Russia is not putting the economy on a war footing – Kommersant

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the country has not transferred the economy to wartime mode. In his opinion, Russia has “concentrated efforts” on the development of defense production.

“Despite all the difficulties of today, we are not transferring the economy to wartime mode. There is no such. <...> Yes, we are concentrating efforts, concentrating administrative resources and financial resources on the development of defense industries. (But.- “Ъ”) We are not putting the economy… on a war footing,” Mr. Putin said at the congress of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia (quoted from TASS). According to the president, everything in Russia is “quite balanced.”

Politicians in the West often talk about the fact that Russia has put its economy on a “war footing.” For example, the NATO Secretary General spoke about this Jens StoltenbergVice-Chancellor of Germany Robert HabeckPresident of Poland Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister of Poland Donald Tusk.

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