Russia conquers its Far East

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Russia's Far Eastern Federal District covers 41 percent of the country's territory but is home to a mere six percent of its population. And the region is losing an average of 17,000 inhabitants a year. In order to stem this rural exodus, but also to exploit this vast territory, Russian President Vladimir Putin has made developing the Far East a priority. FRANCE 24's Elena Volochine reports.
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[@Ted1A]

People here arguing over the word "conquer" clearly have English as a second language. "Conquer" just means to succeed over something whether literally or metaphorically. Like America "conquered" the Wild West. Or Sir Edmund Hillary "conquered" Mt. Everest. It's not supposed to be offensive or condescending. Conquering the Far East would mean turning what is currently an economic backwater into a developed and prosperous region.

[@TheSpecialJ11]

Exactly, they are conquering the hostile terrain and climate, not the people. The people were conquered centuries ago...and there's no undoing the sins of your forefathers, only doing the best with what you've inherited. There are some expressions among English speakers, at least among Americans as I've never talked to too many Aussies or Brits so I can't speak for them, that talk of "conquering yourself" as in overcoming your own mental and physical blocks to improve yourself and your work. Conquering is not always a bad word in English, although modern sensibilities mostly use it in a negative sense in reference to nations invading lands they do not already own. Compare the word conquest with the word request. Both come from the same Latin root word meaning to seek, to ask, to strive, to desire. Hence the English word "quest" so often used in fantasy tales.

[@truthseeker7192]

Billion dollar Chinese tourist park, sounds like a nightmare to me. Leave the nature alone.

[@arkaghose675]

I understand there's money to be made .. but why incentivize settling there? Don't ruin the pristine landscape, it could be used for tourism dollars.

[@antonslavik4907]

Nature is ours to exploit.

[@truthseeker7192]

@@antonslavik4907 YOU dont exploit it, some Chinese Guy do.

[@DZ477]

@@criskayo275 No, the Mongols!

[@cryptarisprotocol1872]

criska yo The Qing Dynasty never got as far as Kamchatka you dunce.

[@azizanm2]

Conquer is not the right term. Explore or develop should be the right terms France conquer Africa could be the right word

[@peabase]

Russia did a lot on conquering, too. Hypocrisy isn't far off.

[@Amidat]

well once upon a time Russia DID conquer that area. But that is sorted out long time ago

[@peabase]

@@Amidat Is it? The Chechen Wars suggest otherwise. France had the decorum to decolonise. Russia, no such luck.

[@ctdesing]

@@peabase lol, Chechnya is in western Russia, not in Eastern Russia

[@peabase]

@@ctdesing What's that got to do with the price of tea in China?

[@ossa60]

every single time....every single time I watch a video from russia I fall more in love with that beautiful country!!!!

[@finnicpatriot6399]

ossa60 Then you’re a sadistic imperialist who loves watching culture, nature and people die.

[@ossa60]

@@finnicpatriot6399 duuuhhh

[@ossa60]

@@finnicpatriot6399 duh

[@NadiaDubininaValues]

You are welcome here)))

[@NadiaDubininaValues]

I have recently been in Kamchatka myself! Not my first time though)

[@golden4730]

All this natural beauty will be gone once tourism becomes a thing in that region

[@kennedynyangacha3171]

If Russia won’t be careful, by the time they realized the mistakes of now, they would find that entire beauty of their Far East is been taken away by the World Hyenas.. Look at Kenya and African Wildlife has been totally destroyed!. The very beautiful snow of Mt. Kilimanjaro that provided water and livelihoods to everything living below the mountain both in Tanzania and Kenya gone maybe forever. All forests of indigenous trees disappeared forever to point to the least. Pitying Russia for this rush!!.

[@suryavajra]

Are you Finnish yourself FinnicPatriot or do you hail from Karelia or Mari? I am fascinated by your people. Hope to one day learn one of your languages

[@abodenewschannel9404]

Russia never learn from mistake. Kharborovs region forest is gone, a russian timber tycon with licence to cut and process the wood never do that, instead he exported them to china. And the worst he done is his company don't replant trees it cut down leaving vast area with out cover.If this trend continue desert will appear in the region despite it is a cold area.

[@sebokimre892]

@@abodenewschannel9404 in the europe and the usa how much forrest have?you have no forrest but you try dictating no to cut because the earth getting hot.close your companies first and grow tree

[@DNG12900]

​@@sebokimre892whataboutism huh? Typical

[@crumcon]

Russia conquers its own land.. what's wrong with that ?

[@wavyy]

@djole3005 you both are even more stupid conquering doesnt always have to be done in enemy territory the land is not used right now so the term is legit did you never hear about "conquering wildness"

[@reddraken2255]

Well said, not like imperialist US that "conquers" other nations via military interventions, sanctions, regime change or promoting chaos, bloodshed and destruction in order to "occupy" territories under the excuse of protecting freedom and democracy. Clear examples: the oil fields in Syria, Iraq, Libya, and their attempts to "buy" Greenland or take over Venezuela. The US is a joke.

[@Amidat]

@@reddraken2255 Just like the US though - there were native people's in that region and then Russia came in. But yeah it would be hypocritical to complain

[@clarencemerritt5003]

These are colonized lands. not original part of Russia. That were eventually Incorporated.

[@theboss-wy4cn]

@John Samuels Holodomor? The natives of Siberia? The Circassians? Kyrgyz? The ethnic Germans in Eastern Europe and Prussia during and after ww2? Chechnya? Even the Jews Russia has genocided lmao. Don't tell me you're serious when you say Russia has committed no genocide. You are unbelievably ignorant.

[@alexandriaoccasional-corte1346]

This is like populating Mars.

[@edsalinas9996]

Love your handle!

[@omeirmkhan]

Lol! The word “Conquer” had me in stitches! Russia is developing or promoting its own territory! FFS what’s wrong with that? France24 should once in a while report about Yellow Vests protests!!

[@finnicpatriot6399]

Let's Review Most of Russia consists of the lands of the indigenous Finno-Ugric peoples, which was stolen from us.

[@АлександерЛешуков]

@@finnicpatriot6399 what Fino-Ugric peoples were in the far East?if you want to give away the part of Finland that the Russian Tsar gave you then we are not against it

[@finnicpatriot6399]

@@АлександерЛешуков Uralic people were pretty much everywhere across Northern Eurasia. Liao Civilization in Northern China was the origin point of our furthest ancestors, who then migrated to Central-Asia and Volga-Ural region and spread from there.

[@Aan_allein]

It will belong to China.

[@cbm2156]

Conquer has many meanings. Perhaps the Russians are too sensitive about that word. Conquer means in one sense to take control over. It does not always mean overrunning an area with the military and establishing strict control.

[@wiimooden]

So many commenters furious with the choice of word "conquest." It's just a title guys, no one is suggesting that this area isn't a part of Russia lol.

[@dickiewongtk]

The Chinese natural environment is so damaged that it is worth it to spend 600 euro for a trip to the middle of nowhere in Russia.

[@bhunji1850]

Weren't they supposed to conquer the enormous wealth of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania? I mean, that's what NATO is telling us...

[@peabase]

@Boomer Galactica Really? How come the GDP per capita of all three exceeds that of Russia? Lithuania and Estonia are even far better off than Russia.

[@Kactix]

@@peabase haha

[@peabase]

@John Smith Per capita, silly. The IMF says Lithuanians earn $34,826 annually, Estonians $34,096 and Latvians $29,901. Russians come last with $29,267.

[@peabase]

@John Smith You're still being silly. The figures I quoted are GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power parity (PPP).

[@jeancarlosbasilio5310]

John Smith they get there sources from cnn it’s all fake

[@theduke6174]

If Russia practiced capitalism, most of these areas would look like America's mid-west.

[@valdimicolchik7975]

That Far East was conquered by Russia 🇷🇺 many century ago. So what kind of conquerism You talking about !

[@valdimicolchik7975]

@Get RekT I know that from the time when I was in 🏫 School at 5.grade. Russia 🇷🇺 it is so big that small part it is in Europe , up to Ural Mountain. You cross Ural, and You are in the Asia and that it is Russia 🇷🇺 as well , all the way until Bering Sea ! Actually biggest parts if Russia 🇷🇺 it is in Asia !

[@user-bm4hx2go5j]

Russia mixing with China is the best solution and combine Yandex and Baidu

[@finnicpatriot6399]

Valdi Micolchik Don’t worry, we’ll burn down Moscow and St Petersburg for what you did to us indigenous Russians.

[@greggemerer8251]

@@finnicpatriot6399 Imbecile

[@cbm2156]

But that was Imperial Tsarist Russia, so now the Communist/Socialist are taking it over?

[@Aboleo80]

Chinese already sending out scouting parties

[@10commandments94]

NO THANKS, LET THE CHINESE BUY IT,TO CLOSE TO THE TOYS FROM KIM YOUNG UN. LOL.

[@Amidat]

Well of course... Russia has been inviting them the past few year... Chinese have money. More money than anyone else

[@user-wr5hu9qv4e]

That area is too harsh for Chinese, especially during the long period of winter. And, the summer period is very short.

[@surrealsupercell7217]

I think I'd rather have the Russians than the Chinese...

[@user-wr5hu9qv4e]

It depends what you want. Chinese will bring in the prosperous.

[@araps4w354]

How do you conquer your own territory? Or is this a case of bad translation from Francais?

[@araps4w354]

Jalousie mal place'?

[@travisjohnson6703]

Same way the US conquered the West-Russia has spent two centuries trying to settle the Car East.

[@finnicpatriot6399]

Naftali Sawe Most of Russia consists of the lands of the indigenous Finno-Ugric peoples, which were stolen from us. We still live in those lands and we made an agreement with the central government in Moscow when the Russian Federation was formed, that those lands would not be touched.

[@Humanophage]

Same way as the US conquers its own West.

[@Queen-qy4qc]

@@finnicpatriot6399 They were always our Russian lands, all poeple in Russia are Russian!

[@user-tm5em4vu7u]

Russia is absolutely beautiful! What a place!!

[@lares3244]

5:29 😍

[@akashsasidharan9747]

Haha

[@Cumulo9]

not that hot. westenr girls have better faces...

[@musicrelax4291]

Wow

[@petrosE75]

Wow! Russia is amazingly beautiful!

[@finnicpatriot6399]

Peter E No. Our lands are amazingly beautiful, Russia just stole them.

[@petrosE75]

@@finnicpatriot6399 I'm not too familiar with Russia's history. I'm just guessing, you're Slavic and not a Rus?

[@finnicpatriot6399]

Peter E No, I’m Finno-Ugric, the indigenous people of Volga, the Urals, Western, Northern and North-Western Russia. Finnic tribes were half of the founding stock of the original Russian state, the Ves and the Chud.

[@Hadrian9707]

Those landscapes are so beautiful~ Would love to go to the far east of Russia someday.

[@rushdiahmad2435]

Driving from Moscow to Vladivostok with Hyundai sedan??

[@niciv.n.8747]

😂😂😂in wild places here in South Africa (but much smaller than Russia),most people drive 4X4 vehicles...the best ones:Toyota's 🐆🐘🐒

[@PaulV.]

It just means they have some decent roads between those two cities

[@rushdiahmad2435]

Yeah , thanks to Putin..

[@artemysarkisyan3598]

@@PaulV. Nope. Just a regular road full of pits. 70% - two-lane road. And the further east you go - the worse the road. But it is realistic to drive through the whole country.

[@PaulV.]

Didnt understand the outrage of the would-be farmer from Moscow. Buddy you just got yourself 2,5 acres of land for free and now you expect someone to clean that land from forest for free as well? Its your land now and your responsibility.

[@pumfeethermodynamics3286]

Vladivostok and Primorsky Krai in general is pretty temperate compared to the rest of the Far-East which is cold. Comparable to Harbin in China.

[@abodenewschannel9404]

I don't agree with Putin on this rush to develop far east. The deforestation to boost development in the region will have advers effect in the region. Instead Russia should preserve the forest and turn it into tourist attraction. Russia must not repeat the 1990,s failed privatization which resulted few russians turning into billionaires over night. Leave the forest alone, let the far east develop gradual, afterall Rome was not built in a day..

[@UltraTotenkopf]

*You are a cool dude, that's just we on your advice spoiled all of Russia, we will understand what to do from our land without your advice!*

[@sopaipillapesadilla7023]

Deforestation is what's killing the planet more than anything else, all over. Not much we can do, it's the same on every continent.

[@coastalcapybara]

Slightly incorrect. It is not conquering. And, I am living in Novosibirsk, and near the city is pristine, not dirty as you say.

[@exploreandunravel5773]

Edit - China conquers Russia

[@jarednovel]

ALL ROADS ARE LEADING TO RUSSIA NOT EUROPE

[@nightviber2097]

Imagine thinking Russia conquers the Far-East while is Russian for centuries. France got a bit Internet-Explorered in News.

[@finnicpatriot6399]

NightChills19 Most of Russia consists of the lands of the indigenous Finno-Ugric peoples, which were stolen from us. We still live in those lands and we made an agreement with the central government in Moscow when the Russian Federation was formed, that those lands would not be touched.

[@greggemerer8251]

@@finnicpatriot6399 Imbecile

[@Admin-gm3lc]

Nobody wants to live there so i dont know why you are complaining.

[@finnicpatriot6399]

Greg Gemerer Knowing the truth makes one an imbecile? I guess the rules have reversed since I last checked on them.

[@artemysarkisyan3598]

@@finnicpatriot6399 so Moscow or Vladivostok was founded by the finnish? Are you a drug addict?

[@kenllacer]

In the future, we may see a shift in Sino - Russia Relations. All it takes is change in leadership.

[@raijoel3990]

How can conquer her own place this headline is absolutely incorrect, learn how to save environment from Russia. If Putin didn’t ruled the Russia that would be chaos in whole Russia why America doesn’t like the peace and stable countries. Whatever USA gets or sale to other countries other countries also have rights to do that not only America.

[@peabase]

So you're saying that without Putin, Russia would be worse off still. In other words, Putin sucks less?

[@finnicpatriot6399]

Rai Joel If Putin didn’t rule, Russia would’ve finally stopped existing and the nations under its control would finally be free.

[@Raz.v.god.i.kalash.strelyaet]

Зачем нам делать готовые товары на экспорт, давайте лучше кругляк продавать китайцам. А потом удивляются почему в РФ 20 млн нищих.

[@andyz7711]

Ты сам понял что сказал? Давайте не будем продавать, тк нам нужно продавать,, У нас более чем достаточно тех же мебельных фабрик, так что фабрикам не хватает заказов. Ну если ты такой умный, то иди, производи, это твой шанс!

[@bobthebuilder615]

В РФ 20 миллионов нищих чтааа?!? Что ты несёшь?!

[@Raz.v.god.i.kalash.strelyaet]

@@bobthebuilder615это официальная информация, ко мне какие претензии.

[@user-ph2sv9dt1b]

@@bobthebuilder615 около 27 ниже прожиточного минимума

[@naimulislamroni1506]

i want to make my own country after buying some Russian Far East land. Will Russia sell to me?

[@696969640]

Russia so beautiful as the people just like us Canadians respect for russia

[@finnicpatriot6399]

big fish Silence, imperialist.

[@musicrelax4291]

Mary me

[@slavenkagrahovac9005]

Do you have somebody not speaking in broken English? The reporter is pathetic. Also less biased would be nice.

[@p2egames133]

So India donated $1 Billion for the development of far east for what ? For Chinese to come and take over and enjoy the facilities Great

[@bernigagnon1934]

i can't believe the pessimism in the comments

[@熊唯嘉]

03:34 Many countries merged...

[@hbarudi]

If they plan to build up the area, they need to always minimize the environmental damage. If there are plenty of geothermal hot spots in the area, they need to build geothermal power plants and of course geothermal powered ocean desalination plants to provide startup infrastructure for the area to gain development. The Russian government can also disable exports of wood to china to use the wood in building up the area. Prefer the construction to locations that have less trees and more plains of land to minimize deforestation.

[@MHG796]

Lmao don't worry, the world wont run out of Tree's

[@DNG12900]

It's kinda strange that even in Soviet times most of the Russian East is empty or barely populated

[@hendragnw26]

5:30 I took a long look. Now I knew, I had been looking for my significant other in the wrong place...

[@patrickdowney2523]

Incredible 😍

[@raijoel3990]

Fantastic plan don’t get Jealous where is wood and forests in other countries in Europe they have eaten long long time ago so let them do what ever they want in the land they have their rights.

[@Amidat]

The Far East of Russia is in Asia

[@finnicpatriot6399]

Rai Joel Russia raped the environment of all the pristine, natural Finno-Ugric lands they conquered. Those are OUR forests.

[@romankudlata7317]

I would like to know more about the "Canadian model" that this lady mentioned; and what makes it worthy to follow.

[@Ephesians-612]

the wood looks so tiny compared to wood in bc canada

[@puffin51]

I know that this will sound like wet-blanketing, and I wish the venture well, but there's a reason why people don't live in the Siberian subarctic. The climate is bearable for only about two months a year, and for those two months, mosquitoes and midges swarm in numbers you wouldn't believe. The most extreme protection is necessary to avoid being eaten alive. Not to mention the chances of mosquito-borne infection.

[@1pasupaty]

Those r good quality teal wood .I just hope they grow back those trees

[@LibertyFrihet]

This is (New-Europe)

[@josuevillalbachavez720]

Why you only show the bad side with a wrong headline?

[@pumfeethermodynamics3286]

Hey other commenters! seriously have y'all never heard Conquer the Wilderness? They are conquering this vast open untouched wilderness. Learn English better.

[@ossa60]

nothing is going wrong....it's perfectly normal while people start having confidence and things start to warm up....

[@erickocher6887]

K1:. excellent work

[@Infamous41]

Why don't they get into that untapped land for minerals and dont tell me he wont to conserve there precious land.

Better......Hope they are maintaining a perfect balance in organising things.

[@ssssaa2]

There is a reason why it's not easy to develop... Same reason Alaska and northern Canada isn't exactly happening despite the massive money and economy in north america. Also you guys need to stop bitching about them choosing a title they thought would catch peoples attention... the content is fine and in no way shape or form biased against russia... and yet literally most comments are just harassing them for using the word conquers. They do the same thing for western places. Also let's be honest. A handful of hundreds of years ago this was land no Russian had ever been to. It's possible it will be that way again soon enough... Russia ain't much compared to East asia these days... and it's population is still shrinking particularly the ethnic russian portion. 30 Million many of them not even ethnic russians to 1.5-2 billion east asians. East asia is closer and better connected to the russian far east than european russia is. No guarantee but this is absolutely a concern particularly if there are resource wars in the future which is very possible.

[@larrysherk]

It looks to me that Russia should get on the stick and stop selling boatloads of logs to China for pennies. It has to be made a sustainable resource and sold judiciously. Clear cutting never pays.

[@newmediaofficial]

Why are humans being allowed in such a beautiful untouched land?!!!

[@donone1493]

It's Russia not the West

[@finnicpatriot6399]

S A We Finno-Ugrians have lived there forever but took care of nature. Human beings aren’t the problem, Russians are.

[@09Jeanine]

Can't we leave some of our earth pristine?

[@cs0345]

Leaving the world pristine doesn't benefit humanity. It's hypocritical for the West to judge countries for exploiting their environments for the benefit of their people while being exploitative themselves

[@finnicpatriot6399]

tree fiddy Westerners should kill themselves and so should Russians and Russia-defenders like you. These are OUR lands and we have protected them for centuries.

[@WhatAboutThemApples]

I always an surprised Russia never developed the East Coast more during the Cold war period

[@TheSpecialJ11]

I think they tried, it was just too remote from the populated parts of the USSR to really see success, and a lot of the industries they created stopped being economical at the fall of the USSR. If the land between European Russia and the east coast was cold but arable farmland that was relatively flat, I'm sure development would have been more fruitful, but areas in Siberia have the largest temperature swings of any place on Earth, making traditional European agriculture difficult at best. So even if your mining, forestry, fishing, and manufacturing industries have adequate resources and logistics, feeding a large population economically is far more difficult, making it much harder to achieve economies of scale.

[@steveh5005]

Investors...but you need to close the deal. Talk about it. But need to close. Hong Kong investor knows there is no infrastructure. So until the government takes responsibility. Only 16% of government funds. Going to struggle.

[@eotlati1763]

Deforestation in the name of industralisation. Why not preserve the forest to safe the wild lives which in turn will attract tourist?.

[@jamesmichalek2451]

Russia must be stopped from invading its own land!!! HAHAHAHA

[@tklinson]

If Russia is giving land to foreigners, my two cents to Russia is to do proper legal framework to avoid English East India type situation or a situation where foriegners will outnumber Russians in that territory.

[@finnicpatriot6399]

Mello Grdd I care because it’s our indigenous lands, you imperialist condoner! We don’t want it to fall to China who’ll rape the land even more horribly than the Russians already have.

[@pikminlord343]

Great journalism

[@user-ry7rd2po7r]

Well, this didn´t age well... Turns out Putin was more interested in conquering the west ;)

[@veronicalogotheti5416]

Lindisimo el lugar

[@hanhan2360]

These were Chinese land

[@divideetimpera1000]

No, this is our land and if you want to take our lands we will destroy you with hypersonic missiles

[@behonestkid1456]

Divide et impera he is telling the truth learn history kid

[@russianbadass5052]

@Y S lol Russia has the world's largest nuke arsenal of 8,000 thousand nuked China only has 200 and they're weak nukes like the ones dropped on Japan in ww2 your lucky Russia saved you from Japan in ww2 at the battle of manachuria

[@user-sh7qn7bz1t]

Cao Ni maa

[@finnicpatriot6399]

Nametayi谨言慎行 No, these have been Finno-Ugric lands for thousands of years! Even Northern China (Liao civilization) was originally Uralic/Finno-Ugric!

[@abbanta3002]

Build nice wooden lodges or cabins for tourists.

[@larrysherk]

That's the right idea, and set up the infrastructure to make schools, groceries, and hospitals more or less available.

[@golden4730]

How does one country conquers its own land. Wtf journalism

[@atlasinvestmentresearch5397]

Should we asks the resident there if they are prepared to welcome us?

[@lashachakhunashvili1399]

3:35 The map's designer needs to be reminded that Georgia isn't part of Russia.

[@Wildboy789789]

dont do it, chinese man sees russian bears, he sees new bear meat restaurant

[@10commandments94]

YA, BLACK BEARS YOU GONNA SEE WITH NO PAWS. IT'S AN MEDICINE FOR THE THE CHINES. POOR BEARS. CHINESE EATS EVERYTHING WHAT MOVES. LOL.

[@niciv.n.8747]

@Archnid 001 for sure not in South Africa...best white people staying here.Our problem is the black people...😈

[@jonathanwilson4016]

Hopefully it stays wild

[@aleaiactaest8354]

Part of BRI.

[@defencebangladesh4068]

And France Conquered Africa

[@finnicpatriot6399]

Ahmed Sarkar Nobody cares.

[@defencebangladesh4068]

@@finnicpatriot6399 exactly

[@imacenurface]

I got to see all this for free... thx KZbin

[@veronicalogotheti5416]

Respetando el lugar

[@MiceDnP]

Man worked hard for his investors.. and now all except chineese who just simply couldn’t care less are gone 🤡

[@abhishekjackson8552]

India gave 1 billion dollars to Russia far east it wil increase year by year Russia needs to increase population Land is huge India china Japan investment can change it Love Russia and Russians respect from India

[@accountsdepartment5627]

Welcome to the East Asia

[@ayushmadan5204]

Are u leaving there

[@ayushmadan5204]

Are u living there ?

[@gendiabdi7281]

Russia's Far East needs Money and Labour! China can fill both those requirements.

[@grandmaster137]

Why would Russia conquer their own territory? Conquer is not the right term.

[@finnicpatriot6399]

Bryan Thompson Most of Russia consists of the lands of the indigenous Finno-Ugric peoples, which were stolen from us. We still live in those lands and we made an agreement with the central government in Moscow when the Russian Federation was formed, that those lands would not be touched.

[@greggemerer8251]

@@finnicpatriot6399 Imbecile

[@abdel-qadeercoubadja4750]

Lolzlozloz... The commentary.... "That's Vladimir Putin's plan" . not Russia's but Putin's....

[@timurtimur53]

Russian people's and Putin to Russian people believe to Putin most of Russian citizen .

[@Lanja1991]

Russia is so pretty. I wish I could go on a road trip there!

[@jjuanmarin]

at 3:22 if not careful someone will fall

[@wbell539]

I wish them well. However, it sounds like the old Soviet Union in some ways.

[@olgaluna6447]

Yah... The Soviet Union built the Trans-Siberian road - a huge project of the past that connected the west and east of the country.

[@Tyboose]

Hi there!

[@jarednovel]

SOCHI IS GOING TO BE THE NEXT UN HEADQUARTERS NOT NEW YORK

[@ungrateful-66]

S500 Triumph Let Russia HAVE THEM! Many of us in the USA are tired of them. Every country they go to they destroy and then they profit on helping the poor people. The UK hasn’t accomplished much in the last 30 years.

[@carwahi]

The bears see Christopher Columbus when they see those boats.

[@afifpyrex8754]

Russia conquer russia That’s friendly attack..

[@finnicpatriot6399]

Kim Jong Un der Most of Russia is Finno-Ugric territory which was stolen from us.

[@greggemerer8251]

@@finnicpatriot6399 Imbecile

[@wayneronnie7402]

In other news, Britain conquers the Lake District

[@cairnsandy1]

half a trillion US dollars of investment..........wow

[@veronicalogotheti5416]

And goes to the far east

[@janaoh5785]

Such beautiful scenery, I hope they don't spoil it all with tacky infrastructure.

[@ssssaa2]

They won't. It's massive and this is a drop in the bucket compared to the size of the place. People are still leaving and it's becoming more wild if anything.

[@finnicpatriot6399]

Jana Oh They will. They are filthy Russian colonialists.

[@doneddydimsum888]

Russia the best country in the world!! Russia el millor país del món!! Rusia el mejor país del mundo!! Россия лучше страна в мире!! Ура Россия!!!

[@fukushimaisrevelation2817]

a billion rubles is that like $300,000?

Tie or waistcoat, otherwise grandfather.

[@SportZFan4L1fe]

Russia is a Beautiful country. When Russia gets it's Eastern Region developed it will be Awesome.

[@omega4chimp]

Russia rich.

[@elandewatono842]

Russia "conquers its" Far East. Ha ha ...brilliant ... CONQUERS ...nice try ...to confuse and start wild discussion??

[@finnicpatriot6399]

Elan Dewatono Most of Russia consists of the lands of the indigenous Finno-Ugric peoples, which were stolen from us. We still live in those lands and we made an agreement with the central government in Moscow when the Russian Federation was formed, that those lands would not be touched.

[@luchikvcarstve]

Actually this land is not for sale. Every russian citizen can get a hectare of it for free!!!

[@samable2853]

What is wrong with russia leaders ? It look like deforestation than industrialising far east.. Infact it like the 1990's when few became rich over night at expense of the nation..

[@Lea_Kaderova]

Russia have more forrests than 15 years ago.