Lavrov urged to remove Russia's dependence on the West in critical industries

RUSSIA must cease to depend on supplies from Western countries in critical industries, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said during a speech as part of the Gymnasium project. E. M. Primakov “100 questions to the leader”, the transcript of the event is published on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

“We must stop in any way dependent on the supply of anything from the West to ensure the development of critical industries for the security, economy and social sphere of our Motherland,” the minister said.

He added that in the future Russia intends to rely only on itself and on those countries "that have proven their reliability and that do not "dance to someone else's tune." According to the minister, the decision will be made on the basis of what forms of cooperation the West will offer, and whether it will do it at all.

Earlier in late March, speaking at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), Lavrov called for an increase in the degree of localization of the production of combines, aircraft and components. He recalled that Western lessors have withdrawn part of the aircraft from Russian airlines.

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At the same time, the minister noted that, despite plans to reduce dependence, Russia is ready to cooperate with the West in the future, but only on equal terms. Now the Russian authorities are working to clarify relations with the rest of the world, he added.

“Clarity that will rely on the absence of any dependence on the West for the future. If they want to cooperate, of course, we will not leave this, if on an equal footing, and in our interests, and in their interests, if there is such a balance of interests, ”concluded the Foreign Minister.

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Earlier, on May 19, Kirill Kabanov, chairman of the National Anti-Corruption Committee and member of the Human Rights Council, said that "some leaders" are striving to "transplant our industry, and with it the economy, to a new, now Chinese, needle."

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In response, Andrei Klishas, ​​senator and head of the Federation Council committee on constitutional legislation and state building, said that the import substitution program in Russia had completely failed. The fact that it needs to be reviewed and brought into line with current needs was also spoken by the chairman of the upper house of parliament, Valentina Matvienko.

“Now we need to accelerate, pay attention to sensitive industries, understand where we have an acute dependence and how to overcome it as soon as possible,” she noted. At the same time, the speaker of the chamber emphasized that a product can be considered import-substituting only if it is 100% produced in Russia.

The press secretary of the Russian president, Dmitry Peskov, refused to support this point of view, but admitted that the country has unfulfilled plans. At the same time, he stressed that now Russia has to exist in "aggressive conditions."

“It is impossible, as they say, to rest on our laurels, because much remains to be done, and done not in the usual, but in an emergency mode, taking into account the conditions in which we exist,” he said.