Two Russians regions to merge
RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS
- In Brief
15 May 2020
by Alex Teddy
On May 13 it was announced that Arkhangelsk Region and Nenets Autonomous Oblast will merge into one region. Nenets has only 44,000 people. Nenets is effectively governed by Arkhangelsk, anyway, which has 1.1 million inhabitants.Nenets is rich due to oil and gas. The merger will boost Arkhangelsk's finance. There will be referendum in September 2020 on the merger.
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