I wouldn't bother to doom myself to such experiments anymore, but yeah, my father was born in Yakutsk. So don’t teach hen to hatch eggs. ;)

My remark was meant to underscore that any such problems concerning housing and communal services aren’t fatal or even critical for Russian authorities.

Not for nothing the northernmost big cities on Earth are situated in Russia: it’s useless to ask whether Russia belongs to East or West properly, for the correct answer is third option, North.