MOSCOW. Oct 22 (Interfax-AVN) - President Vladimir Putin has instructed Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov to discuss the allocation of additional funds to develop the national shipbuilding industry with the economic ministers.
"The defense minister has made several proposals on how to promote the development of some branches of shipbuilding. I would like you to meet with the economic ministers and discuss this issue," Putin told Zubkov as he was meeting with the cabinet on Monday.
Putin said he had discussed with the defense minister "exactly where available resources should be channeled - to individual products or to some other solutions."
The proposal to put additional money into shipbuilding was interesting, Putin said.