Vladimir Putin chaired his Council of Ministers this Wednesday by videoconference. He outlined his government’s program for 2023 and warned Ukraine and the international community. He intends to consolidate the military means of Russia.
Vladimir Putin spoke by videoconference to his main ministers this Wednesday at midday. He set them the executive’s roadmap for the coming year. But before touching on these questions, which are mainly of domestic policy, the autocrat opened his remarks with a reference to the war against Ukraine.
“We must in the near future carry out the sovereign and independent development of Russia despite any external pressure, any threat”, he told his government, before adding: “We guarantee the interest and the security of our state”.
Vladimir Putin then promised:
“We will strengthen our defense capability, supply all military units participating in the special military operation, and we will continue development to ensure people’s prosperity, so that Russia’s immense potential can be realized. artwork”. “We have all the necessary resources for this,” he vowed.
“Axes of development”
“Resources” that the head of the Kremlin nevertheless intends to increase. He also recalled the “development axes” on which he wishes to commit his country “for the year 2023”.
He began to list “expanding (of) economic relations to build the new logistics corridors, to achieve notable advances in road infrastructure and agriculture, to create new jobs to improve the possibilities of economic development of Russia”. He still hoped for the “strengthening of (the) financial sovereignty (of Russia)” before providing “measures to allow the increase in wages”.
If these announcements may seem disconnected from military affairs and a thousand miles from the Ukrainian front, the ultimate “axis” pointed out by Vladimir Putin showed that the war was indeed the backdrop of his speech. It is necessary, he urged his ministers, “to ensure good access to affordable and quality health services, especially for the new territories”, citing the four annexed Ukrainian regions.
