.

New capital First of all, it was distinguished by its advantageous location - not only geographical and military, but also commercial. Through the Moscow River it was possible to get to other large rivers- Volga, Oka and Klyazma, and along them - further to the south. Moreover, the city XIV century became the cultural and spiritual center of Rus'.

Moscow remained the center of the country for more than 300 years - until 1712, when, by the will of Peter I, St. Petersburg became the main city of the state. Petersburg, by the will of the sovereign, was specially created in order to be the capital. And the decisive factors when choosing a place were proximity to Europe and location on the sea coast: this allowed guests from other countries to “sail to the Tsar by sea, rather than overcome the dangerous road to Moscow.” The marshy Neva delta was not the most favorable place for building a city, but perhaps the only one that made it possible to connect by the shortest by sea Russia and Europe. This connection, in the opinion of the first emperor, was more consistent with the path of development that he saw for the Russian state.

Wind of change

However, as history shows, the choice of the capital directly depends on the leadership’s ideas about the future of the country. St. Petersburg remained the main city for only two centuries: in 1918, the Bolsheviks who came to power, apparently no longer particularly in need of guests “sailing by sea,” returned the central status to Moscow, which it still retains.

However, today voices are again heard proposing, if not completely, then at least partially, to convey management functions another city. Most often among the successors, St. Petersburg is, of course, mentioned - it has been wooed for this role since 1991. It is quite simple to explain: on the threshold of the third millennium, pro-Western sentiments were strong in Russia, whose supporters believed that moving the capital closer to the “partners” would have a positive impact on the development of the state. Over time, others were added to this argument. For example, about high degree Moscow's congestion with all kinds of officials. And if the craving for the West has gradually decreased, the last contradiction remains unresolved to this day.

However, in the future, St. Petersburg is far from the only city, which could compete with Moscow for the right to have the title of capital. Thus, one of the most dynamically growing populated areas in Russia is Krasnodar. Its population over ten years - from 2006 to 2016 - increased by 20% - to 853 thousand people. Total number residents, of course, is not comparable to the 12 million in the capital, but the increase turned out to be more significant than Moscow’s 13%.

In addition, Krasnodar is invariably ranked among the largest economic centers in Russia. In the industrial complex of the city there are about 130 large and medium-sized enterprises, which employ about 30% of all employees. Moreover, in this locality it was recorded minimum quantity unemployed.

The local economy is highly diversified: there are factories producing instruments, metalworking, as well as clothing and furniture factories. The favorable business climate in Krasnodar attracts the attention of both domestic and foreign investors. Officials would certainly be attracted by the opportunity to work in an actively developing city with a mild climate just 100 kilometers from the Black Sea. And at the same time reliably guarded by the Russian fleet.

Another regular in various ratings of Russian cities is Tyumen. This populated area just like Krasnodar, it is one of the fastest growing: in ten years its population has increased by a third - from 542 to 721 thousand. In addition, Tyumen is the leader in the ranking of cities in terms of living standards in 2017, which was compiled by the Department of Sociology of the Financial University under the Government. According to citizens, the best here are the level of education, public services and road construction. The results indicate that Tyumen, the capital of the raw materials region, skillfully used the money received from oil and gas. And, of course, such experience would be useful for the whole country as a whole.

IN right time in the right place

However, getting into the ratings is far from being the factor by which state capitals are selected. The determining factors here are both the historical role and geographical location. For the main city of the country, it is important that its place on the map is convenient not only for communication between regions, but also for interaction with the main foreign partners. It’s not for nothing that Kyiv, Moscow and St. Petersburg took their place at different times.

But times are changing. Russia, once openly pro-European, is now turning to the East and placing its bets on the Northern Sea Route, hoping to become a conduit between the Old World and Asia. And the changes taking place in the future may well prompt the authorities to change the capital.

In this case, one of the two Far Eastern cities is perfect - Vladivostok or Khabarovsk. Already now, both settlements are wisely using their border position, establishing relationships with “ asian tigers" And Vladivostok has made an infrastructural breakthrough thanks to the APEC summit that was recently held here. By the way, the event showed that the city is quite capable of handling representative functions.

Another contender for the title of center is undoubtedly Krasnoyarsk. The city has already become an informal capital Eastern Siberia- largely due to its powerful production base, transport and logistics capabilities. This settlement is located almost in the very heart of the country on one of its largest rivers - the Yenisei, which connects Krasnoyarsk with the northern territories. The city itself is located very close to the southern border of Russia.

If there are forecasts that the Northern Sea Route will become one of the world’s main trade arteries, ready to compete with the Suez Canal in terms of volumes of transported cargo, then Murmansk, one of the largest ports in Russia, will inevitably claim the title of capital. And the fact that this city is the largest in the world beyond the Arctic Circle should not deter officials at all. The climate here is moderate, and if we take into account widespread warming, then weather conditions and may even be considered acceptable. So the cold is unlikely to become a hindrance, which cannot be said about the polar nights.

Delegate in parts

Russia, by moving the Constitutional Court from Moscow to St. Petersburg, took a step in a similar direction. For our country with its vast territory, the distribution of authorities could be the answer to many challenges. It is clear why until recently, for example, the ministries for the affairs of the Far East or the North Caucasus were located in Moscow: to be closer to the center of decision-making. However, in the age of new technologies, such a need is gradually disappearing.

So in the near future, perhaps, management structures will be scattered throughout the state: the ministry responsible for the NSR will be in Murmansk; the department managing relations with Asian countries is in Vladivostok. And officials may be in charge of oil production from Tyumen.

Head of the Supervisory Board of the Institute of Demography, Migration and Regional Development Yuri Krupnov proposed to the Russian President to move the capital beyond the Urals. This is not the first such proposal to “demoscovite” the country’s capital for recent years. According to the expert, the capital region “absorbed almost a fifth of all Russian population". National development also focuses on 15-25 megacities, in which “more than half” of all citizens live. On the occasion of once again considering the issue of moving the capital of Russia, we recall how this issue was approached in different years.

Saint Petersburg

The most frequent candidate to regain the title of the capital of the country. The city on the Neva was originally built as a capital Russian Empire and everything about it is majestic: from buildings to fountains and squares. There was no formal decree according to which St. Petersburg became the capital. The transfer of the capital began in 1710, when senior officials began to move to St. Petersburg, followed by senators. In 1712, the royal court settled in St. Petersburg. Despite the reverse transfer of the capital in 1728, after its transfer in 1730 to St. Petersburg, it remained the capital until 1918. Note that talk about St. Petersburg again becoming the official capital began to arise after the election of the President Vladimir Putin.

The first person to start talking about transferring some of the capital's functions to St. Petersburg was the State Duma speaker Gennady Seleznev. In his opinion, Moscow does not have enough premises for the fruitful activities of people's representatives, and Mayor Yuri Luzhkov does not want to allocate land for the construction of a modern parliamentary complex. In St. Petersburg, legislators could comfortably accommodate themselves in their “native land” - the Tauride Palace, in which the first Russian Dumas. In 2000, the then ambassador to Belarus also addressed this issue Pavel Borodin.

In January 2002, another attempt was made to raise the topic - Chairman of the Federation Council Sergei Mironov said that in the near future he would submit to the State Duma a bill on transferring part of the functions of the capital to the city. The project was prepared by Mironov himself and St. Petersburg governor Vladimir Yakovlev. In February 2003 - the third visit. Valentina Matvienko, then still Deputy Prime Minister, announced that she was in favor of transferring some of the capital’s functions to St. Petersburg. However, it never came to concrete proposals.

Novosibirsk

The capital of Siberia is another option under discussion for the country's capital. They advocated its transfer to Siberia Sergei Shoigu when he was governor of the Moscow region and businessman Oleg Deripaska, whose main production assets are located beyond the Urals.

“In general, in a good way, many people talk about this. I’m probably one of them. I believe that the capital should be moved further away, to Siberia. It seems to me so,” Sergei Shoigu said then.

In addition, in different years, Vladimir Zhirinovsky proposed making Novosibirsk the capital of the country, Eduard Limonov and other public figures.

Then the experts agreed that strengths This idea is that neighboring regions will receive an impetus for development, and there will be some renewal of power structures in the process of relocation. There were also many potential downsides. First of all, these are the costs of moving, which will cost hundreds of billions of rubles. In addition, it will be difficult for the authorities to work during the relocation process. Muscovites are also concerned about the prospects of their city, which is now tailored to the functions of the capital and cannot exist without them.

By the way, Novosibirsk is the third largest city in the country. It is curious that at the peak of conversations and rumors on this topic the then governor of the Novosibirsk region, Vasily Yurchenko, called it inappropriate to move the capital of Russia beyond the Urals and, in particular, to Novosibirsk - in his opinion, this idea is an unrealizable project.

Magadan

Magadan could be the ideal “first city” of Russia, the LDPR leader believes Vladimir Zhirinovsky. Several years ago, he said that moving the capital from Moscow to the Far East would strengthen Russia's influence over Japan, China, Korea, Indonesia and Australia. At the same time, Zhirinovsky admitted that he is not at all afraid of the potential distance of the new capital from Europe. According to him, Europe is aging and by the middle of the 21st century it will become a “museum”, so there is no need to worry about this. At the same time, the majority of those who advocate moving the capital doubt that the idea will be supported by Moscow officials. Moreover, so large-scale project will require enormous costs.

Krasnoyarsk

After the performance Vladimir Putin At the tenth Seliger forum in 2014, a topic appeared about the possible move of the entire political elite of the country to Krasnoyarsk. The president's statement caused heated discussion among deputies. Later, this issue was approached several more times, but in this case everything remained at the level of proposals, even if they were said by the president of the country. However, Krasnoyarsk has everything to become one of the centers of the country in the coming years. In terms of its economy, this city is one of the leaders in Siberia, and in 2019 the Winter Universiade will be held there, which will help attract additional investment to the city.

Sevastopol

Last year, on the anniversary of the referendum on the reunification of Crimea with Russia, the chairman of the board of directors of the Institute for Analysis of Political Infrastructure, Evgeniy Tunik, proposed moving the capital to Sevastopol. He sent a corresponding appeal to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. However, such a decision is unlikely to be reasonable, given the attitude towards the status of the peninsula in the West.

Yekaterinburg

Another option that appears as possible candidates. Just the other day, a member of the Supreme Council of United Russia Dmitry Orlov called Yekaterinburg the best option for moving the capital from Moscow. According to Orlov, Moscow is located far from the geographical center of Russia, and its development leads to hypertrophy of the Moscow agglomeration. By the way, the capital of the Urals is the fourth largest city in the country and one of the fastest growing and modern.