The meeting will summarize the development of the Russian Armed Forces
MOSCOW, December 19. /tass/. Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to take part in a meeting of the board of the Ministry of Defense, which is scheduled for the coming week, the press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov told TASS.
"Yes. He plans to," said a Kremlin spokesman, answering a question about Putin's participation in the board of the Ministry of Defense.
At the meeting of the expanded board of the Russian Defense Ministry, the results of the development of the Russian Armed Forces will be summed up.
Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu will report on the results of the year. He will talk about the amount of equipment that entered service in the outgoing year, the construction of military infrastructure, the results of the department's international activities, the social protection of military personnel and the progress of the state rearmament program, the results of major inspections and exercises of the armed forces.
The President of the Russian Federation will traditionally set tasks for the armed forces for the next year.
