Structure and personnel news

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.

The US Department of Defense plans to reorganize the unit for tracking unidentified flying objects (UFOs). Now the military department will have a group to monitor air objects, the Pentagon press service reported.

The Ministry of Defense plans to form new military training centers in civilian universities in seven more Russian regions. According to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, speaking at a board meeting, this issue has been worked out with regional authorities and universities directly.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation has notified about the preparation of a draft of a new regulatory act - a Manual on the organization of fire training in the internal affairs bodies, which will replace the current one approved in 2017.

On November 19, 2021, it became known that the state-owned company was on the verge of default. So, a message about a meeting with creditors and large bondholders appeared on the company's website.

Next January marks the 95th anniversary of the most massive public organization in Russia - DOSAAF. On the eve of the significant date, the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation, the Moscow regional branch of DOSAAF and the National Association of Reserve Officers "Megapir" presented for wide discussion the results of the interaction of civil society institutions with DOSAAF on military-patriotic education of youth and the development of military-technical sports.

The Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST) congratulates Vasily Kashin, a long-time friend and regular author of the Arms Export magazine, on his well-deserved appointment as Director of the Center for Integrated European and International Studies (CCEMI) HSE.

L The volunteers will then have to go through four exams

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced on Friday in a message on its website that from December 20 it will begin a new set of astronauts who, in particular, will be able to take part in lunar exploration programs. Applications will be accepted until March 4, volunteers will then have to go through four exams, the winners of the competition will be announced approximately in March 2023, after which they will begin training.