Putin holds meeting on energy storage systems, Kremlin says
In short
President Vladimir Putin is holding a meeting on the development of energy storage systems, state agencies reported, after the Kremlin announced it earlier in the day. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin would report on an electric battery production cluster and Rosatom head Alexei Likhachev would also speak. Peskov said Putin would open the cluster in the Moscow region by video link and give the command to start its work.
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President Vladimir Putin is holding a meeting on the development of energy storage systems, according to TASS and RIA Novosti, which reported at 14:42 local time that the meeting was taking place; TASS offered a video broadcast. Earlier, at 12:37, both state agencies reported that Putin would hold such a meeting. [ 1 , 2 , 4 , 5 ]
Vedomosti reported that Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced the meeting and called the topic important. According to Peskov, the economy cannot develop in a high-technology mode without wide use of energy storage systems. He described the subject as one that touches daily life, citing mobile phone charging, electric transport and municipal services charging electric buses. [ 3 ]
Peskov said Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin would give a report on the development of an electric battery production cluster, and that Rosatom head Alexei Likhachev would also speak at the meeting. Peskov separately said the president would open the cluster in the Moscow region by video link and give the command to start its work. [ 3 ]
Vedomosti also recalled its own reporting of 5 June that a service centre for servicing and repairing lithium-ion batteries would be created in the Technopolis Moscow special economic zone. Staff there would maintain, diagnose and repair lithium-ion batteries, service Mosgortrans electric buses, update software and repair traction battery packs. [ 3 ]
The documents do not state where the meeting is being held or what decisions, if any, are expected from it. The two state agencies provided headline announcements and a broadcast listing, while the details of the speakers and the planned cluster launch come from Vedomosti's account of the Kremlin spokesman's remarks; the later reports do not confirm that the launch took place as announced. [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ]
Why it matters
The meeting puts energy storage and battery production on the presidential agenda, with the Moscow mayor and the head of state nuclear corporation Rosatom both due to report. Peskov framed storage systems as a condition for high-technology economic development, a signal that state bodies are being lined up behind domestic battery manufacturing capacity.
Key facts
- Vladimir Putin is holding a meeting on the development of energy storage systems. [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ]
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced the meeting and called the topic important. [ 3 ]
- Peskov said the economy cannot develop in a high-technology mode without wide use of energy storage systems. [ 3 ]
- Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin is to report on the development of an electric battery production cluster. [ 3 ]
- Rosatom head Alexei Likhachev is also to speak at the meeting. [ 3 ]
- Peskov said Putin will open the cluster in the Moscow region by video link and give the command to start its work. [ 3 ]
- Vedomosti reported on 5 June that a service centre for servicing and repairing lithium-ion batteries will be created in the Technopolis Moscow special economic zone. [ 3 ]
Confirmed by several sources
Still unclear
- Details of the battery production cluster and the exact procedure for its launch. Only Vedomosti reports the cluster and the planned video-link launch, attributed to Peskov; the other documents carry headlines and a broadcast listing only.
- The agenda beyond the listed speakers and the anticipated outcomes of the meeting. No document sets out decisions expected from the meeting.
- Whether the cluster launch took place as announced. The later documents report only that the meeting is being held and offer a video broadcast; they do not confirm the launch.
What local media are saying
Timeline, local time
- TASS reports that Putin will hold a meeting on energy storage systems. [ 1 ]
- RIA Novosti reports that Putin will hold a meeting on developing energy storage systems. [ 2 ]
- Vedomosti publishes Peskov's account of the meeting, including the speakers and the planned video-link launch of a battery production cluster in the Moscow region. [ 3 ]
- TASS publishes a video broadcast of Putin at the meeting on energy storage systems. [ 4 ]
- RIA Novosti reports that Putin is holding the meeting on developing energy storage. [ 5 ]