Meeting on the development of the domestic aviation industry

The meeting was attended by First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov Manturov DenisFirst Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Russian Federation , Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Savelyev Savelyev VitalyDeputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Russian Federation , Deputy Prime Minister - Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District Yury Trutnev Trutnev YuryDeputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Russian Federation - Plenipotentiary Presidential Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District , Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Maxim Oreshkin Oreshkin MaximDeputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office , Minister of Industry and Trade Anton Alikhanov Alikhanov AntonMinister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation , Minister of Transport Andrei Nikitin Nikitin AndreiMinister of Transport , Minister of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov Reshetnikov MaximMinister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation , Finance Minister Anton Siluanov Siluanov AntonMinister of Finance of the Russian Federation , Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina Nabiullina ElviraGovernor of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation (Bank of Russia) , Head of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov Minnikhanov RustamHead of the Republic of Tatarstan , Head of the Federal Air Transport Agency Dmitry Yadrov, Chairman of the Management Board and CEO of Aeroflot - Russian Airlines Sergei Alexandrovsky, Scientific Director of the National Research Centre Zhukovsky Institute Boris Alyoshin, CEO of United Aircraft Corporation Vadim Badekha, President and Chairman of the Management Board of Sberbank German Gref Gref GermanChairman of the Management Board and CEO of Sberbank , CEO of the National Research Centre Zhukovsky Institute Andrei Dutov, S7 Group shareholder Vladislav Filyov, Rostec CEO Sergei Chemezov Chemezov SergeiCEO of Rostec State Corporation , and Chairman of the State Development Corporation VEB.RF Igor Shuvalov Shuvalov IgorChairman of the State Development Corporation VEB.RF .

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President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Colleagues, good afternoon.

Today's agenda covers civil aviation development. We will discuss the air transport sector and the aircraft manufacturing.

I would like to emphasise once again that, for Russia, the aviation industry is, as we all understand, of particular importance. The state of this sector directly affects transport connectivity of the regions across our vast country, and the speed and convenience of travel.

What is crucial is the ability to independently produce the full range of military and civilian aircraft. This is a key indicator of the country's technological, scientific and industrial sovereignty. Indeed, just a few countries possess such unique competencies, and Russia is one of them.

To be continued.