Structure and personnel news

A broad discussion on universal conscription is planned in Lithuania, Vice-Minister of Defense of the Republic Gilvinas Tomkus said.

More than one thousand servicemen of the special forces units of the mountain motorized rifle brigade and the mountain battalion of the 201st military base stationed in Tajikistan underwent mountain training in 2021, the press service of the Central Military District (CVO) reported.

In 2022, an anti-aircraft missile regiment will be formed in Khakassia, equipped with Pantsir-S missile and cannon complexes. Its personnel will be on combat duty for the air defense of the region. This was reported in the press service of the Central Military District.

Boris Obnosov told the head of state about the activities and main successes of KTRV

The Tactical Missile Armament Corporation (KTRV) has managed to preserve the basic enterprises and develop them over two decades of existence, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with the company's CEO Boris Obnosov.

The state of the head of Tesla (SPB: TSLA) Inc. Elon Musk increased by $33.8 billion on Monday, after the company published data on record deliveries of electric vehicles in 2021.

The 102nd Russian military base stationed in Armenia will be fully staffed by contract servicemen in 2021, the press service of the Southern Military District (SE) reported.

A grouping of unmanned aerial vehicles will be engaged in monitoring the situation

The Central Military District (CVO) has prepared over 110 consolidated detachments in 29 garrisons to eliminate possible emergencies and incidents in 2022. This was announced by the commander of the Central Military District, Colonel-General Alexander Lapin.

The Military Innovation Technopolis "ERA" hosted an IT forum, which launched the "New Year Hackathon" - a forum for IT specialists, during which participants solve case problems, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

The armed forces reliably ensure the military security of the country, firmly guard its national interests, the Minister of Defense noted

Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu in his New Year's greetings called the Russian armed forces one of the most modern and effective in the world.

The Ukrainian military will be sent to 13 countries for training in 2022, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported. "The document stipulates that next year 167 servicemen and employees of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be sent to 13 countries for training. The selection of candidates who meet the requirements will continue until January 28, 2022," the message reads.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu called the Russian Armed Forces one of the most modern and effective in the world.

"They reliably ensure the military security of the country, firmly guard its national interests," he said in his New Year's greetings. According to the minister, serving in the ranks of the Russian army has become truly honorable and prestigious.

The facts of large-scale theft of spare parts and components for armored vehicles were revealed in one of the military units of the Khmelnitsky region. The damage caused is estimated at UAH 1 million (about 2.7 million rubles).

Yusaku Maezawa stressed that for the first time in his life he works for someone

Japanese space tourist Yusaku Maezawa, in an interview with TASS, given on board the International Space Station, called the commander of the crew of the Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft Alexander Misurkin a super commander.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the establishment of the Pipeline Troops Day in the armed forces.

On Thursday, December 30, a draft amendment to the Government decree of July 17, 1996 "On the procedure for issuing weapons to persons subject to State protection" was published on the federal portal of draft regulatory legal acts. Along with military personnel of the Ministry of Defense, employees of the FSB, SVR, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Rosgvardiya, FCS, as well as judges and prosecutors, it is proposed to issue weapons to employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in case of a threat to their lives.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law on the provision of support measures and benefits to citizens participating on a voluntary basis in the protection of the state border of the Russian Federation.

The heads of the largest scientific, educational and industrial structures of Russia exchanged experience at the training and methodological gathering at the Military Academy of the General Staff.

The new regiment also appeared as part of the 76th Airborne Division in Pskov

The formation of a new airborne assault regiment of Airborne Troops (airborne) has been completed in the Crimea. This was reported on Wednesday by the newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda with reference to the commander of the Airborne Forces Andrei Serdyukov.

Roscosmos congratulated Oleg Kononenko, Oleg Artemyev and Alexey Ovchinin on the presentation of state awards and wished them "new space achievements for the good of Russia"

Cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin, who survived the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle accident in 2018, was awarded the Order of Courage in the Kremlin. This is stated in the message of Roscosmos, distributed on Tuesday.

According to the head of the Ministry of Defense, sanctions make their creation impossible

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu believes that international rescue coordination centers could help in case of emergencies in different regions of the world, but sanctions make their creation impossible. He expressed this opinion in an interview with the Argumenty i Fakty newspaper published on Monday.