He said this at a meeting of the collegium of the Russian Defense Ministry.
According to him, a number of Russia's neighbors "soon will have nothing, everything will be only in the form of handouts and money, and weapons, and ammunition."
“In Russia, everything is completely different.
We have everything, all the opportunities to increase this potential,” the President said.
Putin noted that this, of course, will be done, "without any discounts."
The head of the Russian Defense Ministry, Sergei Shoigu, said that the amount of funding this year made it possible to increase the supply of weapons to the Russian Armed Forces by 30%.