Putin called the development of robotics one of the key areas in Russia.

The development of robotics in Russia is one of the main directions. This was announced on May 26 by Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting with representatives of the business community of the state.

"This is one of the key areas of robotics development in the country. I have already spoken publicly several times about this, but <...> you know what the level of robotics is, say, in Japan, what we have," Putin said.

According to the head of state, Russia is following the right path in this area. He also noted that the payback period for the creation of new enterprises is quite long.

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