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The Minister of Defense noted that the festival traditionally gathers the best military orchestras of the world

Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu sent a greeting to the participants of the International Military Music Festival "Spasskaya Tower", noting that brass music combined with original art allows you to feel the unique national flavor and realize the diversity of cultures of different countries.

The military-technical forum "Army-2021" in the Moscow region has completed its work, it was attended by more than 1.7 million people. This was reported on Saturday, August 28, on the website of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

According to the Minister of Defense, the situation was close to this in 2014

It would be interesting for the crews of the Russian army taking part in the International Army Games to compete with the military from the United States and Europe. This was announced by the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Sergei Shoigu, on the YouTube channel "Solovyov Live".

The Ukrainian concern "Ukroboronprom" was unable to arrange the assembly of American UH-1 Iroqouis helicopters by the stated deadline. Representatives of the concern promised to start assembling helicopters by the 30th anniversary of Ukraine's independence, which came on August 24, Defense Express reports.

Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov said earlier that the state of the ISS leaves much to be desired, so Russia can focus on creating its own orbital station

The United States expects to continue cooperation with Russia on the International Space Station at least until 2030.

Russia will supply Myanmar with two short-range air defense systems "Pantsir", Dmitry Shugaev, head of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) of the Russian Federation, told reporters.

The United States is in a state of a space race with China, while Russian-Chinese cooperation in space can be cited as an example of a more exemplary relationship. This statement was made on Wednesday, August 25, by the head of the American National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Bill Nelson.

The Taiwan administration has announced plans to increase the defense budget for 2022 from 453.4 billion to 471.7 billion Taiwanese dollars (from $16.25 billion to $16.89 billion), Western media reported on Thursday.

The projects are being implemented, including for third countries, Rosoboronexport noted

Rosoboronexport (part of Rostec) is implementing projects with Turkish partners in the field of creating equipment for the ground forces. This was reported to TASS by the company's press service on Thursday during the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021".

The situation with the pandemic in Venezuela is still not easy, so it is extremely difficult to guarantee full protection from coronavirus to specialists in the current conditions, Vladimir Lepin, CEO of the Kalashnikov concern, told Interfax.

The US sanctions imposed against Kalashnikov are aimed at giving the Americans an advantage in the small arms market, Vladimir Lepin, CEO of the concern, told Interfax.

The concern expects high demand from foreign customers for the new AK-19 automatic rifle

"Kalashnikov" expects high demand from foreign customers for the new AK-19 automatic rifle with a NATO cartridge (5.56x45 mm) and is ready to establish its production abroad,the general director of the concern Vladimir Lepin told Interfax.

Joint exercises with the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian Region of Collective Security of the CSTO "Rubezh-2021" will be held in Kyrgyzstan from September 7 to 9, the press service of the CSTO Joint Staff reported.

Kalashnikov can launch licensed production of automatic weapons in Saudi Arabia in a few months after the signing of the contract, the general director of the concern Vladimir Lepin told Interfax.

Russia has received new applications from the countries of Central Asia, Afghanistan's neighbors, for the supply of helicopters, small arms and border protection systems, the company's CEO Alexander Mikheev told RIA Novosti during the Army-2021 forum.

The Ministry of Strategic Industries of Ukraine is negotiating the localized production of Boeing T-7A Red Hawk combat training aircraft. The country again wanted to produce American aircraft. This was announced by the Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine — Minister for Strategic Industries Oleg Urusky in an interview with the publication "Ukrainian Tizhden".

The Argentine government has officially requested information on the MiG-35 multi-purpose fighter from Rosoboronexport JSC for technical and commercial analysis.

This year the forum was organized for the first time in Simferopol

The international military-technical forum "Army", which will be held in Simferopol for the first time, is planned to be made annual, the head of the Crimea Sergey Aksenov said on his page in VKontakte.

Military policemen from Russia, Serbia, Kazakhstan, Iran, Cyprus and Qatar take part in the competition

The holding of one of the stages of the 2021 Army International Games on the territory of Serbia is a confirmation of the fraternal relations between Moscow and Belgrade. This was stated on Thursday by Serbian Defense Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic at a briefing in honor of the start of the "Guards of Order" competition, TASS reported from the scene.

During the Army-2021 forum, representatives of the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia and cooperating organizations discussed the creation of a model of interaction in joint research works on the basis of the Military Innovative Technopolis "ERA".