Russian Navy HQ Moving

(Moscow, Russia) A prudent observer might conclude that the nation of Russia is trending toward adopting a new capital.

From Moscow Times:

The Defense Ministry is planning to move the Navy headquarters to St. Petersburg in the latest instance of a federal institution being shifted to the former capital -- and President Vladimir Putin's hometown.

Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov has instructed Navy chief Vladimir Vysotsky to draft a plan for the move from Moscow to the historical Admiralty and surrounding buildings in St. Petersburg, an unidentified Defense Ministry official said, Kommersant reported Wednesday. Serdyukov was acting on orders from the Kremlin, and the government has already been instructed to allocate funding for the transfer, the official said.

The move would be the second by a federal institution to St. Petersburg, following the Constitutional Court. Analysts told Kommersant that the decision was likely based on political considerations and could undermine command and control capabilities in the short term.

Based on political considerations, eh? I wonder.