Putin criticized the work to provide aircraft factories with orders for aircraft

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the work to provide aircraft factories with orders for aircraft, including for the military, is “too long.” Thus, he commented on the report of Deputy Prime Minister, head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov at a meeting with members of the Russian government.

“Long, too long. Enterprises must understand their prospects, orders, they must hire labor, they must maintain or expand production capacities,” said Putin.

Putin explained that factories need to understand how many civil and military aircraft will be ordered. Putin was indignant that some enterprises “have no orders even for 2023.” He drew attention to the factories still do not have contracts and other documents. Putin urged Manturov “not to play the fool” and speed up the work.

In response, Manturov promised to complete the necessary processes “in the near future”, but this wording did not suit the President of the Russian Federation. He instructed the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade to resolve the issue within a month. “Not later,” Putin stressed.

In October 2022, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin announced that the government would allocate 15 billion rubles. for equipment for aircraft factories, including those producing the domestic MS-21 passenger aircraft. At the end of December UAC Yuri Slyusar said that the delivery of the first six production Russian MS-21 aircraft is scheduled for the end of 2024. In early January, Manturov committed flight to Ulyanovsk on this aircraft. There he visited the FAU “Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute”, where he got acquainted with the course of life tests of the MS-21 and SSJ-NEW aircraft, as well as the production site of PJSC “Il” – “Aviastar”.