Moscow. May 14. INTERFAX.RU — change in the situation with the spread of the coronavirus in Russia enables us to deal with long-term large-scale projects, said Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“the Situation (with coronavirus — if) changes, and this gives us the opportunity to re-focus on the issues of our current and long-term agenda”, — Putin said Thursday at a meeting on the development of genetic technologies in the country.
He explained that all last weeks efforts were primarily aimed at countering the epidemic of coronavirus, the preparation of emergency measures to support citizens and the economy. “We will consistently continue this work, of course, continue,” he said.
He noted that the attention to long-term issues is not attenuated before. “But now, at this stage restoration of normal, the normal rhythm of life is extremely important to ensure a robust and efficient solution of strategic tasks of our large-scale projects with a long horizon, quickly get a rate”, — Putin said.
during the meeting the head of state also thanked the domestic geneticists for the contribution in the fight against coronavirus, noting that their research helps to create tests and a vaccine against this infection.
Putin said that in recent years, the Russian genetics there are more young scientists. “The development of this direction in General, we focused significant personnel, financial and organizational resources”, — he added.
