VLADIVOSTOK, September 6. /TASS/. The potential of the Russian economy required for ensuring the demands of the country’s Armed Forces is on the rise, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with TASS on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF).

"We see the growing potential due to efforts of the country’s leadership and the government on ensuring all demands of our Armed Forces," he said.

All Russian government members are working in overdrive, with economic stability demonstrating the efficiency, Peskov added.

"All are working in overdrive, working efficiently. We see a stable economic situation in the country," he said.

The Eastern Economic Forum is underway on the campus of the Far Eastern Federal University in Vladivostok. The main theme of the EEF this year is ‘Far East 2030. Combining strengths to create new potential’. Business activities are broken down into seven thematic blocks: ‘New contours of international cooperation’, ‘Technologies to ensure independence’, ‘Financial value system’, ‘the Russian Far East’, ‘People, education and patriotism’, ‘Transport and logistics: new routes’, and ‘Master plans: from architecture to economy’. The Roscongress Foundation is the Forum’s organizer. TASS is the general information partner of the EEF.