i guess you have not read what Dimitry Rogozin and Shoigu proposals to build cities in Far East. Cities represent that connectivity infrastructure. Weather is irrelevant as long as productive things are done. untill this point Arabs didnot took much interest in Far Eastern Economic forum but once Arabs see what the potential than they know where to put the correct lobbying and this is the demographic future.
Look at the sequence of wording where Emirati put first and than in Alliance with Arabs.
This a Georgian dance in Sochi but guess who else wear this kind of dress on May 9?. why do you think Arabs are sitting in Georgia?. You are underestimating Arabic Soft Power and Wealth which is second to none.
Rozogin does not hold any current position at goverment or state level. Whatever he proposes is an individual idea. Shoigu has been placed in a mostly symbolic position while his old deparment is being clean up. It is not like Patrushev proposing this.
Cities represent that connectivity infrastructure. Weather is irrelevant as long as productive things are done -> yeah, sure. Thats why all prosperous places in the world are in areas with relatively mild weather. I think you cant even imagine how harsh is Siberian weather even in the south.
Russians have enough for a couple of generations simply strengthening the infrastructure to their current cities in south Siberia as well as increasing the size of cities as Omsk, Novosibirk and so on.
Create new cities north of that will not happen. they will create some ports in the artic, for support, maintenance. But the most ambitious northern project of Russia is in the european side of Russia, that is a little less cold, not in the siberian side of the Urals.
I know you are very into "arabic soft power" and you see signals everywhere but sincerely, arabs leaders being invited to Kazan is nothing special. They are invited there, as iranians are invited there, as well as indians and many others.
When Russia organised a summit with Africans countries I dont think you saw there a "African soft power there"
There is nothing special about Kazan and Arabs. Kazan is a highly develop region because Soviets put lot of money there in industries, due to being very inside of the country and defensible.
And if something russian public opinion is very againt inmigration, so to think about create cities with inmigrants?? Even Putin himself told that they need to think in robotise staff to solve the lack of workers, and not in inmigration. They are pretty pissed with the CIA/MI6 infiltrated and fanatised central asians
About the northern south corridor there is nothing special in a emirati company participating in it. That new portrait it like some kind of protagonist when it is one more among many other companies.
For sure that corridor is interesting for arabs, but also for indians, africans, and the main developers are Russia and IRAN. Since they will be the ones that will control it
