Structure and personnel news
Putin awarded Yevkurov the rank of Colonel-General
The same title was awarded to Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the VKS Andrey Yudin and Chief of Staff of the Central Military District Mikhail Teplinsky
Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded the rank of Colonel-General to Deputy Defense Minister Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Aerospace Forces Andrei Yudin and Chief of Staff of the Central Military District Mikhail Teplinsky. The corresponding decree of the head of state is published on the official Internet portal of legal information.
Housing for employees of the "defense industry"
PSB starts financing the construction of residential buildings for employees of defense industry enterprises
PSB launches a comprehensive program of financing the construction of residential facilities for the needs of defense industry enterprises and participants of the state defense order. Enterprises of the defense complex from any region of Russia will be able to receive an investment loan for the construction of residential buildings.
Source: General Afonin will head the Military Academy of the Peter the Great Strategic Missile Forces
The new head of the academy will be presented on December 7, the interlocutor of TASS noted
The new head of the Military Academy of Strategic Missile Forces named after Peter the Great, Lieutenant General Igor Afonin, will be presented on December 7 on the Day of the Military Academy. This was reported to TASS by a source close to the military department.
A test pilot of Mi helicopters has died
Hero of the Soviet Union Gurgen Karapetyan, a test pilot of Mi helicopters, died at the age of 84. This is reported by TASS with reference to the message of the Russian Helicopters holding.
British military demanded $1.1 million for stuttering after Estonian frosts
British serviceman Chileshe Mwamba filed a lawsuit against the Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom in the High Court of London, demanding compensation of £ 860,000 ($ 1.13 million) for the consequences for his health after a three-week stay in Estonia in November 2017. This is reported by the Daily Mail newspaper.
The State Duma Committee supported the bill on the approval of the Naval Charter by the President
As noted by the head of the Duma Defense Committee Andrey Kartapolov, giving the president the authority to approve the Naval Ship Charter will return the document to its historical and centuries-old status
The State Duma Committee on Defense recommended that deputies vote for the adoption of a government bill providing for the empowerment of the President of the Russian Federation to approve the Ship Charter of the Russian Navy. This was reported by the press service of the committee on Tuesday.
They wanted to deprive Elon Musk of the right to set his own rules in space
The Director General of the European Space Agency (ESA), Josef Aschbacher, in an interview with the Financial Times newspaper, warned that the companies of American billionaire Elon Musk could take a dominant position in the developing space economy, since de facto they already dictate their own rules in it.
Europe's first female commander of the ISS has started preparing for a flight in Russia
Before the flight, all astronauts study the Russian segment of the station, and the cosmonauts of Roscosmos study the American one
Italian Samantha Cristoforetti, who will become Europe's first female commander on the International Space Station (ISS), has already begun preparations for the flight in Russia, said Denis Manturov, head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, at a meeting of the Russian-Italian cooperation Council.
"Mossad" recruited Iranian scientists to organize an explosion at a nuclear facility - Mass media
Israeli intelligence "Mossad" was behind the organization of sabotage at the nuclear facility in Natanz in April, involving a group of recruited Iranian scientists in the operation, the Jewish Chronicle (JC) newspaper published in London reported on Thursday.
Retired naval officers have simplified the rules of possession of a cutlass
The new law gave retired naval officers the right to keep and wear cutlasses as part of a ceremonial uniform. Moreover, it will now become easier for them to use this right.
The document is primarily aimed at regulating the rules for the transfer of cutlasses for lifelong storage and wearing with a military uniform. Such a right is granted to both officers who are dismissed from military service and those who have already parted with shoulder straps.
A new military air defense unit at the Pantsir ZRPC was formed near Khabarovsk
The new unit will provide air defense of the most important military and industrial facilities, military units and formations of the district's troops
TASS, December 3. A new military unit of the air defense (air defense) of the Eastern Military District (VVO) has been formed near Khabarovsk, it will be armed with universal short-range anti-aircraft missile and cannon complexes (ZRPC) "Pantsir", the press service of the district reported on Friday.
A new air defense unit was formed near Khabarovsk
A military air defense unit (air defense) has been formed in the suburbs of Khabarovsk, the press service of the Eastern Military District (VVO) reported on Friday.
General Staff: 18-year-olds have become less conscripted into the army
After analyzing the composition of conscripts sent to the troops, the General Staff came to the conclusion that the attractiveness of military service has grown among older citizens in Russia. This makes it possible to recruit units for the most part with people who have been trained in educational organizations and already have specialties that are in demand in the Armed Forces.
Roscosmos will announce the recruitment of cosmonauts among the girls of Belarus
The first flight of the Belarusian cosmonaut will take place in 2023-2024, a girl may become one, the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin said.
"I asked the Belarusian side to pick up the girls," Rogozin told reporters.
According to him, Roscosmos expects that the flight will take place in 2023-2024.
Two technicians will be convicted in the case of abnormal ejection of Su-30SM pilots
For violating the rules of preparation for flights on the Black Sea Fleet, two military technicians will be tried before. The criminal case was sent to the Crimean Garrison Military Court for consideration on the merits.
The EEC called the idea of the Eurasian Space Agency in demand in the EAEU countries
Member of the Board (Minister) for Integration and Macroeconomics of the Eurasian Economic Commission Sergey Glazyev believes that Roscosmos projects are of interest to all countries of the Union
The idea of the Eurasian Space Agency is relevant and in demand by the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). This was stated on Friday by a member of the Board (Minister) for Integration and Macroeconomics of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) Sergey Glazyev at the EAEU business forum "Space Integration".
Roscosmos proposed to create a Eurasian Space Agency
The head of the Russian Space Agency Dmitry Rogozin called for considering the idea of creating a Eurasian Space Agency. He named ESA as an example.
The number of participants of the military-patriotic movement "Yunarmiya" has reached 1 million
Podolsk resident Arseniy Babashov became the millionth participant of the movement The
millionth participant joined the ranks of the Unarmia movement at a solemn ceremony at the walls of the Memorial Road museum complex in Kubinka, a TASS correspondent reports.
Russia has formed the first full-time unit of Terminators
In the Central Military District, the first full-time company was formed with Terminator tank support combat vehicles. It included nine BMPT. The new equipment will be used in large-scale exercises that will take place next year: they will study the use of a battalion of tank support combat vehicles.
Shoigu presented awards to the best formations of the Armed Forces
On Thursday, December 2, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu presented state awards, honorary regimental and ship cups to the best military formations, medical and educational organizations of the Armed Forces.
