Putin Begins Military Meetings In Sochi

On Tuesday in Sochi, Vladimir Putin began the already traditional series of defense-related meetings with representatives of the command of the Armed Forces and the Military-Industrial Complex with a discussion of strategic stability and the tools necessary to ensure it.

Thanks to state support, the Defense Industry Complex has successfully passed the period of the pandemic, but there is still a lot of work.

This discussion in Sochi is the first of a series of meetings that the president, holds with the military. Twice a year, he gathers the leadership of the Ministry of Defense and the heads of the largest defense plants to discuss with them the results of the development and the future of the Armed Forces. Hypersonic missiles and precision weapons are one of the priorities of the current state armaments program, but all of the above is the result of many years of work on the supply of equipment for the Russian military.

Due to the pandemic, last year could be an exception, but both the defense industry and the military themselves, including combat training, managed to fulfill all their plans.

And almost 90% of the commanders of the Russian army have already gained experience in Syria. What exactly will the Russian army be like in the future ? This question must be answered by the military themselves, with an eye to a possible enemy. The military machine must take into account the development of the advanced armies of the world. But it is clear that one of the main priorities will remain the nuclear deterrent forces, which have been the country's most reliable shield for more than half a century.

Next in line, for example, is the Sarmat ballistic missile with an unrivaled range. And this is just one of the new products that the Russian army is waiting for.

All promising models, according to the president, need to be carefully studied in order to understand which of them will be included in the new state armament program. It will be adopted in 2023 for the next 10 years.

The meeting was attended by Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, Chief of the General Staff – First Deputy Defence Minister Valery Gerasimov, Deputy Defence Minister Alexei Krivoruchko, Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces Oleg Salyukov, Commander-in-Chief of the Aerospace Forces Sergei Surovikin, Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Nikolai Yevmenov, Chief of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff – Deputy Chief of the General Staff Igor Kostyukov, First Deputy Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff Viktor Poznikhir, Head of the 3^rd Department of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff Andrei Sterlin. Other officials invited to the meeting included Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov, the heads of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Military-Industrial Commission, the Federal Service for Technical and Export Control, and the Rostec Corporation.