An interesting article … I just want to say that I’m of the opinion that Russia must not relocate all these people to major cities, they must make these cities part of the LOCAL economy. Make them work, its time to diversify and that does not have to be high tech whiz-bang stuff. I agree with the idea of looking at LOCAL “value chains” that when all put together creates a working internal macro economy for the entire country. Of course this does mean you need a mayor with a brain and not just a useless politician that sells his people and country down the river, and that is the real problem, the morons these crooked bankers have hired to run us all. It’s easy to fix, and you do have the money because it can all be done on local currency, oops, I think we just lost the stupid politicians there ;) You have to fix it, because its not only about fixing a “monotown” problem, its needed because its what the future will look like, green self sustaining internal economies, at all levels. Its actually part of a bigger question, just why does our country have to stall, when Wall Street crashes, isn’t that strange! Start thinking like that and you will not only fix the towns, you’ll make the country recession proof. Its not a matter of having a dual economy, the question is, why the hell don’t we have a working local economy, ah yes, those crooked bankers again. The future will be about pushing people away from big cities, so get it right now. Remember this is not a normal recession, the single sovereignty global currency is failing, and you have to have a working LOCAL economy. Or more simply, the crooked bankers have screwed up, so you have to make a plan... think big.