MOSCOW, February 21. /TASS/. Russia knows from its negative experience what systemic problems the state's vulnerability in the chemical sector leads to, including strong external dependence and losing a significant part of industrial sovereignty, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the plenary session of the Future Technologies Forum.
"Unfortunately, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the most important enterprises were stopped and sometimes simply destroyed. Their equipment was taken away, cut up for scrap. Together with the degradation of our own chemical industry, we fell into strong external dependence, lost a significant part of industrial technological sovereignty. Therefore, from our negative experience, we understand what systemic problems vulnerability in the chemical sector causes," he said.
The head of state recalled that at that time it was necessary to "literally rebuild from scratch" many technological production chains, to create new enterprises in order to independently produce highly processed products.
Putin also stressed it is necessary to ensure the widespread industrial use of local solutions in the chemical industry. "It is important to ensure not only development, but also subsequent testing, pilot production, and then widespread industrial use and scaling of domestic solutions," he said.