President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the formation of a coordinating council under the Russian government to meet the needs of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, as well as other troops and military formations during the special operation in Ukraine.
The document was published on the single portal of legal information.
It is noted that this body is being created to strengthen the coordination of the activities of federal and regional executive authorities.
The Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin has been appointed Chairman of the Council.
His deputies were Deputy Prime Minister, head of the government apparatus Dmitry Grigorenko and Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov.
The council also included the head of the FSB Alexander Bortnikov, Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova, head of the Federal Tax Service Daniil Yegorov, director of the National Guard Viktor Zolotov, Minister of the Interior Vladimir Kolokoltsev, head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations Alexander Kurenkov, head of the Main Directorate of Special Programs Alexander Linets, director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Sergey Naryshkin, vice Prime Minister Alexander Novak, Presidential Aide Maxim Oreshkin, Economic Development Minister Maxim Reshetnikov, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, Deputy Prime Ministers Marat Khusnullin and Dmitry Chernyshenko, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin will also take part in the Council's work.
The regulation on the coordinating council specifies that the issues of providing troops relate, among other things, to the supply and repair of weapons, military and special equipment, materiel, medical and sanitary services, repair and restoration, construction and installation and other works, as well as logistics.
The main tasks of the council will include making decisions on coordinating the activities of federal and regional executive authorities, resolving issues of providing troops with weapons, equipment and various resources, determining a target task for meeting the needs of the troops, forming an appropriate plan, determining the volume and directions of spending budget funds and control behind the process.
“Key areas for fulfilling the target include, among other things, the supply and repair of weapons, military and special equipment, materiel, medical and sanitary services, repair and restoration, construction and installation and other work, and logistics,” the document says. .
In addition, the coordinating council will resolve issues related to the formation of prices for goods and services necessary to meet the needs of the troops, prepare proposals for determining contractors and performers of these services, and control the supply of such goods and services.
The new body should assist in ensuring the creation of military infrastructure facilities and perform the tasks of coordinating the process of digitalization, automation and information and analytical support in the field of defense, including in terms of creating databases of mobilization resources.
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The Council has the right to request the necessary materials, invite officials of executive authorities, local self-government bodies and representatives of organizations to its meetings, give them instructions and recommendations, create working groups on certain issues, as well as prepare and submit proposals to the president on issues requiring him solutions.
Meetings of the coordinating council will be held as needed, reports on its work will be submitted to the president on a weekly basis.
The decree notes that the decisions of the council on issues within its competence are binding.
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Vladimir Putin announced the need to form a coordinating council to meet the needs of the military this week.
During a meeting of the Security Council of the Russian Federation on October 19, he noted that not only the specialized law enforcement agencies, but the entire system of state administration are engaged in solving the problems of ensuring the special operation.
In this regard, he instructed the government to prepare a decree on the formation of a council, which will include the head of government, deputy prime ministers, representatives of law enforcement agencies, the socio-economic bloc of the Cabinet of Ministers, the presidential administration and the State Council, which will ensure close cooperation with all regions of the country.
The President stressed that the Russian military, “whatever tasks they perform,” must be provided with everything necessary.
“This concerns the equipment of the barracks and places of deployment, living conditions, equipment and equipment, food and medical care.
We have every opportunity to resolve all the issues that arise here - and they exist - at a modern and worthy level for our country," the president said.
“We will work hard, steadily, rhythmically.
But additional coordination and concentration of efforts in the most important, priority areas are in demand, this is necessary.
We will do it,” Putin added.