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Cutlasses will not be subject to registration with the Rosgvardiya, they will also not require obtaining an appropriate permit for the storage and carrying of weapons

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law allowing retired officers of the Russian Navy to wear cutlasses for life as part of a ceremonial uniform, without issuing a special permit for this. The document is published on the official portal of legal information.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu spoke at the VII scientific and practical conference "The system of interdepartmental information interaction in solving problems in the field of defense of the Russian Federation".

According to him, no task of state importance - be it the defense of the country or the fight against coronavirus - can be solved without consolidated efforts, reliable, uninterrupted functioning of such a system. As the minister noted, it is "constantly improving and adapting to changes in the global geopolitical picture. This was clearly demonstrated by the coordinated work in the conditions of continuing restrictions on the coronavirus pandemic."

Former US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper sued the Pentagon over a ban on the publication of part of his memoirs, which deals with his work in the administration of President Donald Trump. This was reported by the New York Times on November 28.

The Russian National Center for Remote Sensing of the Earth (Remote Sensing) from Space should begin its work in 2025. This was stated on Thursday by Valery Zaichko, Deputy Director of the Department of Navigation Space Systems of Roscosmos, at the Interdepartmental Commission on the Use of the Results of Space Activities in the Interests of Socio-economic Development of the Russian Federation and the Regions.

American entrepreneur Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and founder of SpaceX, who dreams of conquering Mars, is one of the most popular foreign figures in the Russian Federation. This opinion is given in an article published on Saturday, November 27, in The Washington Post.

On November 27, Russia celebrates the Day of the Marine Corps - one of the most combat-ready formations of the Russian army.

For more than 300 years of history, these troops have taken part in many fateful battles.

On Friday, on the sidelines of the VII scientific and practical conference "The system of interdepartmental information interaction in solving problems in the field of defense of the Russian Federation", the head of the Ministry of Defense Sergei Shoigu and the head of the Russian Historical Society Sergei Naryshkin signed an agreement on the exchange of information between the military department and RIO.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu congratulated the personnel of the Information and Mass Communications Department of the Ministry of Defense on the 50th anniversary of the Information Support System of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and noted their contribution to the implementation of the information policy of the state.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Friday signed about ten more agreements with the heads of the regions of the Russian Federation concerning the development of military enlistment offices. "These agreements concern military commissariats, the creation of their modern appearance. And for this we need to do a lot," Shoigu told the participants of the VII scientific and practical conference "The system of interdepartmental information interaction in solving tasks in the field of defense of the Russian Federation."

The North-Western Transport Prosecutor's Office sent a criminal case to the court about a violation of safety rules during the conduct of work, which caused the death of two persons by negligence and caused damage in the amount of about 70 million rubles.

Industrial director of the Rostec cluster of armaments, ammunition and special chemicals Bekhan Ozdoev headed the board of directors of the Kalashnikov concern, the press service of the state corporation reported.

Following the results of the joint international exercise "Interaction-2021", which took place last month at the Kharb-Maydon training ground, five units of the 201st military base of the Russian Federation in Tajikistan were awarded the honorary name "shock".

The 235th Garrison Military Court of Moscow on Wednesday, November 24, released Oleg Kislov from custody and placed under house arrest the head of the state central interspecific training ground of the Ministry of Defense "Kapustin Yar". This is reported by the newspaper "Kommersant".

Work is already underway, the state corporation reported

Roscosmos plans to complete the creation of the National Center for Remote Sensing of the Earth by 2025. This was stated on Thursday by the deputy director of the Department of Navigation space Systems of Roscosmos Valery Zaichko.

In the USA, UFOs are seriously concerned, but it is most likely not about aliens. Yesterday, November 24, the portal military.com He reported that a special unit of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force (UAP) in the US Navy could not explain 143 out of 144 cases of unidentified flying objects since 2004.

A source in the military-industrial complex said that Nikolai Kolesov will become the new head of the holding

Andrey Boginsky will leave the position of General Director of the Russian Helicopters holding company of the Rostec State Corporation, his place will be taken by Nikolai Kolesov, who now heads the Concern Radioelectronic Technologies JSC (part of Rostec). This was reported to TASS by several sources in the military-industrial complex.

Following a meeting of the board of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, where the expansion of the practice of military training of students of civilian universities was considered, the head of the department, Sergei Shoigu, gave a number of instructions.

"It is necessary to prepare a schedule for regular certification of military training centers. This applies not only to those on whom we have made a decision today, but also to all training centers," the minister ordered.

The Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation proposed to introduce an alternative to conscription in the army for conscripts with medical education. They can be sent to work in the primary health care in the Far East. 

The armed forces of the Russian Federation are reliably protected from coronavirus and feel confident thanks to timely vaccination and revaccination, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

Sociological studies show that a healthy socio-psychological climate has developed in the Russian Armed Forces, and in society service in the army is considered an honorable duty, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Wednesday.