President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin said that everything must be done to integrate the new regions into Russia’s legal space as soon as possible. He stated this at the meeting of the Security Council of the Russian Federation. broadcast channel “Russia 24”.
“The task is to do everything to integrate the historical Russian lands of Donbass and Novorossiya as soon as possible into the economic, legal and educational sphere of our country,” said the head of state.
He noted that the situation in the new parts of the country remains difficult.
Recalling that he visited Mariupol recently, the President added that “large-scale construction” is underway here.
On March 19, Putin flew by helicopter to Mariupol, after which he got behind the wheel of a car and toured various districts of the city. He met with the inhabitants of the Nevsky microdistrict, studied the house, the Mariupol coastline, the theater building and other places of the city. Later, when Putin was asked by a journalist why he was going to an unsafe area, answeredthat this is a long overdue “all study trip”.