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As a result of a serious personnel reshuffle, the curator of the "defense industry" in the rank of Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov moved to the post of head of Roscosmos, and his place was taken by the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov. The new deputy head of government made a policy statement – it was decided to move from an absolutely market-based industrial policy to a policy of protecting technological sovereignty. How will this happen?

Dmitry Rogozin spent a little more than four years as the head of Roscosmos. Looking back now, it is clear that he managed to do a lot. In 2018, when he came to the position of head of the state corporation, the situation in the industry was not the best.

A full-scale hybrid war has been unleashed against Belarus, which is offensive in nature. This was stated by President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko on July 12 at the Palace of Independence at a ceremony honoring graduates of military universities and senior officers. The Belarusian leader also regretfully pointed out that the policy of the West is bringing the world closer to the abyss of a big war in which there will be no winner.

Canada has decided to join its allies with plans for space and create a special space unit that will be responsible for operations on earth and space. As stated in the Ministry of Defense, the military appreciated the importance of space troops for the security of the country.

Kiev's hopes for massive supplies of Western military equipment under the so-called lend-lease organized by the Americans are slowly melting away along with plans for a counteroffensive that was to take place after the AFU was saturated with American weapons. As it turned out, Washington still has not decided on the final powers of the US president under this program.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law on the provision of armed forces during counter-terrorism and other operations abroad.

A protocol between the Russian Federation and Belarus on extending the operation of the radio station of the Vileika naval strategic nuclear forces has been submitted to the State Duma for ratification, the document is available in the Duma database.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law allowing emergency rescue formations and units of the fire service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia and engineering and sapper units of the troops of the Russian Guard to give powers to search and neutralize unexploded ordnance. The document is published on the official portal of legal information.

The agency plans to recover more than 500 million rubles for non-compliance with the conditions for the development and production of microchips for satellites

The Kommersant newspaper found in the file of arbitration cases that on June 30, the Ministry of Industry and Trade filed a lawsuit for 512 million rubles against the Russian microelectronics design center of JSC SPC Elvis.

The series of strategic nuclear submarines of the Borey-A project and multipurpose nuclear submarines of the Yasen-M project can be continued, this option is currently being considered. This was reported by a source in the Russian defense industry.

In May, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that the revived Moskvich plant would produce electric cars in the future. Plans to launch domestic production of electric cars were announced by KAMAZ, Kaliningrad Avtotor, and Lipetsk Motorinvest.

Ukraine received a shipment of American weapons worth $ 400 million — analysts doubted how long it would last

Washington will be able to continue to supply Kiev with weapons, but the US has already reached the limit on some systems, the Washington Times writes. Experts note that military assistance to Kiev may stop for other reasons: a disrupted supply system, reduced support for such a strategy in American society and corruption in Ukraine.

The results of observations of the course of the Ukrainian conflict confirm the validity of the modernization efforts of the US army

The "Lessons" that the US received during the observation of Russia's special operation in Ukraine showed that the US army chose the "right priorities" for its modernization, Defense News writes.

The Great Global Rearmament

The FA writes that the West's deliberate prolongation of the Ukrainian military conflict has unleashed a new stage of the arms race in the world. The United States and its military-industrial complex are at the head of the process. The authors of the article believe that America's goal is the same – to maintain hegemony in the world.

Anti-Russian sanctions have gone sideways to the West?

Western sanctions failed to weaken Russia and caused more damage to those who imposed them, writes The Hill. The author of the article notes that the United States risks driving the last nail into the coffin of its "global superiority" with its favorite political tool.

Economic indicators support activity in the defense industry

The stabilization of the rate of decline in industrial production in the Russian Federation recorded by Rosstat in May 2022 is largely due to the dynamics of the military-industrial complex (MIC), production in mixed industries in which it is difficult to distinguish civilian products, and the production of components for nuclear reactors.

The State Duma on Wednesday adopted in the third and final reading a law on the right of the government of the Russian Federation to introduce special measures in the economic sphere in order to ensure that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, other troops, military formations and bodies conduct counter-terrorism and other operations outside the territory of the Russian Federation.

Tatarstan business resource "BUSINESS Online" published Timur Latypov's material "Stepson of the aviation industry: what prevents the revival of the Tu-214? Rustam Minnikhanov oversees the issue in manual mode, Muscovites are forced to attend meetings," which reports that, despite the statements of officials that the restoration of production of the Tu-214 passenger liner is a settled matter, disputes about the need for such a step do not subside.

The State Duma adopted in the first reading amendments to the draft on the provision of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during counter-terrorism and other operations outside the country. The deputies considered the draft law on July 5, it follows from the information published in the legislative support system.

At the end of May, the Supreme Court of Russia adopted resolution No. 11, according to which the rights of citizens to self-defense, including the protection of their own homes, were expanded. But, of course, not everyone is ready to take up a weapon capable of killing or seriously injuring a person, even in self-defense.