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Denis Manturov has been in the cabinet since 2012.
Russian President Vladimir Putin lost his cool during his government’s first annual meeting after he publicly berated the trade and industry minister.
For a few minutes, Putin blamed Denis Manduro for bureaucratic delays While ordering civil and military aircraft.
“Too long, takes too much time“The Russian president said he never held back when publicly criticizing his senior officials.
“What are you playing at? When will the contracts be signed?” he questioned.
In a video call broadcast on Russian television, Putin praised his ministers’ handling of the economy. However, he repeatedly interrupted Manduro when talking about plans for a fleet of planes, helicopters and ships.
“These 700 aircraft, including helicopters… we have to arrange this with the defense ministry. Many companies have not received any order yet,” he complained.
The first meeting of the government was held on that day Putin replaced his top commander in Ukraine After three months.
After a series of setbacks in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, General Sergei Churovykin was appointed in October, but he failed to turn the tide of the war.
A man of faith
Manturov has been a loyal member of Putin’s cabinet since 2012 He has regularly traveled with the President on national and international visits.
He was tasked with overseeing Russia’s arms industry last summer, with flaws already exposed on the battlefield.
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Putin stressed that paperwork at the Ministry of Trade and Industry was taking too long.
When Manturov explained that his ministry had started a plan to manufacture helicopter engines in St. Petersburg that had previously been made in Ukraine, Putin intervened, complaining that it would take too long.
Although the minister promised that his department would do everything possible to speed up activities with its economic partners, his claims were not enough to deter the president, who became increasingly agitated.
“No, do it in a month. Do you not understand the situation we are in? It should be done in a month, not later.”
Remembered the televised condemnation A more dramatic event three days later Before the war broke out, Putin ordered his top security officials to ask if Russia should recognize the two occupied regions of eastern Ukraine as independent.
When one of his closest allies, foreign intelligence chief Sergei Naryshkin, reluctantly suggested that Russia’s Western partners be given one last chance, Putin began questioning him.
Naryshkin tripped over his words several times before announcing his support for the annexation of the two Russian-occupied territories.
Although Putin said annexation of Ukrainian regions was not an issue on the table, he announced such a move months later.
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