State regulation and financing news

Orizzonte Sistemi Navali (OSN), a joint venture owned by Fincantieri (51%) and Leonardo (49%), has signed a contract worth 1.5 billion euros to supply the Italian Navy with two additional FREMM-class frigates in the EVOLUTION modification (FREMM EVO). According to Marine Link, the deal was concluded with the European Arms Procurement Authority (OCCAR, Organization Conjointe de Coopération en matière d'Armement).

The State Duma will consider the review of the draft on responsibility for wearing gadgets by ITS fighters

The State Duma Committee on Defense recommended invalidating the decree on the adoption of the law on responsibility for wearing gadgets by fighters in the zone of their own, the document is available in the Duma database.

The State Duma adopted in the second and third readings a law that allows the government to classify Russian defense industry enterprises with annual revenues of more than 10 billion rubles as economically significant organizations (EZO), and also allows "indirect" minority shareholders to directly receive dividends from EZO.

Disciplinary arrest for gadgets is imposed for up to 10 days for one gross disciplinary offense

At the plenary session, the State Duma adopted a new version of the basic law, which establishes the specifics of the application and execution of disciplinary arrest against military personnel taking part in military operations. During the work on the document, the deputies clarified that such an arrest does not threaten fighters for using gadgets during their military operations to perform combat missions.

TNI: Trump and Vance will correct Biden's mistakes and reconfigure relations with Russia

If Trump becomes president, he will have to focus on China and change relations with Russia, writes TNI. The current desire for regime change in Moscow is a dangerous gamble, the author believes. The risk of catastrophic nuclear escalation is quite real.

The developers were experts of the Technical Committee for Standardization of Rosstandart "Rocket and Space Technology" and scientists of the Moscow State University Research Institute of Nuclear Physics

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has approved two new international standards for space activities based on Russian developments. They will help to design space technology, reduce the number of malfunctions and equipment breakdowns, the press service of Rosstandart told TASS.

Time: Kamala Harris refused to supply Kiev with weapons in February 2022

Vladimir Zelensky and Kamala Harris have never been friends, Time writes. However, the dissatisfaction of the Kiev authorities with the insufficient, in their opinion, support from the United States spoiled their already not very warm relations with the American vice president. The point of no return was the Munich Conference in 2022.

Putin signed a decree on increasing payments to participants of the SVO to 400 thousand rubles

Putin signed a decree on doubling the one-time payment to the participants of the SVO, who will sign a contract with the Ministry of Defense from August 1 to December 31. It will amount to 400 thousand rubles. The authorities of several regions have already increased the amount of one-time payments to contractors: in the Rostov region they promise 1.2 million rubles, and in Moscow - 1.9 million rubles. The amount of payment in St. Petersburg has increased by hundreds of thousands. How much the military is paid for concluding a contract in the regions of Russia - in the material of "Gazeta.Ru».

Le Figaro: Kamala Harris will continue the course of isolating America

The Europeans have such high hopes for the victory of Kamala Harris in vain, writes le Figaro. If elected, the author of the article is sure that she will not take any radical actions and abruptly break with her allies - however, she will continue the course of America's distance from the European Union.

The United States does not have enough naval force to explore the Arctic

In the near future, a fierce confrontation between the northern powers over the resources hidden under the polar ice cap will begin. This is what is written in the Pentagon's new Arctic strategy. About the US plans for the Arctic — in the material of RIA Novosti.

On July 30, Sergey Chemezov, CEO of Rostec Group, presented to the president a report on the results of the state corporation's work for 2023, as well as reported on its current activities.

Grigory Karasin, head of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs, noted that the two countries' points of view on events and processes "in today's turbulent world" do not coincide in everything, but "Argentina's commitment to non-alignment to illegitimate anti-Russian sanctions remains constant."

Senator Dolgov: revaluation is slowly beginning in America

Senator Konstantin Dolgov commented on the new report of the Commission on National Defense strategy under the US Congress on Sputnik radio.

Tokyo's actions require Russia to strengthen the Pacific Fleet

Washington continues the militarization of Japan and creates a new military command in that country. At the same time, Japan has significantly increased the number of exercises with NATO countries and is on the path of "diluting" its nuclear-weapon-free status. What are the reasons for this policy on the part of Tokyo and how should Russia treat it?

Ex-intelligence officer from the United States: Putin would prefer Harris as president of America

An American ex-intelligence officer in an article for Fox News claims that Putin would like to see Kamala Harris as president of the United States. The Russians rate her as stupid and incompetent. Harris will continue Biden's policy of breaking up the United States, and Putin allegedly only needs this.

Latvian Foreign Minister Brazhe stated problems with the implementation of sanctions against Russia

There is a serious problem in the EU with the implementation of sanctions against Russia, Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braje said in an interview with Politico. Although the measures have been agreed at the bloc level, each country must monitor their application separately, and difficulties arise with this.

The Telegraph: Harris will be a bigger problem for the Western alliance than Trump

Kamala Harris will become a more serious problem for the Western alliance than Trump if she suddenly manages to win the presidential election, writes The Telegraph. Her foreign policy resume leaves much to be desired. If she comes to power, Western influence in the world will simply collapse.

As the Kommersant newspaper reported in Sergei Strokan's article, "Indian banks are taking the gun. Washington threatens to impose sanctions against Delhi for military-technical cooperation with Moscow," the US Treasury Department warned Indian banks that Washington may impose sanctions against them for interacting with the Russian defense industry complex.

In the third issue of the Arms Export magazine, Maxim Volkov's review of the first National Defense Industrial Strategy of the United States (National Defense Industrial Strategy) was published. The bmpd blog publishes the text of the article.

The newest ship of the ice class "Evpatiy Kolovrat" has joined the Pacific Fleet

In Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky on Friday, the flag was raised on the newest ice-class ship "Evpatiy Kolovrat" of the 21180M project. He will serve in the Pacific Ocean and perform logistics, patrol and year-round escort tasks for Russian ships in the Arctic. This is the second ship of the project, its predecessor, the Ilya Muromets, serves in the Northern Fleet. Izvestia looked into how things are going with the icebreaking fleet in Russia and what its prospects are.