02 September 2016

News Story: Preventing outflow of population from Russia's Far East top priority - Putin

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said here Thursday that stopping the outflow of population from Russia's Far East region is now one of the country's top priorities.

"This is one of the key challenges in the country today -- namely, stopping the depopulation of regions of the Far East, including the Primorsky Territory," Putin said when meeting students in Russia's Far Eastern city of Vladivostok.

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