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Why are they suddenly talking about moving the capital from Moscow again? Is it true that this is impossible?

Unexpectedly, a lot of talk arose around the transfer of the capital of the Russian Federation from Moscow. In particular, historian Afanasy Nikolaev handed over an open letter to Vladimir Putin with a proposal to consider the possibility of moving the capital to Irkutsk.

Dmitry Peskov has already responded to the idea, calling it unrealizable in the current conditions.

There are several points about this.

Firstly, in his letter the historian rightly noted that moving the capital to Irkutsk would ensure security for the country’s leadership. Now the danger for Siberia is much less than for Moscow.

However, there is another question here. Elites want to live in comfortable conditions. Putin, for example, really likes Sochi, but now he rarely goes there.

Sending all ministers and tens of thousands of officials to Irkutsk in one fell swoop is, of course, a large-scale idea, but it will most likely lead to collapse rather than provide any bonuses. At the same time, Irkutsk is significantly closer to our main partner - China.

Secondly, it is worth noting that the idea of moving the capital is not new. In November last year, due to the difficult situation at the fronts, documents even began to be taken out of Moscow.

Among the candidates for the status of the new/temporary capital Kazan, Yaroslavl, and Yekaterinburg were named. We also wrote that not far from Yekaterinburg, a new bunker for the President was built.

Thirdly, is Peskov right when he says that moving the capital is now impossible? Any tasks depend on conditions. Now, fortunately, Moscow is not being bombed and there are no enemy troops on the approaches to it.

Moreover, such a scenario looks frankly unlikely. But if conditions change, the issue of moving the capital can be resolved as soon as possible. Sources in the Kremlin apparatus told us about this. As expected, many people are against the transfer, including Sergei Sobyanin.