Sobyanin Proposes Relocating Pensioners to Special Towns Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin proposed building special towns for Moscow pensioners within the Central Federal District. "Let's think about it. We could allocate them decent plots of land and work on projects to create retirement towns so that they feel comfortable," Interfax quoted Sobyanin as saying. This was how the mayor of the capital responded to a proposal by Belgorod Region Governor Yevgeny Savchenko, who at a meeting of the council under the presidential envoy to the Central Federal District said that Moscow needed to pursue a "resettlement policy." Savchenko said that this way "all issues would be resolved, without capital investment." "The country is big — there's the Far East and Siberia," the governor explained. http://lenta.ru/news/2010/12/09/pensioners/ Introducing the Federal Target Program "Resettlement of Moscow Pensioners to Special Towns in the Far East and Siberia." The Public Council under the Mayor of Moscow warmly supports the initiative. At the request of representatives of the creative professions, a special deferment is being introduced for certain pensioners: they will be allowed to remain in Moscow for a while longer. The All-Russia People's Front and United Russia are developing the idea further. Deputies Yarovaya and Zheleznyak are introducing a bill under which, in order to receive special food in the special towns, pensioners must be assigned to special work. Chief sanitary doctor Gennady Onishchenko, speaking on Vladimir Solovyov's program, said that involving Moscow pensioners in special work would raise their vitality, strengthen their health, and improve their mood. The main thing is to dress warmly.