The church and the military-industrial complex are one
At the Crocus Moscow International Exhibition Center on Sunday, a congress of the Volunteer Movement of the All-Russian Popular Front in support of the army was held, fleet and the defense industry complex, which is being created with the support of Dmitry Rogozin, deputy chairman of the Russian government. The core of the new movement is made up of workers in the defense industry, activists of the Congress of Russian Communities and the Cossacks.
The basis of the program of the new movement was Vladimir Putin’s article “Russia: the national question”. The main objectives of the Volunteer Movement were: the revival of the defense industry and military science in the Russian Federation; unification of healthy social forces on the basis of national-patriotic ideology, principles of democratic development and the scientific and technological revolution; creation of a modern effective system of military-patriotic education of youth.
The congress was blessed by the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill. The head of the Russian Orthodox Church in his speech said that “freedom is the ability of the people to determine their historical way". He also spoke on the topic of the fact that one can lose independence and freedom, having not only a powerful economy, but also a well-armed army. In support of his words, the Patriarch cited the example of the USSR, which collapsed without a single shot. According to the Patriarch, the big problem of the modern world is the information aggression associated with globalization. According to the clergyman, one should cultivate in people the ability to resist information aggression in order to learn how to sift destructive for society. The patriarch noted that thoughts on the development of the military-industrial complex should be accompanied by reflections on the spiritual state of those who stand in line and defend the fatherland with weapons in hand.
Patriarch was supported by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin: “It is impossible to reduce the mountains facing us without spiritual support and deep faith in ourselves and in Russia.” At the beginning of the speech, Rogozin read a welcome telegram from Vladimir Putin, and then recalled that the Prime Minister’s article on the development of the Armed Forces and the military-industrial complex was nothing more than a doctrine of Russia's revival through new industrialization.
Dmitry Rogozin noted that in accordance with the state armament program, the defense industry complex must produce four hundred intercontinental ballistic missiles for the Russian Armed Forces in the next decade. missiles, eight strategic nuclear submarines, fifty surface ships, six hundred aircraft and a thousand helicopters. However, speaking about the development of military potential, the Deputy Prime Minister emphasized, one must not forget about the civilian economy. Rogozin noted that "our programs should not be ruinous for the country." In his opinion, each enterprise of the defense industry complex should also establish the production of civilian products. Rogozin is confident that private capital should be attracted to this area: businessmen should understand that there are industries in the defense industry where talents can be applied and resources used.
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