Structure and personnel news

Volunteers and citizens called up as part of partial mobilization from different regions of Russia undergo combat training and coordination at the training grounds. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation shared footage of how the training and work of the fighters takes place on Thursday, October 6.

Sergei Shoigu instructed the General Staff to explain exhaustively to the military commissars who are entitled to deferrals

To date, more than 200 thousand people have already arrived in the troops, called up as part of partial mobilization. They are undergoing training and combat coordination at 80 training grounds and six training centers, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on October 4.

The British Ministry of Defense was forced to apologize to the families of military personnel after serious problems with the housing provided to these families were revealed. The standard of housing is considered unacceptable.

Partial mobilization and annual conscription campaign were separated by terms

The autumn draft in 2022 starts a month later than usual — on November 1, but it should be completed by tradition by the New Year. The postponement of deadlines in the Kremlin was explained by the desire to unload the military enlistment offices, which are now occupied by the mobilized. Izvestia answers the most popular questions on the autumn draft-2022 and explains how conscription differs from partial mobilization.

Civil Defense Day is celebrated annually in Russia on October 4.

Civil defense is a system of measures to prepare for protection and to protect the population, material and cultural values on the territory of the Russian Federation from the dangers arising from military conflicts or as a result of these conflicts, as well as in emergency situations of a natural and man–made nature.

The Director General of the Zaporozhye NPP Igor Murashov worked for the SBU and transmitted to Kiev information of interest to the Ukrainian special services. After these facts were revealed, Murashov was expelled to the territory controlled by Kiev.

According to the diplomats who took part in the relevant negotiations, 3 thousand servicemen from Ukraine should undergo special training, for example, tactical and combat training for commanders or courses for sappers.

As specified in the state corporation, the competence of the military direction was concentrated on the basis of the subsidiary of CJSC "SKB", and the civilian ones were transferred to the subsidiary of LLC "MGM"

The reorganization of the "Motovilikha Plants" will allow to fully fulfill state orders, the press service of the Rostec state Corporation told reporters.

Rostec and the Bauman Moscow State Technical University will train professional personnel and implement joint educational and research projects in the interests of the radioelectronic, aviation, biotech and IT industries. The agreement on strategic cooperation and partnership was signed by the Director General of the State Corporation Sergey Chemezov and the Acting Rector of the higher educational institution Mikhail Gordin.

Tula Instrument Design Bureau named after Academician A.G. Shipunov turns 95 on October 1. The history of KBP is several generations of outstanding gunsmiths and their legendary developments. Tokarev, Stechkin, Makarov – these names have long become household names. Arkady Shipunov and Vasily Gryazev, perhaps the most famous gun duo, also worked here. We recall the history of KBP, woven from the names of great designers and their unique inventions.

American intelligence will take its toll not by skill, but by number

Specific state institutions – intelligence and counterintelligence, united under the common name "special services" – are designed to steal the secrets of hostile countries or rival powers and to protect their own secrets.

The country's authorities also touched on the topic of measures aimed at forcing Moscow to "pay reparations"

The United States authorities discussed on Friday with allies efforts to influence Russian elites by confiscating assets, as well as measures aimed at forcing the Russian Federation to "pay reparations." This is stated in a statement published by the American Ministry of Finance.

Shoigu: partial mobilization will not affect women and students of commercial universities

As part of the partial mobilization, women will not be called up. This was announced on October 1 by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

At the moment, the country's Defense Ministry "considers it unlikely that Russia will resort to nuclear weapons as part of the war in Ukraine, or that a nuclear incident will be intentionally caused"

The Swiss Federal Council (Government) has authorized the Ministry of Defense to create an analytical and coordinating body for the country's rapid response in the event of a nuclear incident in Ukraine. The government announced this on its website on Friday.

America is in full swing with its own "mobilization" to help Kiev. On the website of the private security company Silent Professional, an announcement was posted about the recruitment of former professional military personnel to "work" in Ukraine. For the first time, a message about the search for mercenaries to be sent to Ukraine appeared in closed access on the recruiting company's website back in the spring. The ad has now been moved to the main page with a priority status.

Speakers of both chambers of the Russian parliament called on local authorities to avoid a formal approach to mobilization, which is why citizens were repeatedly sent summonses by mistake. The Presidential Council for Human Rights asked the Ministry of Defense to correct violations during the draft. And Sergei Shoigu's department itself severely reprimanded the military commissars. Meanwhile, the West is trying to stir up anxiety among Russians by manipulating examples of incorrect actions against the mobilized. Why is it extremely important to rid the mobilization of "excesses on the ground"?

The VUS code is an encrypted military accounting specialty of a serviceman and a military serviceman, indicated in his military ticket. What do these combinations of numbers and letters mean, a list of common VUS with transcripts, with which specialties men are mobilized in the first place (an approximate list) – in the RIA Novosti material.

Officially, the Special Operations Bureau of the Turkish Police (Polis Özel Harekat, PÖH) is designed to combat terrorism, violent and organized crime. However, after the failed military coup on July 15, 2016, the PÖH special unit received a new impetus in its development and was actually transformed into a paramilitary formation with a wide range of powers.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation together with the Siberian State University of Telecommunications and Informatics opened the Department of Digital Analytics. The solemn event was held at the university in Novosibirsk.

According to the head of Chechnya, the total number of employees of law enforcement agencies is about 5 million people

The head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov proposed to mobilize for participation in a special military operation half of the employees of law enforcement agencies, the total number of which, according to him, is about 5 million people. He wrote about this in his Telegram channel.