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Several Russian Old Believers have flown to Russia from Brazil, Rossiyskaya Gazeta reports. The community representatives intend to study the situation and choose whether to go here themselves or send their sons.
Among Old Believers are Brazilians, Argentine, Bolivian, Uruguayan. They have a transfer flight through Moscow. They direct to the Far East. There they will visit Khabarovsk Krai, the Jewish autonomous region, the Amur region. They will also come to Buryatia and the Trans-Baikal Territory. Local authorities will meet the Old Believers in these places. They will talk about the Far Eastern hectare law, benefits and assistance. In addition, the Karelian government is ready to grant land to the Old Believers.
The Human Capital Development Agency established in 2015 deals with resettlement issues. Its representatives traveled several times to South America and invited the Russian Old Believers to move to Russia.
As Russkiy Mir reported, Primorsky Krai community of Old Believers has more than 70 people. Ten Old Believers families live there. The first of them returned to their motherland almost ten years ago on a regional program of compatriots resettlement assistance. Authorities of the region let the Old Believers families to rent more than 700 hectares. In addition, they planned to allocate an 180 hectares more.
Almost 30 families of Old Believers also live in the Amur Region.
Russkiy Mir
