27 Nov 2014 17:04

Russian high-quality products must replace foreign components in defense industry - Putin

SOCHI. Nov 27 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has tasked national defense companies to start the import-substitution process for components used in making weapons and military hardware.

"You need to start import-substitution of nodes and components for arms and military hardware. The task is not just to replace imported products, although that, too, is important, of course, the point is altogether different: we must ensure high quality of new developments," Putin said at a defense meeting.