Russians could be offered ‘Siberian mortgage’ to settle in country’s vast snowy east, under new plans pitched by defense minister
Kemerovo Oblast
Russian city-dwellers tired of the hustle and bustle of Moscow and St. Petersburg could be offered loans and a patch of land to build a house out east in the wilds of Siberia, under new proposals designed to populate the region.
The country’s defense minister, Sergey Shoigu, made the case for incentivizing people to move eastwards as part …