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while land in Russia, in particular East, is becoming more usable/livable with no population growth :) Through the history empires have risen and fallen in sync with climate changes, and climate change has already initiated redrawing of the maps in the Middle East and North Africa and looks like it is just the beginning of the new round of maps redrawing around the world.

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Do you have more information on how Russia's Eastern regions are becoming more habitable? I know they have a development fund to incentive people from other regions to move and develop small businesses (especially in agriculture).

They're much better for agriculture than they used to be (though still pretty poor in Siberia). The change in productivity is wholly due to climate change. Warmer weather leads to a longer growing season, rain instead of snow, etc.

A lot of this land is nutrient packed as well. Siberia could be prime growing land if it gets warm enough. Similar to Ukraine today.

Saying that, there are a number of concerns about soil resilience in Siberia. If soil resilience doesn't improve, Siberia will remain very poor for agriculture.

many chinese have started to live in Siberia's russian towns bordering China

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