"I would also like the government to think about building nuclear power plants in the Russian Far East. This plan should take into account both the current needs as well as the needs we anticipate in future among businesses and our citizens. And, of course, it should take into account the long term," Putin said.

"We see that business ties, trade routes are reorienting to the East and the Global South. Our Far Eastern regions provide direct gateway to these promising and developing markets and allow us to overcome the barriers that some Western elites are trying to impose on the world," the Russian leader said at the plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF).

“In particular, this refers to the Northern Sea route as an international logistics route. We are going to boost its throughput capacity, in particular by exploring the Arctic mineral deposits, reorienting cargos and increasing the transit. We have ambitious plans for developing the Northern Sea route,” said the Russian leader said at the plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF).

“The successful implementation of our plans depends first of all on people, on Russian families… We should not be guided by old logic: ‘First we build plants and factories and only then we will think about those who work in these enterprises.’ Such logic does not function in the modern economy, in the economy of the future that is based around people,” said the Russian president said at the plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF).

"An essential concern is the air fleet. We must build our own aircraft - reliable, high-quality, and [produced] in the quantities we need," Putin emphasized.

"The key mining centers of Yakutia and Chukotka have seen extensive development of their reserves for a long time, and are objectively limited. Meanwhile, the demand for minerals is on the rise, not only for export but also for our domestic market," the president stated.

“I am under the impression that those leading Ukraine are aliens or foreigners for their country. They do not think about the destiny of their own country suffering such heavy losses… I don't know what they will be doing in the future. It is necessary now for them to bring down the age bracket for drafting people […] Next step will be to draft students and it will bleed the country,” said Vladimir Putin at the Q&A session at the plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF).

“You have asked about the strikes against Nuclear Power Plants in Kursk and Zaporozhye. These are very hazardous and dangerous acts of terror. You can just imagine what will happen if our retaliation was to be the same,” said the Russian president at the plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF).