Siberian Las Vegas: Gambling Russians to be Sent to the Border with Mongolia 0 47

The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation has developed a draft law that proposes the possibility of creating a gambling zone in the Republic of Altai. The document has been posted on the federal portal of draft regulatory legal acts.

"The creation of gambling zones is planned in the territories of the following subjects of the Russian Federation: the Republic of Crimea, Altai Krai, Kaliningrad Oblast, Krasnodar Krai, and Primorsky Krai. The draft federal law proposes to establish the possibility of creating a gambling zone in the territory of the Republic of Altai," the explanatory note to the draft law states.

It is claimed that the adoption and implementation of the draft law will provide an additional incentive for the development of the region, increase tourist flows to the territory of the republic, and create new jobs for the residents of Altai.

In 2025, a gambling zone began operating in the passenger terminal of the seaport of Yalta in Crimea.

Earlier, "United Russia" presented a draft law to combat the illegal gambling market.

The Republic of Altai is a subject of the Russian Federation, a republic within it. It is part of the Siberian Federal District and is a part of the West Siberian economic region. The capital is the city of Gorno-Altaysk.

To the northwest, it borders Altai Krai, to the northeast with Kemerovo Oblast (Kuzbass), to the east with the Republic of Khakassia and the Republic of Tuva of Russia, to the south with Mongolia and the People's Republic of China, and to the southwest with Kazakhstan.

It was established on June 1, 1922, as the Oirat Autonomous Oblast (from 1932 as the Oirot Autonomous Oblast, and from 1948 as the Gorno-Altai Autonomous Oblast), transformed into an autonomous republic on October 25, 1990. On July 3, 1991, it was transformed into the Gorno-Altai ASSR. From February 1992 to May 7, 1992, it was named the Republic of Gorny Altai.