Putin: advances in genetics will become a “weapon of destructive power”

2023-09-03 18:21:48

Those who come out “on the first positions” in the field of genetics will have “weapons of terrible destructive power” declared Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview with Pavel Zarubin.

“It is important that these positive beginnings embedded in this subject do not turn into a threat to humanity,” the President said and added that “we will do so.”

Since 2019, Russia has been implementing a federal scientific and technical program for the development of genetic technologies developed by presidential decree. As noted in Allied Market Research, investments in related areas are gaining momentum and will grow by an average of 9.5% per year until 2031, Vedomosti wrote.

Putin stated in 2020 that Russia should have a whole line of developments in this area, which “will make it possible to prevent and treat serious diseases, increase the life expectancy of people, etc. He specified that scientific groundwork must be converted into practical results and competitive products, comparing a program for the development of genetic technologies with atomic and space projects of the 20th century.