Structure and personnel news

The Pskov connection of the airborne troops was reinforced with another airborne assault regiment, which became the third in the division. This is reported by INTERFAX-AVN with reference to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Washington is seeking to expand the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD) to counter Russia and China in the Asia-Pacific region, according to Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev.

The former deputy for capital construction, Yuri Roslyak, was removed from his post due to claims about his work

Konstantin Matveev has been appointed Deputy General Director of Roscosmos for capital Construction, the state corporation reported.

This year, 7 young pilots and one instructor of the 279 KIAP [279th separate naval Fighter Aviation Regiment of the Northern Fleet Aviation] are being trained at the airfield in Novofedorovka [Saki in the Crimea]! I can't remember such a thing. Usually 2-3, and then 7 at once!

The head of Roscosmos suggested that there will be people in the city who will save a sample of the ship and its layout for posterity

Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin said that the Buran spacecraft is in a "terrible state" and called on the owner Dauren Musa to give his flight sample and layout to the city of Baikonur.

In the Southern Military District, more than a thousand contracts were signed with citizens who wanted to replenish the units of the country's combat army reserve (BARS) in the locations of military units and associations.

German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer intends to propose a plan for creating a rapid reaction force for Europe by the end of October. She said this in an interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper on September 17.

The acting Minister of Defense of the Netherlands, Anna Beileveld, decided to resign after the parliament passed a vote of no confidence in the government on the eve of its actions to evacuate from Afghanistan, the NL Times portal reported on Friday.

Either to Vostochny or to Baikonur, the head of Roscosmos said

The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, invited the winners and prize-winners of the VI National Championship "Young Professionals" (WorldSkills Russia) employees of NPO Automatics to one of the rocket launches from the Vostochny or Baikonur cosmodromes.

The Moscow Arbitration Court has registered a claim of the Russian Ministry of Defense, which demands to recover about 1.2 billion rubles from the Samara PJSC "UEC-Kuznetsov", which produces engines for aircraft and missiles, follows from the information in the file of arbitration cases.

On September 16, a 25-year-old record for the number of people in space at the same time can be broken, cosmonautics historian Alexander Zheleznyakov told RIA Novosti. According to him, after the launch of the SpaceX Inspiration4 charity mission, 14 people from the United States, China, Russia, France and Japan may be in low-Earth orbit at once.

The Moscow Arbitration Court has registered a claim of the Russian Ministry of Defense demanding to recover about 343 million rubles from PJSC Sukhoi Aviation Holding Company, it follows from the information in the file of arbitration cases.

Candidates for cosmonauts of the set of 2021 are beginning one of the most difficult stages of general space training (OKP).

Each of the test participants will have to spend three days in a sign language chamber, while 64 hours-without sleep. The first was cosmonaut candidate Alexander Kolyabin.

The general director of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, asked not to respond with emoticons and memes to his posts related to the activities of the corporation. Rogozin left such a comment to his post on Facebook.

Wozniak announced the creation of the space company Privateer Space. It is stated that it will work to ensure that space is safe and accessible to humanity.

The construction of a field camp is being completed at the Tarskoye training ground in North Ossetia, where units of the country's combat army reserve (BARS) will come for training. The readiness of the camp was checked by the commander of the Southern Military District, Army General Alexander Dvornikov. This was reported in the press service of the military district.

All seats in the new council were taken by representatives of Roscosmos

Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia announced the early termination of the powers of the board of directors and the election of members of the new board.

The income of the Russian military should grow taking into account the situation in the economy and the level of inflation, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak announced the creation of his own space company Privateer Space. "A private space company, Privateer Space, unlike any other, is being created," Wozniak wrote on Twitter.

With the available funding, it is impossible to increase the volume of research in low-Earth orbit, said Alexander Derechin, Deputy General Director of the Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia, speaking at the international Gagarin Conference, TASS reports.