Fallenangel
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France 24 Reprters - Chinese immigration in Russia's Blagoveshchensk
"Since the fall of the Soviet Union, more and more Chinese citizens have settled in Siberia, looking for new opportunities. France 24's reporters went to Blagoveshchensk, where one of the oldest Chinese communities in Russia is well-established, but where some Russians are very much uneasy with the Chinese presence."
Very nice report (watch the video - it's short and informative).
For sometime now I 'm trying to think about the possible direction in which the current Russian government is taking the country.
One of the things that came to my mind is that contemporary Russian leaders don't want (or simply can't) control the huge Russian territories to the east of the Uralian mountains - they do not have the finances, the men, and most importantly the will to do so.
I know that this is a very grim prediction and frankly I don't have any serious data to back my assumptions - mostly because there is no such data available/collected. But from my personal experience, from the things I read and hear, I think that unfortunately Russia would have eventually to give away large parts of Siberia, ending up mostly with it's western and central territories.
Any ideas, opinions, thoughts?
EDIT: I posted it here because it's Russia related but after rereading it I see that it can also fit into the Asian or the General parts of the forum...anyways I'm sure that the mods would be able to place it in the right part.
Thank you, and sorry for the possible trouble.
Cheers,
Fallen.
"Since the fall of the Soviet Union, more and more Chinese citizens have settled in Siberia, looking for new opportunities. France 24's reporters went to Blagoveshchensk, where one of the oldest Chinese communities in Russia is well-established, but where some Russians are very much uneasy with the Chinese presence."
Very nice report (watch the video - it's short and informative).
For sometime now I 'm trying to think about the possible direction in which the current Russian government is taking the country.
One of the things that came to my mind is that contemporary Russian leaders don't want (or simply can't) control the huge Russian territories to the east of the Uralian mountains - they do not have the finances, the men, and most importantly the will to do so.
I know that this is a very grim prediction and frankly I don't have any serious data to back my assumptions - mostly because there is no such data available/collected. But from my personal experience, from the things I read and hear, I think that unfortunately Russia would have eventually to give away large parts of Siberia, ending up mostly with it's western and central territories.
Any ideas, opinions, thoughts?
EDIT: I posted it here because it's Russia related but after rereading it I see that it can also fit into the Asian or the General parts of the forum...anyways I'm sure that the mods would be able to place it in the right part.
Thank you, and sorry for the possible trouble.
Cheers,
Fallen.
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