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The Russian Armed Forces received more than 200 units of weapons and military equipment in the first half of 2021. This was announced on Tuesday, August 10, by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu during the single day of acceptance of military products.

The Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) received about 30 aircraft and helicopters from defense enterprises in the first half of 2021. This was stated on Tuesday during the Single day of acceptance of military products by the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Alexey Krivoruchko. According to him, 2 new and 3 repaired aircraft, 8 new and 14 repaired combat helicopters were delivered in the interests of the VKS.

New contracts for the supply of weapons and military equipment will be concluded for a period of 10 years, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexey Krivoruchko said.

The Russian army will receive a batch of new T-14 Armata tanks this year, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexey Krivoruchko said.

The Moscow Arbitration Court has registered a claim of the Russian Ministry of Defense demanding to recover more than 2.4 billion rubles from the Samara JSC "Progress Rocket and Space Center", the manufacturer of Soyuz launch vehicles, follows from the information in the file of arbitration cases.

During the Single day of acceptance of military products, the acting general director of the Kalashnikov Concern, Andrey Semenov, reported to the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Sergei Shoigu, that within the framework of a seven-year contract, an early delivery of the next batch of guided aircraft missiles "Vikhr-1"was carried out to the troops.

The first 20 T-14 tanks based on the Armata heavy tracked platform will be handed over to the Armed Forces by the end of the year. Earlier, the army received T-90M "Breakthrough" combat vehicles.

Russian Deputy Defense Minister Tatyana Shevtsova held a meeting on the innovative system of financing the army in wartime, which will be tested at the Zapad-2021 exercises, during a working trip to St. Petersburg, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters.

It is necessary to focus on securing people in the army by creating conditions for life, recreation, and raising children, since the number of contract soldiers in the Russian Armed Forces is consistently increasing. This was stated by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu at a meeting with the staff of the Krasmash enterprise in Krasnoyarsk on Friday.

The Russian Helicopters holding company (part of Rostec Corporation) has signed a contract with the Ministry of Defense for the "rejuvenation" of the Ka-52M helicopter, the work should be completed in 2023, the holding's general director Andrey Boginsky told RIA Novosti.

The bill was submitted to the State Duma for consideration at the autumn session

The Federal law " On the military innovative technopolis "Era" will provide state support to legal entities - residents of Innograd. This was stated on Friday by Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov, while on a working trip to Anapa.

Almaz-Antey Aerospace Defense Concern JSC will receive more than 11% of the shares of Khabarovsk Radio Engineering Plant JSC from federal ownership, according to the decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

In Poland, opponents of vaccination against coronavirus infection will be banned from wearing military uniforms. This was stated by the Minister of National Defense Mariusz Blaszczak on Twitter on Friday, August 6.

The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, on the air of Solovyov Live, called for the restoration of the death penalty for corruption in the military-industrial complex (MIC).

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin may this week request permission from US President Joe Biden to oblige all military personnel on active duty to be vaccinated against COVID-19, CNN reports.

A lockdown in Russia in the spring of 2020 due to the coronavirus epidemic threatened to disrupt the supply of weapons and military equipment under the state defense order and for export in the amount of several trillion rubles, Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu said.

Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with the head of Rosatom, Alexey Likhachev, on Wednesday. The President was told that the state corporation's foreign orders continue to grow, despite the pandemic. In addition, this year the company expects to increase revenue for new products by 18%.

On July 30, 2021, the German Federal Defense Procurement Agency Bundesamt für Ausrüstung, Informationstechnik und Nutzung der Bundeswehr (BAAINBw) issued contracts to the Swedish group Saab AB for a total of 4.6 billion Swedish kronor (about 450 million euros) for the supply of new electronic weapons for the modernization of four frigates of Project 123 (F123, Brandenburg type) of the German Navy. Deliveries and work, including subsequent technical support, will be carried out from 2021 to 2030.

The Intellectual Property Rights Court upheld the judicial acts of two lower instances, which recovered about 42 million rubles from the Ukrainian company "Motor Sich "for the illegal use of a series of trademarks"Mi" /Mi.

On August 3, a conference call with the leadership of the Armed Forces was held at the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation under the leadership of the head of the military Department, Army General Sergei Shoigu.