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4.0 Real Economy 4.1 Industrial production
Russia almost tripled defence production in one year, Putin said on June 13. The President noted that dozens and hundreds of private Russian companies that previously had nothing to do with the military-industrial complex joined the production of defence products.
The defence sector has grown 25% between January and April, according to a recent Rosstat report. Production of electrical equipment in the same period was up 29%, motor vehicles by 27%, computers by 23% and optics and electronics by 23% (this includes military electronics and optics).
Some product groups showed explosive growth: navigation devices were up 60% and specialized workwear rose 47%.
Compared with the first four months of 2022, production of leather goods was up 8.2%, clothing was up 3.3%, vehicles and equipment up 14.6%, finished metal products climbed 25.3%, electronics and optics grew by 18.7%, and electrical equipment rose 13.4%. Output fell in sectors with no obvious military connections like textiles, tobacco, paper, wood products and mineral fertilisers.
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