Putin said that Russia will not engage in the militarization of the country and the economy

He said this during an extended meeting of the board of the Russian Defense Ministry.

“We will not repeat the mistakes of the past, when in the interests of increasing defense capability where necessary and where it was and was not really necessary, we destroyed our economy ... We will not engage in the militarization of the country and the militarization of the economy,” he said.

Earlier, Putin said that the West's calculation of the destruction of the Russian economy did not materialize.