MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The document, dubbed the "Russian Homestead Act" in the local media, was published on the government’s legal information website. The project will be enacted in several phases starting June 2016.
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— Удивительный мир (@puppenhausclub) 23 April 2016
Parcels of land will be up for grabs in the regions of Yakutia, Kamchatka, Primorye, Khabarovsk, Amur, Magadan, Sakhalin, as well as in the Jewish and Chukotka autonomous regions.
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— Semyon Shumikhin (@cemen_nk) 8 April 2016
Far East residents will be the first in line, with citizens from other Russian regions eligible to claim free land starting from February 2017.
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— taiga_codex (@taiga_codex) 14 April 2016
Land will be given for five years to anyone who is willing to work it or start any sort of business there.
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— Планета Земля (@MECTEP) 27 April 2016
The deal will be converted to a lease or ownership rights after the initial period is over – or voided if the land has not been used.
