MOSCOW, January 16. /TASS/. Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov believes that the idea of relocating Russia’s capital city from Moscow to Irkutsk in southeastern Siberia is simply not practicable.

Moscow has served as the capital of the Russian state since the 14th century, and thus far, nothing indicates that this status will change. Indeed, in 1712, Peter the Great declared that Saint ...