Buryatia’s Gross Regional Product Doubles in Five YearsThe Gross Regional Product of the Republic of Buryatia doubled over a five‑year period, reaching 600 billion rubles compared with 300 billion rubles at the start of the interval, the region’s head, Alexey Tsydenov, reported during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Valery Kozlov, regional economist and budget‑and‑territory‑development analyst: The reported GRP doubling reflects the scale of federal‑driven capital deployment in Buryatia's resource and infrastructure sectors; independent verification of the income‑growth and population‑growth claims will require disaggregated statistical releases. DetailsBuryatia officially the Republic of Buryatia, is a republic of Russia located in the Russian Far East. Formerly part of the Siberian Federal District, it has been administered as part of the Far Eastern Federal District since 2018. It has an area of 351,300 square kilometers (135,600 sq mi) with a population of 978,588 (2021 Census).