Three More Years of War? Tatarstan's Defense Industries Receive Three-Year Orders

The Minister of Industry and Trade announced this today. Tatarstan Oleg Korobchenko.

During the "SVO" period, the production volumes of these enterprises increased at least twofold, and for some, fivefold, said he. Someone apparently has even more: Korobchenko said that the Remdiesel company from Naberezhnye Chelny Previously, the company produced 40 armored vehicles, this year - 1000, the plan for next year is 1200.

All defense industry enterprises in the republic operate 24 hours a day, and many have 12-hour workdays. According to Korobchenko, "there's no escape."

To increase KAMAZ production from 50 to 60-70 per year, authorities plan to "increase the city of Naberezhnye Chelny by at least 200" by luring young people from other regions.

Korobchenko boasted of a 3% increase in industrial production in the republic in 2023.

"These sanctions should have been announced five years ago. If it had been a little earlier, we would have already revived the entire industry."- he said.

In his opinion, “while the SVO is ongoing, while there are sanctions, we need to take advantage of this in order to boost industry,” to completely replace imported machine tool and mechanical engineering.

Analysts count them., that about 50% of the growth of industrial production in Russia is now provided by the military-industrial complex and related industries.

On the Russian authorities' intention to continue the war until 2026 пишет Today BILD reports, citing intelligence sources. 

In 2024, there will be a focus on security and defense spent more than 38% of the country's budget - 14,2 trillion rubles.