I wonder how many jews are counted among the 1.5 million. Anybody know ?? Also, are these closed cities used for the benefit of the Russian people and Russian nation, or for the benefit of international jewish gangsters ??
Russia
There are currently 42 publicly-acknowledged closed cities in Russia with a total population of about 1.5 million people. 75% are administered by the Russian [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defence_Ministry_of_the_Russian_Federation"]Ministry of Defence[/ame], with the rest being administered by the [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Federal_Atomic_Energy_Agency"]Russian Federal Atomic Energy Agency[/ame], formerly the Ministry for Atomic Energy (Minatom).[2] Another 15 or so closed cities are believed to exist, but their names and locations have not been publicly disclosed by the Russian government.[3]
The number of closed cities in [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia"]Russia[/ame] is defined by government decree (see links below). They include the following cities:
The number of closed cities has been significantly reduced since the mid-1990s. However, on 30 October 2001, foreign travel (except for [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarus"]Belarusian[/ame] citizens) was restricted in the northern cities of [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norilsk"]Norilsk[/ame], [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talnakh"]Talnakh[/ame], [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayerkan"]Kayerkan[/ame], [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudinka"]Dudinka[/ame] and [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igarka"]Igarka[/ame]. Russian citizens visiting these cities are also required to have travel permits.
[edit] Kazakhstan
Two closed cities under Russian administration exist in [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakhstan"]Kazakhstan[/ame]. They are [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baikonur"]Baikonur[/ame] (formerly Leninsk), a city constructed to service the [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baikonur_Cosmodrome"]Baikonur Cosmodrome[/ame], and the Kurchatov township at the [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semipalatinsk_Test_Site"]Semipalatinsk Test Site[/ame].
[edit] Ukraine
[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine"]Ukraine[/ame] had eleven closed cities: among them the [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimea"]Crimean[/ame] port of [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sevastopol"]Sevastopol[/ame] and the industrial city of [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dnipropetrovsk"]Dnipropetrovsk[/ame], though both were restricted to foreigners, not locals. Travel restrictions were lifted in the mid-1990s.
[edit] Estonia
There were two closed cities in [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonia"]Estonia[/ame]: Sillamäe and [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paldiski"]Paldiski[/ame]. As all the other industrial cities, the population of them was mainly Russian-speaking. Sillamäe was the site for a chemical factory that produced [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_rod"]fuel rods[/ame] and nuclear materials for the Soviet [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_plant"]nuclear power plants[/ame] and [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapon"]weapon[/ame] facilities. Sillamäe was closed until Estonia regained its independence in 1991. In Paldiski, there was a [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Navy"]Soviet Navy[/ame] [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_submarine"]nuclear submarine[/ame] training centre and the city was closed until 1994 when the last Russian warship left.
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