State regulation and financing news

At the Russian military base of the Southern Military District (SE) in Abkhazia, the number of people wishing to enter military service under a contract has increased.

The Russian government intends to make it more difficult for state customers to purchase foreign software and equipment, writes Kommersant with reference to the director of the "Center of Competence for Import Substitution in the field of ICT" Ilya Massukh.

Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree according to which it is planned to allocate 5.26 billion rubles until 2024 to support business in the implementation of pilot projects for the introduction of artificial intelligence in various sectors of the economy. 

The State Duma has introduced a bill on the "landing" of foreign IT companies in Russia, obliging large foreign Internet companies to open official representative offices in the territory of the Russian Federation.

The Rocket and Space Corporation Energia suffered billions of dollars in losses in 2020. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the company's statement.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has signed a law that, in the event of threats to national security, gives the authorities the right to restrict the operation of telecommunications networks in the republic, the National Legal Internet Portal reported on Monday.

Artillery units of the Marine Corps of the Ukrainian Navy are planning to purchase 2S22 Bogdana self-propelled guns and Verba M1 multiple rocket launchers.

According to the Defense Express portal, such equipment should arrive by 2025.

The authorities of countries around the world have entered a new "arms race", in the role of which now act as semiconductors, writes CNBC. The publication calls semiconductors "the blood of today's global economy", pointing to their demand in many industries, primarily in microelectronics and the defense industry.

The flight of Russian cosmonauts to the moon can cost from 400 billion to 1.7 trillion rubles. Earlier it became known that Russia plans to build a lunar base together with China.

The Ministry of Defense and one of the enterprises of the United Shipbuilding Corporation signed a contract for the repair and modernization of the ground test training complex

A contract was signed for the repair and modernization of the ground test training complex (aviation) NITKA in the Crimea - a complete ground-based analogue of the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov. This was reported to TASS by two sources in the military-industrial complex.

"August 24 is the Independence Day of Ukraine. There will be a parade for the 30th anniversary of our independence. The parade will be military. It will be big both on land and on water - it will be on the Dnieper, and in Odessa, and in Kiev on the Maidan, " said Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky.

About 300 types of weapons and special equipment were tested in Syria. This was stated in an interview in the framework of the educational marathon "New Knowledge" by the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Sergei Shoigu. The military commander said that in some periods, designers and specialists from 76 enterprises and design bureaus were present at the Hmeimim base in Syria.

The Government of the Russian Federation notes the need to improve the effectiveness of the implementation of a number of state programs. "Pay attention to the low degree of effectiveness of the implementation of the state program of the Russian Federation "Space activities of Russia", - said in a statement posted on the website of the Cabinet of Ministers on Saturday.

Roscosmos does not rule out continuing participation in the ISS project after 2025, the decision is up to the president, Alexander Bloshenko, executive director of the state Corporation for Science, told Interfax.

In June, Roscosmos will present a draft lunar program using the Angara-A5V rocket instead of the superheavy Yenisei, and the decision on the specific configuration will be made by the country's leadership, Alexander Bloshenko, executive director of the state Corporation for Science, told Interfax.

For 2021, Roscosmos has planned six priority works, in particular three research works

The program for the creation of a multi-satellite group "Sphere" has been submitted to the Government for consideration. This was reported to journalists at the educational marathon "New Knowledge" by the executive director of Roscosmos for advanced programs and science Alexander Bloshenko.

The European Commission plans to allocate 2.7 million euros to support the Belarusian state bodies controlling the Belarusian NPP, writes RT with reference to the relevant tender.

In 2021, the second batch of the latest Mi-28NM Night Hunter attack helicopters will be delivered to the Aerospace Forces.

The Foreign Ministry, the SVR and the Ministry of Emergency Situations will determine the timing and format of the evacuation, taking into account the development of the situation in the Gaza Strip

The evacuated citizens will be taken to Moscow

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an order on the evacuation of Russian and CIS citizens from the Gaza Strip.

In Russia, there are new airline complexes, they have no analogues in the world, combat surface and submarine ships due to a prudent attitude to finance, said Russian President Vladimir Putin.