Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived at the Donguzsky landfill in the Orenburg region, where he learnt the course of the exercises ‘Center-2015’, and held a meeting of the Military-Industrial Commission, which examined the preliminary results of the state defense order and the program of import substitution in the military-industrial complex (MIC) of the country, the press-service of the Kremlin reports.
The Supreme Commander got acquainted not only with the new models of military equipment, but also communicated with the young officers who ran this technique during the exercise. Then, during a meeting of the Military-Industrial Commission, he put a task before the manufacturers of the equipment and the weapons, RIA Novosti reports.
Starting the meeting of the Military-Industrial Commission, Vladimir Putin congratulated the employees of the defense sector on Gunsmith’s Day and wished them new achievements: "I want to appeal to those who work in the defense industry. I want to congratulate all of you who are present here, and all of your employees, workers, engineers and organizers of production on Gunsmith’s Day. I wish you new achievements and all the best," Putin said.
Speaking about the challenges facing the country's defense industry employees, the president demanded to supply the financial stability of the enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Russia in conditions of adverse changes in the key macroeconomic indicators. In order to strengthen their economic situation there is a need to attract additional investment, the president said.
"An important task is to ensure the financial stability of the defense enterprises," Putin said, adding that the long-term programs within the framework of the state program of armaments are to determine the fixed prices which shall not be changed during the execution of tasks. The value of the real rate of inflation is determined only at the end of the year, when the obligations under the state contracts are to be fulfilled, the president said.
"However, if an adverse change in the key macroeconomic indicators occurs, the company gets into a difficult situation. They lose profit that could be spent on development, difficulties with budgetary planning appear. In this regard, you need to develop approaches to ensure balanced financing of the government contracts. I emphasize, strictly within the allocated resources," the head of state said.
"It is clear that the rate is changing, and the money has a different appearance, but we do not need paper records, we need, as you often say, things ‘made in metal and coming into service,’' the commander-in-chief continued.
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