crisisgroup: Shrinking Siberia | The Daily Beast by Anna Nemtsova Siberia’s population is disappearing. In a generation, if current trends continue, the vast land—one and a half times the size of China—will have fewer inhabitants than Moscow or St. Petersburg. Today, only 38 million people live in Siberia—2 million fewer than 20 years ago, according to Russia’s Institute of Demography—even though the region constitutes up to 77 percent of the nation’s landmass. Almost three quarters of Russia’s population is crowded west of the Ural Mountains, where the best and brightest of Siberia are flocking, too, away from the crumbling infrastructure, widespread corruption, and lack of opportunities in their homeland. Siberia “shows no sign of becoming the secure, modern, self-sufficient [state] that young people wish they could live in,” says Yekaterina Sokirianskaya of the International Crisis Group. FULL ARTICLE (The Daily Beast) Photo: Matt Hintsa/Flickr HIGH RES

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Shrinking Siberia | The Daily Beast

by Anna Nemtsova

Siberia’s population is disappearing. In a generation, if current trends continue, the vast land—one and a half times the size of China—will have fewer inhabitants than Moscow or St. Petersburg. Today, only 38 million people live in Siberia—2 million fewer than 20 years ago, according to Russia’s Institute of Demography—even though the region constitutes up to 77 percent of the nation’s landmass. Almost three quarters of Russia’s population is crowded west of the Ural Mountains, where the best and brightest of Siberia are flocking, too, away from the crumbling infrastructure, widespread corruption, and lack of opportunities in their homeland. Siberia “shows no sign of becoming the secure, modern, self-sufficient [state] that young people wish they could live in,” says Yekaterina Sokirianskaya of the International Crisis Group.

FULL ARTICLE (The Daily Beast)

Photo: Matt Hintsa/Flickr

∞  10/06/12 at 02:39am via thedailybeast.com
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    I seriously dont see the bad side in this.
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    truly unfortunate, because siberia is a beautiful place. been considering there, norway, or alaska for potential places...
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    Siberia. Fuck yeah.
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    Guys! Don’t leave!!! Also, ‘no sign of becoming the secure, modern, self-sufficient state’ - I disagree. My friend...
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