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[sibways]

Highly expensive residence for russian elite "Altayskoye podvorye" is almost completed. From Chuyski trakt road you ride 20 km of new great way among mountains up to the royal residence near Katun river. I say "you ride", but actually a guard stops people in the beginning of the road.
No people is allowed to approach the place of residence. If you are a rafter, the guard blocks you in 3km upper the residence and forces you to go riverside to avoid the residence.
While creating 20-km road some ancient petroglyphs were destroyed as well as holy places of inhabitants.
In fact 20-km mountain road took about $40 000 000 of federal national funds. But people couldn't reach Katun even by walk.

[littlekate]

What on Earth could have made you having yearly vocation in Russia? So far away... with so many better places around?