State regulation and financing news

The main Political Department was headed by Colonel-General Gennady Zhidko.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed the commander of the Eastern Military District, Colonel General Gennady Zhidko, Deputy Minister of Defense - Head of the Main Military-Political Directorate (GVPU) The Armed forces. 

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced the creation of such a system in April at talks with the head of the republic's military department

The Russian government has approved an agreement between Russia and Tajikistan on the creation of a joint air defense system. The corresponding resolution was published on Monday on the official portal of legal information.

Ukrainian servicemen, including high-ranking officers who left Crimea in 2014, are forced to live in hotels of the Ministry of Defense of the country, without having personal housing. This was announced on November 11 by the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Elena Khomenko.

The company produces a wide range of diesel engines for Russian armored vehicles

Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant (CHTZ-Uraltrak, part of the Uralvagonzavod concern, part of Rostec) fulfilled its obligations to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the state defense order for 2021 on time, delivering diesel engines and spare parts to them in full, Acting Deputy General Director for Production and Technical Issues of the enterprise Yuri Mamin told TASS.

The State Duma adopted in the first reading the draft law "On Amendments to Article 51 of the Federal Law "On Military Duty and Military Service".

The main task of the new Minister of Defense of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov will be to create at least one NATO military base in the country. This was announced on Friday, November 12, by the deputy from the pro-presidential party "Servant of the People" Oleg Dunda.

The new state armament program for 2024-2033 assumes serial deliveries of Armata tanks to the Russian military, Mikhail Osyko, a member of the Board of the Military-Industrial Commission (MIC) of Russia, told Interfax.

The relevant contract also implies the execution of work on the development of technical requirements for the Russian Orbital Station and its modules, including the centrifuge

Roscosmos has signed a contract with its parent scientific institute TsNIIMash to develop proposals, recommendations, requirements for promising technologies, elements and systems of rocket and space technology products that ensure the reliable implementation of manned flights to the Moon, according to the public procurement portal.

As a result of the conversion procedure, the share of participation of the Kazakh side in the joint venture of Kazakhstan and Russia will increase to 99%

The Senate (upper house of Parliament) of Kazakhstan on Thursday ratified the protocol on amendments and additions to the intergovernmental agreement between Kazakhstan and Russia on the creation of the Baikonur space rocket complex "Baiterek" dated December 22, 2004. The meeting was broadcast on the parliament's website.

In October of this year, formations, military units and institutions of the Central Military District received more than 150 units of weapons, special and aviation equipment.

Roscosmos has signed a contract with the head scientific institute TsNIIMash for the development of the lunar program and the concept of the orbital station for 1.5 billion rubles, follows from the data of the public procurement portal.

It is envisaged to create a technopolis development fund, which will allow in the form of grants and interest-free loans to finance the research and work carried out by the participants

The State Duma at the plenary session on Thursday adopted in the first reading a bill on state support for participants of the innovative technopolis of the Russian Ministry of Defense "Era".

As the state corporation clarified, it is also planned to use these funds to finance work within the framework of the Russian-European ExoMars mission, research of objects by the Spektr-RG observatory

The additional funds allocated by the government will be used for research of the Moon, astrophysical objects in the ultraviolet and visible ranges and Venus. This was reported to TASS by the press service of Roscosmos on Thursday.

According to a RIA Novosti source, the Russian government has allocated an additional 6.5 billion rubles for the most important space projects. Previously, part of the funding was "cut off".

The Pacific Fleet will soon receive a number of new ships and submarines, said the commander of the Pacific Fleet, Admiral Sergey Avakyants.

Washington is concerned about the success of Beijing's space program, Bill Nelson noted

The US authorities are concerned about the success of the PRC's space program and intend to make every effort to ensure that American astronauts return to the moon before China can deliver its taikonauts there. This was stated on Tuesday at a briefing for journalists by the head of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Bill Nelson.

The Uraltransmash enterprise of the Uralvagonzavod concern, as part of the fulfillment of the state defense order, manufactured and supplied the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation with new 2S19M2 Msta-S self-propelled howitzers.

Lockheed Martin Corp. (Fort Worth, Texas) signed a framework contract with the US Air Force worth $ 10.863 billion for the support and modernization of the fleet of F-22 Raptor fighters.

As the President noted, defense industry organizations work stably even in a pandemic

Russian President Vladimir Putin has set a task to take into account the most advanced technologies, including hypersonic and cognitive, in the new state armament program.

As the President of the Russian Federation noted, such a high bar has been held for five years

The state defense order in the "pandemic" year 2020 was fulfilled by 96.2%, such a high bar has been held for five years. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin, opening a meeting of the Military-Industrial Commission (MIC) on Wednesday.