A Protected Paradise The Presidential Property Management Department is planning to build yet another residence, this time on the shore of the Pacific Ocean. The project cost is 7.7 billion rubles. The Presidential Property Management Department plans to build a residence for the country’s top officials on the Gamov Peninsula in the Khasansky District of Primorsky Krai, a staff member of Rosstroi’s Far Eastern Directorate told Vedomosti. Read in fullThis article is in the blogs[?]
varfolomeev-v Magnificent. I don’t know how things will turn out in the Olympic medal standings, but when it comes to the number of “residences for the country’s top officials,” Russia has clearly broken every record. How many are there? Shuiskaya Chupa. Volzhsky Utyos. Zavidovo. Some kind of palace in St. Petersburg. And now this one too. 7.7 billion rubles is a quarter of the annual budget of a small federal subject (region). By the way, another angle here is also interesting:
How often do the “country’s top officials” actually visit these wonderful parts? Then again, maybe building a state residence for 7.7 billion rubles is the first step in a breakthrough strategy for developing the Russian Far East. Kind Google found a photo of the nearest settlement, from which we can clearly see that a state residence is exactly what the local residents need:
What’s especially rich is the valuation of the land for the residence. It currently belongs to Gamovskoye Reindeer-Breeding Hunting Farm LLC, whose owners are even more colorful characters than the people in the presidential property office: The hunting farm’s general director, Kuanyshbek Amirtayev, told Vedomosti that he had already been informed of the state’s intention to build a residence there. He values the land at $40 million-$112 million. So, east of Rublyovka (Moscow’s elite luxury suburb), two places can compete for the title of “Most Expensive Land”: Hong Kong and the settlement of Gamovsky in the Khasansky District of Primorsky Krai.