Putin’s comments underline growing Russian concern over jet, tank production

Written by on January 18, 2023

Sukhoi Su-35S aircrafts perform during the International Military-Technical Forum “Army 2022” at Kubinka military training ground in Moscow, Russia on August 17, 2022. (Pavel Pavlov/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. — It was an eye-opening scene, even by the standards set in Moscow over the last year. In a recording of a Jan. 11 call, President Vladimir Putin ripped into Deputy PM and Minister of Trade and Industry, Denis Manturov, over the slow production rates of key defense equipment.

In the recording . . .



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