Maryana Rimskaya is a correspondent for the Siberia Desk of RFE/RL's Russian Service.
The Far Eastern city of Svobodny is at the heart of one of Russia's ambitious 10-year, economic-development projects. But many locals feel the effort is passing them by.
The Russian government is planning to increase the subsidy paid to attract people to settle in the Far East to 1 million rubles, plus other perks. But locals eking out a tough living think more should be done for them.
