Putin: Customers Insist on State Contracts

…“Our customers often insist just on state guarantee of fulfillment of major contracts.”

…“Our defence industrial complex actively raises the question of supporting with state means a part of export credits rates of banks.”

…“planned measures are not a return to the previous ineffective system of support of the defence industrial complex.”

…“Those should be helped who consolidate the potential of defence enterprises by development of basic and applied research, by the implementation of new technologies.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“Putin proposes state support of Russia military hardware exporters,” Itar-Tass, 12/28/05.