Structure and personnel news

The mortality rate from coronavirus in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation has halved in 2021 compared to 2020, the incidence has decreased approximately the same way, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

According to Deputy Vasily Piskarev, the extension of this norm to the FSB "will serve to strengthen its personnel and expand the sources of replenishment of security agencies with young promising specialists."

Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin signed a resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers approving the rules for maintaining the Register of Intellectual Property results directly related to defense and security. The text of the resolution, which will come into force on January 1, 2022, was published on Saturday on the official portal of legal information.

The Krasnodar Higher Military School of Pilots named after Hero of the Soviet Union A. K. Serov hosted the largest graduation of pilot officers in the history of the school. 561 people received diplomas and ranks of lieutenants.

The testers select the most qualified and promising military pilots, and besides young ones - up to 32 years old. To get into the air elite, they have to pass more than one exam and learn a lot. And, of course, a lot of flying.

The Minister of Defense of Ukraine Andriy Taran announced the provision of electronic services (services) to citizens on the portal "Dia" for the performance of their military duties.

So the head of Tesla and SpaceX responded to the publication that in the event of the introduction of the "tax for billionaires" promoted by the US Democrats, the payments of Elon Musk and the head of Amazon and Blue Origin Jeff Bezos would be enough to finance a mission to land a man on Mars.

A new Cabinet of Ministers has been formed in Canada under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

The Government consisted of 38 ministers, 19 men and 19 women, who took the oath of allegiance to the country and the head of Canada, Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain. 

The state corporation previously reported that in 2019-2020, in particular, the economy was affected by trouble-free launches

Roscosmos was able to save 800 million rubles of the federal budget thanks to the revision of the insurance activity processes. This was announced on Tuesday by Maxim Ovchinnikov, First Deputy Director General of Roscosmos for Economics and Finance, during the plenary session of the Marathon of Innovators.

Cutlasses will not be subject to registration with the Rosgvardiya, they will not require obtaining a permit to store and carry weapons

The State Duma on Tuesday adopted in the second reading a government bill allowing retired officers of the Russian Navy to wear cutlasses for life as part of the ceremonial uniform, without issuing a special permit for this.

The US Army intends to abandon the old methods of assessing the physical parameters of military personnel in favor of more accurate and high-tech. Four new techniques are being tested at Fort Bragg on a group of volunteers.

The reserve composition of the military units of the combined arms association of the Eastern Military District (VVO), stationed in Primorye, has begun training, the press service of the district reports.

The Zvezdochka Ship Repair Center (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation) has started implementing activities within the framework of the national project "Labor Productivity".

The Russian 201st military base in Tajikistan annually trains up to 1,000 junior specialists for the national armed forces. This was announced by the chief of staff of the compound, Colonel Yevgeny Okhrimenko.

The station will consist of an inflatable living module, a docking module, a propulsion compartment, a robotic manipulator and a laboratory

The first independent commercial space station can be created by 2027. The corresponding statement was published on Thursday on the website of the American corporation Lockheed Martin.

The UK can use against Russia, China and Iran a special unit of the Ministry of Defense from former employees of the City of London and specialists in the field of finance. This became known on Friday, October 22.

According to the current legislation, the age limit for military service for them is 65 years, a new contract with them can be concluded before reaching the age of 70 years

The State Duma on Thursday adopted in the first reading a bill allowing to increase by the decision of the President of the Russian Federation the age limit for military service for a marshal, army general and fleet admiral.

China's plans to achieve world leadership in the design and manufacture of microchips are threatened by a "chronic shortage of personnel," the South China Morning Post reported on Tuesday.

The detention of Marat Arustamov is the result of an audit by the internal audit service of the corporation, the interlocutor of TASS noted

The criminal case in which the Deputy Director General of the Center for the Operation of Ground-based Space Infrastructure Facilities (CENKI, part of Roscosmos) was detained Marat Arustamov, initiated, among other things, as a result of an audit of the Roscosmos internal audit service. This was reported to TASS by a source in the rocket and space industry.

The enterprise does not cope with the function of the general contractor of construction works at the cosmodrome, the interlocutor of TASS noted

Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin "gave a dressing down" to the Director General of the Center for the Operation of Ground-based Space Infrastructure Facilities (CENKI) Ruslan Mukhamedzhanov due to dissatisfaction with the progress of construction work at the Vostochny cosmodrome. This was reported to TASS by a source in the rocket and space industry.