President Vladimir Putin criticized Denis Manturov, head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, at today’s government meeting for the lack of aircraft orders at some enterprises and demanded that the contracts be completed within the next month.
“Enterprises must understand the prospects for orders, hire labor, maintain production facilities. They need to understand how much the military department will order, how many civilian ships will be ordered, ”said Putin.
As the President has stated, some companies have not signed a contract even for the year 2023, which has already arrived. “Unless they have the passports you’re talking about, and they don’t have firm contracts, they have no understanding of what to do. It’s too long, too long,” he said.
In response, Manturov objected that the department under his control had contracts “both through the Ministry of Defense and civil line” and that “everything is already prepared”.
“You’ve compromised, but there’s no contract. Why do we dive? <…> You really are playing the fool. When will the contracts be, that’s what I’m talking about, ”Putin replied.
Immediately after the meeting, the Kremlin announced that Putin had no serious complaints about Manturov’s work. Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov commented on the minister’s criticism (quote from TASS) “This is a normal workflow”. He assured Manturov that no reprimand had been made.
“The president said that there are difficult times right now. Peskov expressed confidence that Putin and Manturov will continue to communicate and that “everything the president says will be done,” he said. “Sometimes the rhetoric is tough and the tempo is tough.”
economic balance
Putin also stressed at the meeting that the country’s economy is “generally stable and actively developing.” He believes that these rates will be maintained in 2023 as well.
“We can confidently say that the country’s financial and banking systems, the economy as a whole, are in a stable state and are actively developing,” said the President.
In addition, it has identified six main areas of work for the coming year – expanding foreign economic relations and building new logistics corridors, improving roads and other infrastructure, housing and communal services, increasing the technological capabilities of the economy and stimulating the creation of new formations. industries and jobs.
Addressing the ministers, Putin emphasized that the priority in their work should be increasing people’s real wages and reducing poverty. “Economic policy measures need to be built in a way that leads to an increase in people’s real wages and incomes, and together with social support measures, they need to further reduce poverty and inequality, especially for families with children.” said.
The president is confident that strengthening the country’s financial sovereignty is now on the agenda. “This is the most important condition for increasing investment in high-tech companies, industry, agriculture and many other sectors,” said Putin. 2022, first of all, of course, the economic bloc and the Ministry of Finance.”
new regions
Putin also announced that from 2023, the authorities will set performance indicators for the development of new regions of Russia – DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions.
By 2030, they should catch up with the rest of the Russian Federation in terms of the standard of living of the population, the state of infrastructure and other key indicators.
“Key performance indicators for the development of Zaporozhye, Kherson region, LPR and DPR should be determined in advance for this year,” said the Chairman.
Work on the preparation of key performance indicators for the development of new regions is currently underway. “But I draw your attention – it is not yet complete. It is necessary to solve the remaining problems as soon as possible,” said Putin, calling.
According to him, in 2023, the Russian authorities need to solve the problems of meeting the needs of the special military operation in Ukraine, which the President announced on February 24, 2022.
“I would like to emphasize that we will reliably guarantee the security and interests of the country, increase our defense capability, and will necessarily resolve all issues related to the supply of the armed forces and troops involved in the special military operation.” said.