PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, June 25 President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with journalist Pavel Zarubin in the program «Moscow. Kremlin. Putin» on the TV channel «Russia 1» that he begins and ends the working day with questions of the special operation.
«Well, of course, I pay primary attention. The day begins and ends with this,» the head of state said.
According to him, these are conferences, and meetings, and telephone conversations.
The President also noted that he constantly discusses issues related to the production of weapons with the heads of enterprises and companies of the military-industrial complex, as well as with those who use these weapons.
“We talk about their effectiveness, we talk about where and in what else we need to work, where and what is missing. We talk about how, what ways, what steps, at what pace should efforts be increased,» Putin added.
At the same time, he stressed that increasing the pace and volume of production in the defense sector should not be at the expense of social obligations to citizens — in medicine, construction, education.
«Everything should be in harmony, so to speak, with each other, and including our efforts in the field of increasing defense capability should not damage the main thing! And the main thing is the foundation. And the foundation is the economy,» — the president concluded.
Last week, speaking at the SPIEF, Putin said that the enterprises of the military-industrial complex work in two or three shifts. According to him, the production of military products increased by 2.7 times, and for the most popular samples — ten times.