State regulation and financing news

Russia is successfully increasing the potential and capabilities of its armed forces, including the nuclear component. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was stated by the chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security Viktor Bondarev.

The holding's CEO Nikolay Kolesov said that the Kazan Helicopter Plant expects to transfer 111 helicopters to 10 customers in 2022

The Russian Helicopters Holding Company to Rostec State Corporation is scheduled to produce 311 helicopters in 2022. This was announced on Tuesday by the holding's CEO Nikolay Kolesov in an interview with the Business Online newspaper.

The Ministry of Labor has expanded the list of professions for alternative civil service for 2022: this year there will be 127 instead of 124. The draft order of the department on this is undergoing public discussion.

The Thirteenth Arbitration Court of Appeal (St. Petersburg) on the claim of the companies of the BTK Group group, a major manufacturer of clothing, including uniforms for the Ministry of Defense, recovered 4 million rubles from the Russian "daughter" of Adidas for the illegal use of the Urban Tiger brand.

Metal cutting for the fourth and fifth diesel-electric submarines of Project 677 Lada has begun at the Admiralty Shipyards in St. Petersburg. Today, on February 15, the press service of the enterprise reported about it. The contract for the construction of this pair of submarines was signed with the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation in June 2019 as part of the Army forum.

Employees of the Rosgvardiya and the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia will be able to legally engage in humanitarian demining. So far, this function is assigned to the FSB and the FSO. Such an initiative was made by a group of State Duma deputies.

NPO Energomash has carried out work to reduce the cost of RD-191 engines for Angara rockets

Roscosmos is working to reduce the cost of RD-191 engines and their modifications for Angara family rockets, the state corporation says.

Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu arrived in Syria, where he inspected the progress of the Russian Navy exercises in the Mediterranean Sea, the ministry told reporters.

On February 15, the RSPM hosted a working meeting for managers and specialists of metal trading companies "The practice of law enforcement of the norms of Federal Law No. 275-FZ dated December 29, 2012 "On the State Defense Order", dedicated to topical aspects of work within the framework of the State Defense Order.

In Russia, they will create a repository for storing software that everyone can freely use. First of all, it will host programs created with budgetary funds. This is reported by RBC with reference to the relevant draft government decree.

The head of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs Grigory Karasin believes that the leaders of the CSTO countries should be given the opportunity to send armed units within the framework of the CSTO without consulting parliaments. According to him, this position of the Russian side has found understanding among the parliamentarians of the participating countries of the Organization.

The Greek Parliament, at its meeting on February 15, will consider the three most important arms procurement programs for the Armed Forces of the country in recent years, aimed primarily at expanding the capabilities of the fleet.

Russia is successfully increasing the potential and capabilities of its armed forces, including the nuclear component, said Viktor Bondarev, chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security.

The upgraded attack helicopter made its first flight on October 12, 2016

The latest Mi-28NM "Night Hunter" attack helicopters have been delivered to the troops as part of the state defense order. This is stated in an infographic published on Friday in the newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda.

The EU is also considering expanding the commonwealth to repel so-called hybrid attacks and attacks in cyberspace

The European Union (EU) plans to develop a new crisis response system to protect against threats in space. This was reported on Thursday by Bloomberg with reference to the draft document of the European Commission (EC).

The situation around Ukraine delays the preparation of a new national security strategy by the United States, Politico reports. The publication notes that the content of the document will largely depend on whether Russia will "invade" Ukraine.

The head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin and relevant ministers Valery Falkov and Sergey Kravtsov were appointed responsible

Russian President Vladimir Putin recommended that Roscosmos, together with the Ministry of Education and Science and the Ministry of Education, discuss the financing and organization of launches of student microsatellites. The corresponding instruction was given following a joint meeting of the State Council and the Council for Science and Education on December 24, 2021.

Military builders have handed over a multidisciplinary medical center in Tyumen, built in record time, the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation told reporters on Friday.

The good news concerning military pensioners and their families came from the State Duma on Friday. Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Defense Andrey Kartapolov said that monthly payments to retirees this year will definitely be increased.

The US Air Force has begun searching for a replacement for the E-3 Sentry long-range radar detection aircraft. As follows from the request for information, the military is ready in fiscal year 2023 to conclude a contract for two or more prototypes of a promising aircraft and are looking for suitable companies for this.