State regulation and financing news

More than 4,500 exercises and trainings will be held during the summer training period in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. This was announced on Tuesday, June 1, by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

The share of foreign electronics in public procurement in 2020 decreased from 51% to 43%, and should decrease even more due to the government decree on the minimum share of purchases of goods of Russian origin, which entered into force on January 1, 2021, a member of the board of the Military-Industrial Commission (MIC) said at the plenary session "Electronic industry as a technological basis for sovereign and innovative development" of the first International Industrial Forum "Intelligence of Machines and Mechanisms", held in Sevastopol.

The Chairman of Promsvyazbank, Pyotr Fradkov, spoke to the scientific and pedagogical staff and students of the final course of the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the financing of the military-industrial complex.

The Office will have its own budget

The Ministry of Defense will form an office for working with artificial intelligence with its own budget by December 2021. This was announced on Monday by Mikhail Osyko, a member of the Military-Industrial Commission under the Government of the Russian Federation.

The armed forces are involved in solving general civil issues. So, for the uninterrupted water supply of the population of the Crimea, the military laid a temporary water pipeline with a length of 32 kilometers. This was announced on Monday at a meeting of the board of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation by the head of the department Sergei Shoigu.

The Russian Defense Ministry will form about 20 new formations and military units in the Western Military District in response to the actions of NATO countries. On the air of Sputnik radio, this decision was commented on by a military expert, candidate of Historical Sciences Ivan Konovalov.

In addition to holding the Main Naval Parade, the meeting of the Board of the Russian Defense Ministry considered the implementation of the plan of the Western Military District in the framework of the implementation of the May decrees of the President of the Russian Federation and his instructions given at the meeting in Sochi.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade proposed to return half of the costs of Russians when switching to domestic electronic components and software.

The new Russian manned spacecraft "Eagle" will be able to fly around the Earth for about a year and around the Moon for up to six months, according to the materials of Roscosmos, posted on the state procurement website.

Rossiya Airlines (part of the Aeroflot Group (MOEX: AFLT)) has announced tenders to attract lessors for the delivery of 15 new (factory) Superjet 100 aircraft.

According to the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, "this is an ongoing process"

The military-industrial complex is preparing for a new stage of modernization of the Russian fifth-generation Su-57 fighter. This was stated by the Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov on the air of the TV channel "Russia-1" in an interview for the program " Moscow. The Kremlin. Putin."

The modernization of the Russian army is carried out exclusively for defensive purposes. This clarification was made on Sunday, May 30, by Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Yuri Borisov on the air of the program " Moscow. The Kremlin. Putin" on the channel "Russia 1".

The Head of State signed amendments to the Federal Law "On the Troops of the National Guard of the Russian Federation". The document, published today in the "RG", eliminates frequent disputes, sometimes reaching court proceedings, between the management of enterprises that protect the units of the Rosgvardiya, and the command of these units.

US President Joe Biden, in a statement after the shooting in California, which killed at least eight people, called on Congress to stop the "epidemic of armed violence" in the country. The text was distributed by the White House press service on May 26.

Tests of the IL-112B light transport aircraft are being completed, and two aircraft will be delivered by the end of 2021. This was stated on May 27 by Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting with the leadership of the Ministry of Defense and representatives of the military-industrial complex (MIC).

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the armed forces should receive sufficiently high-precision long-range weapons.

The Russian Defense Ministry needs a much larger number of military transport planes and helicopters, President Vladimir Putin said.

According to the MBDA group, the UK Ministry of Defense has signed a contract for the purchase of Sea Ceptor air defense systems, which will provide air defense for the new Type-31 class frigates of the country's Navy.

Members of the crew of the only submarine of the Polish Navy criticized the command of the fleet and reported on the deplorable condition of the submarine. This is reported by the portal "Military Review" with reference to the Polish edition of Gazeta Wyborcza.

The Main Directorate of the Investigative Committee (IC) of Russia for the Moscow Region has completed investigative actions in a criminal case on the theft of more than 1 billion rubles in supplies for the scientific and energy module (NEM) of the International Space Station (ISS). This was announced on Wednesday, May 26, according to Kommersant.