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The share of modern weapons and military equipment in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation by the end of 2022 should grow to at least 72.7%. This was announced by Deputy Defense Minister Alexei Krivoruchko at the Single Day of acceptance of military products.

Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Alexey Krivoruchko said that the industry also handed over 17 new VKS - including two Su-57 fighters - and 18 refurbished aircraft

Two regimental sets of S-400 and S-350 anti-aircraft missile systems were received by the Aerospace Forces in the fourth quarter of last year, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexei Krivoruchko said on Thursday.

The Defense Minister said that the military construction complex will have to put into operation 3 thousand buildings and structures in key areas of the development of the infrastructure of the troops

The equipment of the Russian Armed Forces with the latest models of military equipment makes it possible to guarantee military security and the protection of the country's national interests, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Thursday, summing up the results of a single day of acceptance of military products.

The most distinguished employees of Rosoboronexport (part of Rostec Group) were awarded by the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation for their great contribution to the development of military-technical cooperation of the Russian Federation with foreign countries and many years of conscientious work.

The State Duma adopted in the first reading Bill 1179311-7 "On Amendments to the Federal Law "On Mobilization Training and Mobilization in the Russian Federation" (in terms of ensuring the safety of mobilization facilities).

The bill is aimed at creating conditions for reducing the rates on loans attracted for the implementation of the state armament program

The State Duma Committee on the Financial Market supported in the first reading a bill that provides for a ban on charging interest to an authorized bank for using funds held in a special account under a state defense order. The document was submitted to the State Duma by the President.

The project developed by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, which introduces a point system for evaluating equipment for inclusion in the register of Russian radio-electronic products and a delay until 2024 for the mandatory use of domestic processors, contradicts the Doctrine of Information security, as well as the Strategy for the development of the electronic industry until 2030, said in a letter from the General director of the ICST Alexander Kim, writes RBC.

The Moscow Arbitration Court has assigned the "Top Secret" stamp to the case on the claim of the Russian Ministry of Defense, demanding to recover more than 3.9 billion rubles from Samara JSC "Progress Rocket and Space Center", the manufacturer of Soyuz launch vehicles and other space technology.

The Supreme Court of Russia supported the decision of the first and cassation instances, which, according to the claim of the Ministry of Defense, recovered from the Moscow design bureau "Compass" about 511 million rubles of an unprocessed advance under the contract for the implementation of experimental design work "Creation of the NITKA-2 take-off and landing systems landfill".

It is planned to supply about three thousand samples of weapons and equipment to the troops of the Southern Military District in 2022, Alexander Dvornikov, commander of the district's troops, said in an interview with the Military Bulletin of the South of Russia newspaper.

Kurganmashzavod delivered the final batch of infantry fighting vehicles BMP-3 under a two-year contract with the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the press service of Rostec reported

The United Shipbuilding Corporation summed up the preliminary results of its activities in 2021. As noted, the corporation's enterprises handed over almost two dozen ships and vessels to customers.

President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev instructed the country's Security Council to accelerate work on the creation of Special Operations Forces and the reform of the national security system, the press service of the head of state reported.

This may be required when implementing large-scale investment projects

The highest credit rating will allow Roscosmos to issue bonds to attract investment if necessary. This was announced by the First Deputy Director General of Roscosmos Maxim Ovchinnikov.

The European Space Agency has completed a critical review of the new PLATO space Observatory project. It is expected that it will be launched into space in 2026 and in 4 years of operation will observe more than 200 thousand stars, exploring the properties of exoplanets around them, according to the agency's website.

The head of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Alexander Bastrykin, proposed to return control over the circulation of weapons and ammunition to the Ministry of Internal Affairs (now the powers of the Rosgvardiya - ed.). Interdepartmental discussions on this initiative have already begun, RIA Novosti writes.

The Ministry of Defense of Argentina has approved the conclusion by the command of the country's Navy of a direct contract with the national company Invap for the purchase of the RUAS-160 naval UAV.

The US Army will pay a bonus of 50 thousand dollars to recruits who sign a contract for six years. This was reported by National Public Radio.

The new assembly and test building at the Plesetsk cosmodrome located in the Arkhangelsk region will be put into operation significantly ahead of schedule, said Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov.

After the tragic events in the country, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev proposed a number of measures to reform law enforcement agencies.