Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu's idea of building millionaire cities in Siberia, as it turned out, received a solid and extensive ideological foundation. It was published in the “Parlamentskaya Gazeta” by Andrey Ilinitsky, an advisor to Shoigu. Novye Izvestia publishes only a small part of the theses contained in Ilnitsky's article “The Time of Big Decisions”, the preamble to which says no less, but the following: “Russia has exhausted the time and social resources of inertial development. The time is coming for Big Decisions and Big Projects...”.
So:
This bizarre document ends with these words:
“The essence of the proposed Large Project is the preservation and enhancement of the land and people of Russia. This strategy was put forward by President V.V. Putin in the Messages and enshrined in amendments to the Constitution.
Yes, this is a difficult and even risky business. But this is the historical mission of the Russian authorities during the third decade of the 21st century. To fulfill this mission is a duty to the generations coming to replace us.
The time for Big Decisions has come!"
The full text of this opus can be read here.