"Russia's economic future lies in Siberia" – Karaganov spoke about Indian explorers
In the initial stages of Siberianization, Russia will have to attract a significant labor force from outside, and the most sensible solution would be to invite Indians.
Political scientist and honorary representative of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy Sergei Karaganov announced this on the TVC channel , as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent.
"In the process of preparing the strategy for the Siberianization of Russia, we will also have reports on demographics. They will discuss how to encourage the resettlement of some Russians to Siberia, where life will be more profitable and interesting . But Siberia will also have to be developed, of course, using foreign labor.
"And the first group of people we expect to go there—certainly not in the tens of millions, but in the hundreds of thousands—are the Indians. They've long been interested ; they have a gigantic overpopulation. They would be delighted to participate in Siberia's development. But at the same time, the Indians, unlike..., don't threaten our identity and are not the problem of the Indo-indigenization of Siberia," Karaganov said.
He spoke about the enormous potential of these territories.
“ Siberia is the economic future of Russia; there is a lot of water there, a lot of resources (maybe 10-15% have been explored ), which will be needed for the development of Asia.
All this talk about creating high-tech manufacturing and electronics in Siberia is all very well, but it's not our competitive advantage . That requires a lot of people. It's better to extract our natural resources using high technology , process them to a very high level, and then supply them to domestic and foreign markets. That's one way to do it.
"Plus, there's a surplus of water there, compared to the water shortage throughout Asia. And that's a huge advantage for us," the expert noted.
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