State regulation and financing news

Global defense spending continues to grow. Yesterday, April 26, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) published a report that shows global defense spending for 2020.

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has signed a decree on the establishment of the Federal state-owned Institution "The Main Information Technology Center of the National Guard of the Russian Federation".

A Ukrainian spy who tried to buy spare parts for S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems in Russia for 163 thousand dollars was sentenced to 10 years in a penal colony in Kuban, the FSB of Russia reported on Monday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree on conscription of citizens who are in reserve for military training. "To call in 2021 the citizens of the Russian Federation, who are in reserve, to pass military training in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the bodies of the Federal Security Service," the presidential decree says, published on the official portal of legal information.

On April 22, the Department of Public Procurement of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation held an interdepartmental conference on the specifics of procurement, including within the framework of the state defense order, at the Patriot Convention and Exhibition Center (Kubinka).

The Prosecutor General's Office of Russia has revealed the facts of the failure of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the terms of import substitution in some areas of the defense industry, it is planned to conduct a large-scale audit, said the head of the supervisory department Igor Krasnov.

Influential representatives of the US Democratic Party will not support an increase in funding for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fifth-generation fighter program in the budget of the upcoming fiscal year 2022, if it does not move forward in solving an extensive list of problems, writes Defense News.

In Ukraine, an order was received for the first batch of T-64BM2 "Crab". This is reported by the Defense Express portal with reference to the agency "Ukrinform". So far, we are talking about 12 combat vehicles that have undergone a deep modernization.

It is assumed that the "Crab" will be the last version of the tank, which was put on the conveyor more than 55 years ago. Instead of the old 5TDF engine, a more modern 6TD-1 with a capacity of 1000 hp, previously used on the T-80UD, will be installed on it. However, this will require a redesign of the engine and transmission compartment.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a law that allows reservists to be called up for service in a day without declaring mobilization. This was reported on April 21 by the press service of the Ukrainian President.

As reported in Roscosmos, the court imposed a fine of 100 thousand rubles

The Court of Appeal overturned the decision to suspend construction work on the launch complex "Angara" of the Vostochny cosmodrome. This was reported to TASS in the press service of Roscosmos on Wednesday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, during his address to the Federal Assembly, named the share of modern weapons in the country's nuclear triad. The statement of the head of state is reported by RIA Novosti.

According to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, on April 20, 2021, a meeting of the Board of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation was held in Moscow at the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation under the leadership of the head of the military department, Army General Sergei Shoigu.

This initiative was made by academician Lev Zeleny

The General Meeting of the Russian Academy of Sciences plans to once again take the initiative to create a space council under the President of the Russian Federation. This was stated by the President of the Academy Alexander Sergeev at the general meeting of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

The holding company "Roselektronika" of the State Corporation Rostec with the support of the Industrial Development Fund (VEB Group.Russian Federation) will increase the production of ultra-high-frequency modules for various radar systems.

The Director General of Roscosmos noted that the first basic module is already in operation

The Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia has been tasked with ensuring the readiness of the first base module for the new Russian space station in 2025. This was announced by the Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin.

As stated on April 15, the president of the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) Art Chang, Taiwan is implementing a national project to develop a new generation fighter for the country's Air Force.

Rostec enterprises are accelerating the development of domestic radio-electronic products due to the fact that foreign supplies can be stopped at any time, said the head of the state corporation Sergey Chemezov.

The Minister of Defense noted that the Northern Fleet is constantly practicing the use of fighter aircraft from the airfields of the Arctic archipelagos

The development of Russian military infrastructure in the Arctic and on the coast of the Arctic Ocean will continue, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said at a meeting of the board of the military department on Tuesday.

The Northern Fleet will receive almost 250 units of modern weapons in 2021, and its share in the fleet will reach 62.3% by the end of the year, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

Earlier, the press service of Roscosmos reported that the decision to continue the operation of the International Space Station by Russia will be made after 2024, based on its technical condition

Russia will launch the Nauka module into orbit and will not reduce the program of experiments in orbit until the national space station appears. This was written by the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin in the comments on his Facebook page.