In fact, Sergei Shoigu flew to Novosibirsk to check how the front-line Su-34 bombers and the Okhotnik strike drones are doing there. And I checked. And I was satisfied. But the most curious thing happened at the meeting of the minister with scientists.
– Are you coming to Moscow? The Department of Defense? – Shoigu asked Academician Sergei Bagaev, who complained that he had to visit Moscow every week to resolve issues about his Institute of Laser Physics, although earlier specialists from Moscow came to him in Novosibirsk. – I hate bureaucracy and am fighting this case … Believe me, I spend a lot of time to talk to everyone (scientist, defense engineer, – ed.) And see everyone. Starting with those who do something in the garage with a file, and ending with big science, the minister said. – We spend a lot on science. This is hundreds of billions! You have 17 billion going for research and development here. Here, you! Tomorrow I will be in Krasnoyarsk, there are 92 billion … Therefore, to say that everything is stuck in Moscow is clearly too much.
Here, at a meeting with scientists, Shoigu said that 3-5 new large cities should be built in Siberia.
– We need to build in Siberia three, and preferably five large centers of scientific, industrial, economic. Simply put – cities with a population of 300-500 thousand people, and better – up to a million. And not just build, but make them focused on a particular field of activity.
Shoigu said that such plans were in Soviet times, shortly before the collapse of the country.
– Unfortunately, for known reasons, the project was stopped, – stated the minister.
