Putin calls to optimize military economy while Russia fights corruption in Armed Forces

He Russian President Vladimir Putintoday demanded that the military industrial complex implement an effective economic system of the Armed forcesat a time when the country is fighting corruption in the high echelons of the Army.

“It is important to implement an effective economy of Armed forces. We all understand that given the expenses we face, the economy of the Armed forceswhich are part of the economy of the entire country, must be implemented in such a way that each state ruble becomes effective“, he claimed.

Meeting with representatives of the Russian military industry in the satellite city of Korolyov, Moscow region, Putin stressed that all resources must not only be spent effectively on what people need Armed forcesbut to join the national economy as a whole.

Putin recalled that a series of decisions were taken in order to increase the effectiveness and accelerate the processes of repair and restoration of the combative capacity of weapons and military equipment with the aim of their return to the combat zone in Ukraineand asked for accounts of this process.

In addition, he recalled his order to accelerate the implementation of new technologies and innovative solutions for the constant improvement and improvement of the technical-tactical characteristics of weapons that take into account the experience of real combat.

“We must be one step ahead at all times. You have to get ahead of the enemy, and then victory will be guaranteed“, said.

Putin expressed these demands in the context of a purge of the Russian military leadership, with the arrest of five generals accused of corruption in the last month.