Putin arrived at the center for rehabilitation of wounded servicemen

On December 3, Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived at the CITO (Center for Innovative Technologies in Orthopedics), where prosthetics are made and servicemen are rehabilitated.

Earlier in the day, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the Russian president will visit institutions related to prosthetics and rehabilitation of this category of citizens on the International Day of the Disabled on December 3.

Putin was met by Victor Spektor, the general director of "TsITO", who told the head of state about the company's activities. In particular, about the structure of production. Spector noted that at the moment the company is facing the task to gradually move to its digital transformation, but at the moment the creation of prostheses is mainly manual labor.

Also the general director of "CITO" said that another important task is the training of highly qualified personnel in this industry.

JSC "CITO" produces individual means of rehabilitation, including high-tech prostheses and orthopedic devices for lower and upper limbs.

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Earlier, on November 14, Putin signed a decree on a lump-sum payment of 4 million rubles to the participants of the SWO, who received disability as a result of wounds and injuries.

Prior to that, on November 13, it was reported that the participants of the SVO, who received severe injuries and traumas, will receive 3 million rubles. Servicemen with minor injuries will be entitled to a payment of Br1 million. In case of other injuries, the amount of payment will be Br100 thousand.

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