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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.
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.
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.
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.
"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.
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 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".
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.
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.
The world's largest quantum computing company has been formed
Cambridge Quantum, a pioneer in the field of quantum software, operating systems and cybersecurity, and Honeywell Quantum Solutions, which built high-performance quantum equipment based on captured ion technology, announced that they had fulfilled all the conditions necessary to complete the transaction to combine the two businesses, and created a new company called Quantinuum
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.
Large-scale sniper exercises have started in four regions in Western Russia
Snipers will undergo a course of special, tactical and fire training Large
-scale exercises of sniper units have begun in the Voronezh, Belgorod, Bryansk and Smolensk regions, the press service of the Western Military District reported on Thursday.
The president will decide how long the marshal and general of the army will remain in the ranks
Rossiyskaya Gazeta publishes Law No. 388-FZ, which increases the age limit for military service and slightly changes the procedure for concluding a new contract with military leaders.
According to this document, the president of the country has the right to decide for how long a senior officer who has reached the maximum age limit should be left in the ranks.
A new academic year has started in the Russian Armed Forces
In the new academic year, which started in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on December 1, the main priority will be to further increase the level of professional training of military personnel, according to the Ministry of Defense.
