Matvienko: Transbaikalia remains "outback"

The speaker of the Russian Federation of Russia Valentina Matvienko called the Trans -Baikal Territory a "outback" unlike neighboring China. According to her, the region has a huge area and many opportunities for development, while residents continue to leave from there, in that cleaning and doctors. It is reported by Kommersant.

During the visit to the region, the speaker of the Federation Council criticized his center - Chita. She called the city "neglected and groomed." According to Matvienko, it is impossible to walk around Chita - "bad roads", "lawns did not squint", the borders "generally disappear." Responsibility of the speaker of the SF entered the mayor of Anatoly Mikhalev. In addition, Matvienko drew attention to the problem of deforestation. "Control who takes out the forest. If you establish control over forest processing, this is a golden piggy bank," she said. “On the other side of the border, China is growing, in breadth develops and upward, and as it was, it was a outback,” the newspaper quotes Matvienko.

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A wave of protests against cutting and exporting forests from Siberian and Far Eastern regions to China swept over the past months in several cities and regions of Siberia, including Transbaikalia.