In Russia, companies in the military-industrial sector, announces their boss, work 24 hours a day and will continue to do so in 2023.
” Companies involved in public defense orders work day and night and will keep this regime next year “, announces Sergei Chemezov, the boss of the state company Rostec, a holding company bringing together the main Russian high-tech industries, in particular in the field of defence.
The companies concerned, he specifies, are in particular the producers of ” precision missile ”, aircraft and helicopter manufacturers and tank factories, as well as the famous Kalashnikov concern.
The immense needs of the army
Last June, defense companies moved to 24-hour operation with shifts rotating in eight-hour shifts. The aim is to continue to meet the huge needs of the Russian army, as materiel losses mount and some analysts have suggested for months that it could soon run out of shells and cruise missiles. .
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Then in September, the employees of these companies were exempted from the partial mobilization triggered in the country. And at the same time, a law prohibited Russian companies from refusing state defense orders.
The announcement made on January 3 is part of this continuity. Russia has realized that the war will be long, Vladimir Putin has mentioned this several times, and the country wants to take the turn of the war economy.
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