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Russia is giving away free land.
« on: September 15, 2015, 09:58:21 AM »
Authorities in Russia's Far East are handing out hectares of land free of charge in a bid to attract people to the vast region, which offers its sparse population a wealth of resources and a harsh climate.

The offer is available to all Russian citizens, the only requirement is that people put the land to use.

The land can be used “for any purpose,” including farming or building a home, just as long as the land is being used at all, the Far Eastern Development Ministry said on the website it runs for the project, NaDalniyVostok, or “To the Far East.”

Those interested in the offer can hold on to their land plots free of rent, tax or any other payments for five years and will then receive ownership titles to the plots, also free of charge, if they can prove the land has been used during that period, the ministry said.

“Unused land plots will be confiscated,” it added.

Land allocations can reach up to 1 hectare per person — meaning that a family of five can claim up to 5 hectares, the statement said.

No advance travel to the Far East is required: Interested parties can choose a land plots using an online map.

The project could increase the region's population nearly six-fold — to 36 million people, from the current 6.4 million, according to estimates by Russia's Minister for the Development of the Far East, Alexander Galushka.

“We view this project as a possibility for Russian citizens to achieve self-realization in our Far East, and for attracting people to the region,” Galushka said this summer, according to comments posted on his ministry's website.

A survey commissioned by the ministry from the state polling agency VTsIOM indicated that one in five Russians would consider relocating to the Far East and settling there permanently if they receive free land, Galushka said. The number is about 50 percent higher among young Russians, he added.

http://russia-insider.com/en/politics/russia-giving-away-free-farmland-12-acres-family/ri9653
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Re: Russia is giving away free land.
« Reply #1 on: September 16, 2015, 07:49:52 PM »
  That's one way to place more Rooskee's there, makes it slightly more difficult for China to grab it.

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Re: Russia is giving away free land.
« Reply #2 on: September 17, 2015, 10:46:41 AM »
I have just brought while i was over in August 2000 sq Metres .... land is good value at the moment with the exchange rate, couple that with the 2 dacha sites i think i have about done all i want too  :coffeeread:
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Re: Russia is giving away free land.
« Reply #3 on: September 17, 2015, 03:10:11 PM »
  That's one way to place more Rooskee's there, makes it slightly more difficult for China to grab it.

When are you and the human heater moving to Siberia Don?   :chuckle:
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Re: Russia is giving away free land.
« Reply #4 on: September 17, 2015, 03:38:56 PM »
  That's one way to place more Rooskee's there, makes it slightly more difficult for China to grab it.

What evidence do you have that China wants to "grab" any of Russia?
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Re: Russia is giving away free land.
« Reply #5 on: September 17, 2015, 11:50:00 PM »
 Lot's of info out there if you look for it, I'm not your teacher. Navigating around sites in Mandarin helps though.

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Re: Russia is giving away free land.
« Reply #6 on: September 18, 2015, 12:45:07 AM »
Lot's of info out there if you look for it, I'm not your teacher. Navigating around sites in Mandarin helps though.

So we can take that as a firm 'no' then.
I rather doubt you can 'navigate' in your native tongue let alone any other.

At this stage in Chinese development invading Russia would make no sense. In a longer term view, it runs counter to Chinese practice.
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Re: Russia is giving away free land.
« Reply #7 on: September 18, 2015, 03:24:59 AM »
I have just brought while i was over in August 2000 sq Metres .... land is good value at the moment with the exchange rate, couple that with the 2 dacha sites i think i have about done all i want too  :coffeeread:

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I think that I would rather pay for land where you are than live in the east..

We have a new neighbour in Sochi - arrived from V'vostok - his relatives all came - so this offer is clearly necessary to reverse a worrying trend.



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Re: Russia is giving away free land.
« Reply #8 on: September 19, 2015, 09:59:29 AM »
Lot's of info out there if you look for it, I'm not your teacher. Navigating around sites in Mandarin helps though.

So we can take that as a firm 'no' then.
I rather doubt you can 'navigate' in your native tongue let alone any other.

 No what you can do is read what I wrote, digest it and then get back to me if you have any further questions. If you can't comprehend the written words ask someone who can guide through it.

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Re: Russia is giving away free land.
« Reply #9 on: September 19, 2015, 10:01:27 AM »
Don, as I said, a 'NO'. You can no more read mandarin, as you inferred that you can, than I can so don't give us bollocks.

Get back to us all when you stop talking out of your arse.

If you have something to say to support your silly point then share it, until then I/we can continue to understand that you continue to be, as you told us previously, a man who disdains learning.

There is no point in you introducing a new point without having anything to support your claim. Obviously, if true, your claim is not common knowledge; indeed I am sure that the Chinese leadership would be keen to have your insights and contacts at their disposal - you know stuff about their plans that they obviously do not.
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Re: Russia is giving away free land.
« Reply #10 on: September 20, 2015, 03:47:13 AM »
Don, as I said, a 'NO'. You can no more read mandarin, as you inferred that you can, than I can so don't give us bollocks.

Get back to us all when you stop talking out of your arse.

He did, but for some reason his 'talking out of his arse' post was not permitted - but yours - what a 'surprise' - wasn't  :coffeeread:


Don pointed out he didn't speak Mandarin - but his friend - a Chinese immigrant does...



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Re: Russia is giving away free land.
« Reply #11 on: April 09, 2016, 08:10:00 PM »
Little update on this subject. Now to include foreigners.
With the possibility of Hillary Clinton in the white house, Russia could be a good place to relocate.

Land of plenty: Duma committee approves bill for free handover of Russian territory to foreigners

https://www.rt.com/politics/338775-duma-committee-approves-bill-introducing/
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Re: Russia is giving away free land.
« Reply #12 on: April 09, 2016, 08:18:04 PM »


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Re: Russia is giving away free land.
« Reply #13 on: April 09, 2016, 09:52:15 PM »
There is a caveat here somewhere I am sure.
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Re: Russia is giving away free land.
« Reply #14 on: April 09, 2016, 09:53:34 PM »


Little update on this subject. Now to include foreigners.

edited to 'perfect' the joke

With the possibility of Donald Trump in the white house, Russia could be a good place to relocate.

Land of plenty: Duma committee approves bill for free handover of Russian territory to foreigners

https://www.rt.com/politics/338775-duma-committee-approves-bill-introducing/

There is a caveat here somewhere I am sure.

Quite..

''Putin also urged all the officials responsible for the plan to be precise and cautious when detailing the conditions for land ownership.''

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« Reply #15 on: April 09, 2016, 10:11:47 PM »
  That's one way to place more Rooskee's there, makes it slightly more difficult for China to grab it.

What evidence do you have that China wants to "grab" any of Russia?

Because it was part of China before it became Russia. You guys know, sort like Crimea and parts of Georgia. The people there are ethnic Chinese and can not speak there own language and need to be protected like in Donbas. Russia is a declining power and China is a inclining one. Russia is now becoming more dependent on China. The time is not right now but it will be one day. Russia will be a Chinese Ukraine. Then the Chinese can make all kinds of comments about worthless Russia and its corruption. 
3) There has been no "threat" to invade Ukraine. The US invented that and fed it to a complicit media.

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« Reply #16 on: April 09, 2016, 11:31:12 PM »

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Re: Russia is giving away free land.
« Reply #17 on: April 10, 2016, 01:08:52 AM »
  That's one way to place more Rooskee's there, makes it slightly more difficult for China to grab it.

What evidence do you have that China wants to "grab" any of Russia?

Because it was part of China before it became Russia. You guys know, sort like Crimea and parts of Georgia. The people there are ethnic Chinese and can not speak there own language and need to be protected like in Donbas. Russia is a declining power and China is a inclining one. Russia is now becoming more dependent on China. The time is not right now but it will be one day. Russia will be a Chinese Ukraine. Then the Chinese can make all kinds of comments about worthless Russia and its corruption.

LOL, you are entering the twilight zone now. A zone that is opening a door to the future. There are already politicians worried about those 450 square miles that Russia rented the Chinese. They think they might try to annex the area. You have a radical train of thought here and we would like to throw it out into the Ukrainian social media for a good laugh. Poetic justice and it could very well happen.
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Re: Russia is giving away free land.
« Reply #18 on: April 10, 2016, 06:03:11 AM »
  That's one way to place more Rooskee's there, makes it slightly more difficult for China to grab it.

What evidence do you have that China wants to "grab" any of Russia?

Because it was part of China before it became Russia. You guys know, sort like Crimea and parts of Georgia. The people there are ethnic Chinese and can not speak there own language and need to be protected like in Donbas. Russia is a declining power and China is a inclining one. Russia is now becoming more dependent on China. The time is not right now but it will be one day. Russia will be a Chinese Ukraine. Then the Chinese can make all kinds of comments about worthless Russia and its corruption.

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Re: Russia is giving away free land.
« Reply #19 on: April 10, 2016, 06:31:08 AM »
Texan77 has entered the Twiglet Zone. That spicy, salty zone where language gets all messed up. Your never sure what is gong on their.

Perception is limited to only that which one can not see and never understand.

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Re: Russia is giving away free land.
« Reply #20 on: April 10, 2016, 06:38:08 AM »
Little update on this subject. Now to include foreigners.
With the possibility of Hillary Clinton in the white house, Russia could be a good place to relocate.

Land of plenty: Duma committee approves bill for free handover of Russian territory to foreigners

https://www.rt.com/politics/338775-duma-committee-approves-bill-introducing/

It isn't a bad idea at all.
Look at the effect upon the US economy of a similar scheme in the USA in the 19th century.

Whilst some unthinkers might opine that this decreases Russian territorial security those without a cognitive deficit will appreciate that the best defender of a territory is the person who lives there and 'owns' it. Likewise for the economic exploitation of that territory.
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Re: Russia is giving away free land.
« Reply #21 on: April 10, 2016, 06:42:18 AM »
Tex's point might be mocked by some, but he had a point .. :coffeeread:


''There is a long history of bitter territorial disputes between Russia and China. Amid China’s defeat by Anglo-French forces in the Second Opium War, the Tsarist regime forced the Manchu dynasty to give up 1.2 million square kilometres of land in Manchuria in 1858-60. The Chinese regime has repeatedly emphasised in its patriotic education that these events were “national humiliations”.''

''What is now bringing the two countries closer together is the common concern in ruling circles at the threat posed by US militarism. But if the strategic partnership no longer serves their national interests, the two capitalist powers could quickly become hostile to each other and the “settled” territorial disputes could again flare up.''

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Re: Russia is giving away free land.
« Reply #22 on: April 10, 2016, 09:25:51 AM »

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Hans Peter Michel left his home in the Alps and created a prosperous farm in the old village of Gorbenki near Kaluga where Europeans come to learnhttp://russia-insider.com/en/business/swiss-farmer-i-live-lord-russia/ri13804

There is a history lesson here, it comes via Germany and Switzerland and is called the Volga Germans. Makes for an interesting read into the psyche of the Russian rulers, whether they are Czarina's, Supreme Soviets or the President.

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Re: Russia is giving away free land.
« Reply #23 on: April 10, 2016, 10:23:36 AM »
For a moment, I thought Russia was giving away the land, they Stole in Kyrm. :chuckle:
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Re: Russia is giving away free land.
« Reply #24 on: April 10, 2016, 10:33:00 AM »
For a moment, I thought Russia was giving away the land, they Stole in Kyrm. :chuckle:

No doubt the elite carpet baggers who stole business's in Krym got some free land.  :hidechair:
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