Structure and personnel news

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu issued an order on the occasion of Defender of the Fatherland Day. In it, the head of the military department congratulated servicemen, veterans of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, combat operations and military service on the holiday.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, in his congratulation to the servicemen on Defender of the Fatherland Day, noted modern weapons and high combat training of the Russian army, the congratulation was published on the website of the mayor of the capital.

Addressing the officers and soldiers of the honor guard company, the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia wished a "peaceful sky", adding that "every soldier who took the oath should be ready, if necessary, to go to the Motherland and defend his people."

Russian journalists are being trained to work in hot spots

On February 17, 2022, the Union of Journalists of Moscow hosted a traditional meeting of military journalists dedicated to the military holiday - Defender of the Fatherland Day. It was organized and conducted by Pavel Gusev, Chairman of the Public Council under the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, and Lyudmila Shcherbina, First Secretary of the Moscow Union of Journalists.

Former military personnel can receive a civilian pension in addition to the basic one, they are also entitled to separate social benefits, including a monthly cash payment and a monthly allowance for a conscript's child, according to the website of the Pension Fund of Russia (FIU).

The house was put into operation and operational management of FSAU "Roszhilkompleks" of the Ministry of Defense of Russia

Servicemen from the Plesetsk cosmodrome and their families received new apartments, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters.

The backup crew passed the exam in the simulator of the Soyuz MS spacecraft, and the main one coped with emergency situations on the simulator of the Russian segment of the ISS

The main and backup crews of the Soyuz MS-21 manned spacecraft, which is scheduled to launch on March 18, on Tuesday began passing final examination training before flying to Baikonur, follows from the Instagram of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (CPC).

Andrey Terlikov has been the head of UKBTM since 2011

Andrey Terlikov, General Director, Chief Designer of JSC Ural Design Bureau of Transport Engineering, will celebrate his 60th anniversary on February 22. This was reported to TASS by the press service of the concern.

The State Duma considered in the first reading a bill concerning the assignment of military ranks to flight personnel. We are talking about the correction of Article 47 of the Federal Law "On Military Duty and Military Service". The head of the Duma Defense Committee, Andrey Kartapolov, spoke about the essence of these changes.

Serbian film director Emir Kusturica accepted the offer of Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to become the chief director of the Central Academic Theater of the Russian Army, the press secretary of the head of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Rossiyana Markovskaya told reporters.

The special services of the Russian Federation, despite the fact that there are not as many of them as in the United States, act very effectively, the president sees the real picture, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

The center will employ about 100 designers and production workers

The Center for Marine Robotics, created by the Central Design Bureau "Rubin", began work in Kronstadt. This was reported to journalists on Friday in the press service of the Central Bank.

The head of Roscosmos also asked who Shkaplerov invited to the festive table

Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Rogozin congratulated cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerv, who is on board the International Space Station, on his 50th anniversary.

Military training of reservists in Russia is conducted annually. 2022 will not be an exception. By presidential decree, some reserve officers and soldiers will be temporarily summoned to the Armed Forces, state security agencies and the Federal Security Service.

On Sevmash (part of the USC), the formation and training of the delivery team of the project 11442M cruiser began.

24 colonels received the rank of Major General, and two captains of the 1st rank received rear admirals

Russian President Vladimir Putin by decree awarded the general ranks to 26 servicemen of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, according to a document published on the official portal of legal information.

The most massive fighter of the Ukrainian Air Force is the MiG-29, inherited from the USSR. However, these planes will not be able to inflict much damage to the enemy: the problem is not in the machines themselves, but in the lack of pilots for them.

More than 80% of the cuts were made by overhead personnel and a non-industrial group, said Maxim Ovchinnikov, Deputy director of the State Corporation for Economics and Finance

The reduction in the number of employees of the Russian rocket and space industry almost does not affect employees involved in real production. This was reported to journalists by Maxim Ovchinnikov, First Deputy Director General of the Roscosmos State Corporation for Economics and Finance.

This is due to the introduction of new technologies and getting rid of non-core assets, the first deputy director of the corporation Maxim Ovchinnikov said in an interview with Vedomosti

Optimization of the number of the space industry of the Russian Federation for 2019-2021 amounted to 8.8%. This was announced by the first Deputy Director General of Roscosmos Maxim Ovchinnikov in an interview published on Tuesday with the Vedomosti newspaper.

According to First Deputy CEO Maxim Ovchinnikov, the state corporation, together with federal executive authorities, is doing everything possible to make up for this

The construction of the Vostochny cosmodrome is accompanied by a shortage of labor resources, as well as some building materials, for example, crushed stone. Maxim Ovchinnikov, First Deputy Director General of the state corporation, told about this in an interview with the Vedomosti newspaper published on Tuesday.