What would be the political effect of St Petersburg declaring independence from Russia?
What would be the political effect of St Petersburg declaring independence from Russia?
Assume these joined St. Petersburg:
Murmansk Oblast Republic of Karelia Leningrad Oblast Pskov Oblast Novgorod Oblast
I am from SPb, ant it would be cool.
With all the general closeness, I absolutely can see Saint-Petersburg and the region being a separate country with close ties (no-visa, EU member?) with Nordic and Baltic countries.
But I guess it's not happening, and by writing the things above I became a terrorist, "promoting rebellion and dissolution of the Russian state"