State regulation and financing news

The State Duma Defense Committee recommended that the house denounce the Open Skies Treaty, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Defense Committee Yuri Shvytkin told Interfax on Monday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed to sign an agreement with Tajikistan on the creation of a unified regional air defense system.

The spacecraft should be launched in 2029

Roscosmos has signed a contract with the Lavochkin NPO for the development of a technical proposal for the new generation Venera-D space complex for basic space research. This is stated in the documents on the public procurement website.

The Northern Fleet will receive 345 units of weapons this year, the share of modern equipment will be more than 62 percent, the commander of the Northern Fleet, Admiral Alexander Moiseev, said at a briefing for Russian and foreign journalists on the nuclear missile cruiser "Peter the Great".

The Brazilian Air Force Command and Embraer signed a memorandum of understanding providing for joint requirements development, conceptual design and development of a multi-purpose UAV.

"The President of the country supported our initiative to develop a network of centers for military-patriotic education of young people "Avangard". It is planned to create them not only at the regional level, but also in cities with a population of more than one hundred thousand people, " Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Friday at a conference call with representatives of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation.

The head of the State Duma Committee on Security and Anti-Corruption, Vasily Piskarev, said that measures against the Czech Republic and Washington as unfriendly countries will work until they reconsider their policy towards Russia.

Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Oleksiy Danilov said that in the near future, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky may sign a decree on the creation of cyber forces in the country, this issue was discussed at a meeting of the NSDC in closed mode on Friday, May 14.

On May 13, 2021, JSC "Ural Plant of Transport Engineering" (JSC "Uraltransmash", part of JSC "Research and Production Corporation "Uralvagonzavod") reported that as part of the state defense order, it delivered the first batch of 152-mm self-propelled howitzers 2S3M "Acacia" to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation after major repairs.

More than 90 retired French police officers have addressed President Emmanuel Macron with an open letter, where they set out a demand to pay attention to the security situation in the country, according to Valeurs Actuelles.

In Russia, it is proposed to introduce administrative responsibility for the illegal trafficking of light pneumatics and the carrying of cold weapons for self-defense. This provision is contained in the draft law, which was developed by members of the State Duma Committee on Security and Anti-Corruption, an explanatory note is available to TASS.

More than 120 retired American generals questioned the reliability of the results of the US presidential election in 2020, as well as the mental and physical condition of the elected leader Joe Biden. An open letter from the military was published on May 12 on the Flag Officers 4 America portal.

The first batch of upgraded 2S3M "Acacia" self-propelled artillery units has been handed over to the Russian Defense Ministry.

The commander of the Northern Fleet, Admiral Alexander Moiseev, noted that the Northern Sea Route almost everywhere runs either in Russian territorial waters or in the economic zone of the country

Russia insists on using the Northern Sea Route to its advantage, as it runs through Russian territory. This was announced by the commander of the Northern Fleet, Admiral Alexander Moiseev, at a briefing for Russian and foreign journalists on the nuclear missile cruiser "Peter the Great".

The general leadership of the troops of the joint regional air defense system of Russia and Tajikistan will be carried out by the commander of the Central Military District of the Armed Forces of Russia, follows from the text of the agreement between Russia and Tajikistan on the creation of a Joint regional air Defense system.

Roscosmos plans to launch 16 launch vehicles from the Baikonur and Vostochny cosmodromes by July 2022. This was reported on Wednesday, May 12, "RIA Novosti", referring to the data of the public procurement website.

Russia plans to start mass production of MS-21, Baikal and IL-114-300 aircraft, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said, speaking at the State Duma with a report on the work of the government for the year.

Major American technology companies have come up with a way to keep prices on their products low for consumers, The New York Times reports.

The company " Ural Boeing Manufacturing "(Sverdlovsk region), which is a resident of the special economic zone "Titanium Valley", in 2020 received a record loss in the entire history of its existence. This is stated in the company's financial report for the past year.

In connection with the tragedy in Kazan in Russia, it is necessary to create a system that will respond to trigger phrases that indicate criminal intentions. This proposal was made by Anton Gorelkin, a member of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, Information Technologies and Communications. He gave an example of how it works in the commercial sector on the Internet.