Overview
- During a visit to Samara, Vladimir Putin toured the Kuznetsov design bureau and met aerospace specialists.
- He urged renewal and expansion of production capacity for booster rocket engines to meet domestic needs and compete globally.
- Putin highlighted the PD-26 aircraft engine as a platform to modernize military transport fleets and enable future wide-bodied civil jets.
- He said Russia had rapidly developed innovative engines for the energy sector despite Western sanctions, citing use in gas transport infrastructure.
- Linking industrial goals to energy strategy, he promoted the proposed Power of Siberia 2 pipeline to supply gas to China as mutually beneficial.