Barely five months after the attack on Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has paved the way for the Russian economy to be more strongly geared towards the needs of the army.
The Kremlin chief signed a law on Thursday allowing the government "special measures" for military operations abroad.
This means that individual sectors can be obliged to supply the armed forces.
In addition, workers in these companies can be forced to work nights, weekends and public holidays and not to take vacation days.
When asked under what circumstances the government was planning to implement such measures, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov simply replied, according to the Interfax agency: "To the extent that the government deems it reasonable, it has the right to take them (the measures) apply.”
Parliament passed the law last week.
Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov justified it, among other things, with the Western sanctions against Russia and the Western arms deliveries to Ukraine.
Russia has been at war with the neighboring country since the end of February.
Since then, Moscow has repeatedly emphasized that everything is going "according to plan" in the "special military operation" (as the war is officially called in Russia).
International military experts, on the other hand, point out that Russia may have lost significantly more soldiers and equipment than officially stated.