20 february 2012

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chairs meeting in Komsomolsk-on-Amur on government policy on the defence industry’s development to 2020 and beyond

Vladimir Putin

At a meeting on government policy on the defence industry’s development to 2020 and beyond

“Not only the defence industry, but the entire Russian economy should be engaged in retrofitting the Army and Navy. Significant resources allocated to state defence programmes should promote qualitative economic growth in our country, stimulate demand for innovations and create tens of thousands of new and modern jobs.”