Half a million new employees: Can the Russian Federation transfer the economy to military rails - experts

According to Western observers, during the war at Russian enterprises the number of employees increased by 30%. However, moving to military rails does not mean success. The Russian defense industry has become one of the Kremlin's strategic tasks in Ukraine since the start of a full -scale war in Ukraine has become one of the strategic tasks of the Kremlin against the background of strategic failures and major losses on the front.

On February 1, information appeared in Roszma that during this time the defense enterprises of the Russian Federation allegedly received an additional 500 thousand specialists, which affected the number of military equipment, ammunition and equipment at the front. Meta defense wrote written about how much the potential of the Russian defense industry.

The authors of the material note that although the level of Russian production of defense equipment is still difficult to determine with confidence, testimony is given by the Russian authorities with reservations that should be kept in mind. Independent observations made during hostilities tend to also go beyond what official Moscow states.

"Thus, if it is possible to doubt in the statement of Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, who stated that in 2023, 1500 tanks were put in the Russian army, that is, more than they lost," the observers believe. In addition, the number of Russian modern tanks, such as T-72B3M or T-90M, destroyed or damaged in battles in recent months, is constantly increasing, and such outdated models as T-62M are increasingly increasingly in the information field.

At the same time, Western analysts say that in the Russian defense industry before the war operated from 1. 2 to 1. 5 million employees. And if in fact, 500,000 workers have additionally got into enterprises, even with retirement, you can talk about almost 30% of labor growth.

Is it possible to speak in such a context about success and significant achievements in the military industry of the Russian Federation? According to the chief consultant of the National Institute for Strategic Studies, Ivan US, even if so, the transfer of the economy to military rails does not guarantee success. According to him, such a model will suffer from other sectors of the economy, as military production will be a priority.

"In the classical sense, this means that they will only work on the military sphere. But in this case there will be problems in other areas - in the medical system, educational; there will be problems with heating networks; there will The Russian defense corner was written by Bulgarian Militis.