Deripaska again proposed to move the capital of Russia to Siberia

Businessman and founder of US Rusal Oleg Deripaska once again proposed moving the Russian capital to Siberia. He spoke about this in an interview with the Russia 24 TV channel.

“I’m not saying that the capital should be moved to Siberia tomorrow, but nevertheless, sooner or later it will have to be done,” he said at the Krasnoyarsk Economic Forum (KEF).

The businessman stressed that the main flow of investments in the future will come from Asia, and in the Siberian region it will be possible to resolve issues related to economic development with the East “on the spot”.

On March 3, 2022, at KEF-22, Deripaska also made a proposal to move the capital to the central part of the country. Then he said that Russia’s interests in the future “are in Asia.” “I always say: it seems like a utopia, but why do we need a capital in Moscow, if we have all our interests in Asia. And a different time for the approach of missiles, and everything else will look different if it is located in Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk,” Deripaska said.

Previously Entrepreneur urged reduce the number of officials and security officials in Russia. In his opinion, this will give more freedom from the state apparatus for the economy. Then, to Deripaska’s statement, the governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, Alexander Uss, briefly replied that he was “ready to shrink.”