Investors delve into Russia’s regions
Krasnodar: ‘the best place to live in Russia’
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| Boguchanskaya hydro-electric dam being built |
At 2.3 million square kilometres, Krasnoyarsk Krai in Siberia is about four times the size of France. However, its population is only about 3 million. So there are areas the size of France that are effectively unpopulated. Still, the region is wealthy, thanks to some of the massive industrial enterprises built here in the Soviet era, such as Norilsk Nickel, built by slaves in Stalin’s time, or Kraz, the huge aluminium smelter powered by Krasnoyarsk hydroelectric power station.
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