As I understand it, the new Vostochniy kosmodrome is intended to reduce Russia's reliance on Baikonur, which, following the break-up of the Soviet Union, is now located the foreign country of Kazakhstan.But is it not the case the Svobodniy kosmodrome, not far (by Russian standards, anyway) Vostochniy had been deactivated just a few years before Vostochniy was begun? If so, was any consideration given to re-activating Svobodniy rather than starting over at Vostochniy?