Russia has a reliable nuclear shield, Putin says

Russia has a reliable nuclear shield, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday as he congratulated workers and veterans of the national nuclear industry on its 80th anniversary.

“We rightfully take pride in the names of the outstanding founders of the nuclear project, and in the many generations of talented scientists, engineers, and specialists,” Putin wrote in a message published on the Kremlin’s official website this Thursday.

Thanks to their professionalism and dedicated work in recent years, hundreds of new enterprises, research institutes, and design bureaus have been launched, forming a unified scientific and industrial complex, and creating a reliable nuclear shield for the Motherland, the head of State said in a letter.

The president also expressed confidence that Russian nuclear energy specialists will continue to strengthen international cooperation in the sector and increase fundamental and applied research.

He stated, “The establishment of the nuclear industry in 1945 was a major, truly memorable event, a triumph of scientific and technological progress. It has largely defined the development of the national economy, energy, healthcare, and the defense industry, and contributed to ensuring national security and achieving strategic parity.”

Putin noted that the nuclear industry currently embodies Russia’s technological prowess, and the Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM’s team maintains and expands the creative traditions of its predecessors.