Governor of the Moscow region:Russian capital city to be moved from Moscow to Siberia

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[TD="class: alt2"] [HR][/HR] The newly installed governor of the Moscow region, Sergei Shoigu, on Friday proposed creating a new capital city for Russia in Siberia."Many people approve of the idea and I am probably one of them. I believe the capital should be located somewhere further away, in Siberia," Shoigu, who hails from the small republic of Tuva bordering Mongolia, told the Russkaya Sluzhba Novostei radio.The Moscow region legislature confirmed that Shoigu, the long-time emergencies minister, was taking up the position of governor on Thursday.Shoigu's comments follow similar calls made by radical firebrand Eduard Limonov, who proposed in his Other Russia party's 2010 manifesto that a new capital should be built from scratch in southern Siberia.Limonov said the move would ease regional rivalry and re-balance Moscow's economic dominance. [HR][/HR] [/TD]
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