The industry of Russia has not switched to "its own": lag - 11 times

In relation to the work of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia on import substitution, large-scale inspections have begun. And there are questions about a number of programs and projects, notes the Tsargrad observer Yegor Kucher. The situation in the industrial sector, despite the talk about the desire to replace imports with domestic ones, is awful. The lagging behind of Russia in the field of industry from the world leaders was estimated by a competent source 11 times.

At the end of April, the Prosecutor General's Office announced the imminent large-scale inspections of the work of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia on import substitution. The reason was the failure of plans and non-fulfillment of goals within the framework of strategies and state programs.

The problem is ripe and overripe, notes Constantinople columnist Yegor Kucher. Instead of carrying out targeted work in the most sensitive industries (defense, space, machine and machine building), officials of the financial block of the government and directly the Ministry of Industry and Trade are engaged in import substitution, understanding it as competitiveness in the spirit of "let's replace the import of stools."

At the moment, in terms of industry, our country lags behind the leaders by 11 times. Such information was provided by the source of Constantinople. Moreover, the moment when we could switch from imported rails to "our" ones was lost in the "fat" years. Now we can produce machines on our own equipment, but their "stuffing" has to be ordered abroad.

However, in the light of the behavior of Western partners, hopes for their good faith are dwindling before our eyes.

The approach that was used in France in the 1930s within the framework of the so-called dirigisme policy could help in this situation, Kucher believes.

"If such an approach were used now in Russia, then the liberal bloc simply would not have the opportunity to" saw "budget money for formal purposes and in fact only worsen the country's situation. Planned indicative indicators would have been set. Therefore, the failure of import substitution in sensitive sectors of the Russian economy at this stage. Responsible persons are in the government and the Ministry of Industry and Trade. Some of them have already been caught by the hand, while others should now be afraid. were high-ranking, they can still be held accountable, "- added the author.

Source: https://tsargrad.tv/