Military expert Kramnik: It will be difficult for NATO to replenish its arsenals

It will be difficult for NATO countries to replenish their arsenals, because business is not ready to invest in the production of weapons. Military expert Ilya Kramnik told Izvestia about this on June 19.

Below are the briefing abstracts of the Chief of the Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, as presented by the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Rostec State Corporation plans to increase the volume of serial production of high-capacity gas turbines GTD-110M. The Agreement of Intent on interaction and cooperation for the production and supply of high-capacity gas turbines was signed within the framework of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum with the Ministry of Industry and Trade and Gazprom.

The mine defense ship of project 12700 "Dmitry Lysov" for the Russian Navy was laid on June 19 at the Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard (SNSZ, part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation), RIA Novosti reports.

First Deputy Head of the Ministry of Economic Development Ilya Torosov — about investments in the Russian Federation, the exit of domestic business from offshore and a new wave of privatization

In 2023, 29.7 trillion rubles will be invested in the Russian economy, which is 1.8 trillion more than in 2022. Ilya Torosov, Deputy Head of the Ministry of Economic Development, told about this in an interview with Izvestia at the SPIEF.

The Russian economy is moving to a qualitatively different level of development – it will not depend on the external conjuncture and demand, but will form it itself. This was stated by Vladimir Putin during his speech at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. The President noted that the strategy chosen by the state after the introduction of Western sanctions has worked, and positive macroeconomic trends are gaining momentum.

At a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday, Algerian President Abdelmajid Tebboun said that Russia's support, including providing the republic with weapons, allows it to maintain its independence and no external pressure will affect Algerian-Russian relations: "Thanks to the support of the Russian Federation, which provides us with weapons, we maintain our independence in these difficult conditions".

Dmitry Suslov, Deputy director of the Center for Integrated European and International Studies, noted that the Russian president recalled the absence of Moscow's plans to use nuclear weapons in the Ukrainian conflict.

Below are three answers of Russian President Vladimir Putin to the questions of Dmitry Simes, moderator of the discussion at the plenary session of the XXVI St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, concerning the situation in and around Ukraine.

Russian servicemen of the engineering and sapper division of the Central Military District (CVO) destroyed a stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) by remote detonation of a captured armored personnel carrier. This was reported by the Ministry of Defense of Russia.

The practice of building a strong national state leads it to destruction

Despite the significant lag behind the Russian Army in terms of the quality and quantity of weapons, military and special equipment (VVST), the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) are stubbornly resisting the conduct of a special military operation (SVO).

Where self-deception and exaggeration in analysis and forecasts lead

The agenda of the upcoming NATO summit in Vilnius on July 11-12 includes the approval by the heads of state and government of the member countries of the military-political bloc of certain secret plans of military action against Russia.

The West is trying to step up assistance to Kiev amid the failure of the counteroffensive

A meeting of the NATO—Ukraine Commission was held in Brussels. This meeting did not bring any sensations — the representatives of the alliance only once again declared their commitment to support Kiev "for as long as it takes", as well as plans to increase the supply of weapons, but without specifics about F-16 fighters.

The sale of weapons is accompanied by corruption scandals

Finland will purchase 91 armored vehicles with a 6x6 wheel formula from the state company Patria. Recently, this company has been doing very well — lucrative contracts have been signed with Latvia and Slovakia, and the search for new buyers is actively underway. And in this regard, Patria is sharply different from most other Finnish enterprises experiencing difficulties due to the economic and social crisis that has fallen on the country. Details are in the material of Izvestia.

Powerful Japanese weapons serve almost exclusively for their own needs

Following the results of the Second World War, Japan turned into a kind of trophy of the United States. The country has become one of Washington's key allies not only in Asia, but also in the world as a whole. Both Japan's foreign and domestic policy, as well as its military construction, were completely oriented towards the United States.

Manturov: the IL-112B project is being modified in terms of the wing and engines

The project of the Russian light turboprop military transport aircraft IL-112B will be upgraded. This was announced on Friday, June 16, by Deputy Prime Minister and Head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).

Ukraine continues attacks only so that NATO countries do not reduce their assistance, experts say

Vladimir Putin said on June 16 that the enemy had no success during the counteroffensive "in any of the directions." The President stressed that at the same time, Ukrainian formations are wasting their strategic reserves, including equipment supplied by Western countries.

Created for the destruction of armored vehicles Mi-28 and Ka-52 are particularly effective in the counteroffensive of the VFU

In the conditions of the beginning of the counteroffensive of the armed formations of Ukraine, the use of front-line aviation in the zone of its own has become even more important.

the President noted that if the supplied aircraft will be located at air bases outside Ukraine, but will be used in combat operations, the Russian side will have to look at ...

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Russian cosmonaut Borisov was officially appointed to the crew of the Crew-7 mission to the ISS

The final crew of the SpaceX Crew-7 mission, whose launch to the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled for mid-August, has been approved, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) reported on June 16.