Structure and personnel news
More than 127 thousand Russians will be sent to military service in the autumn draft
In the autumn of 2021, more than 127 thousand people will be called up for military service, said the head of the Main Organizational and Mobilization Department of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Colonel-General Yevgeny Burdinsky.
DOSAAF and the Russian Geographical Society join efforts to educate patriots
The All-Russian public-state organization "Voluntary Society for Assistance to the Army, Aviation and Navy" and the All-Russian Public Organization "Russian Geographical Society" have signed a cooperation agreement.
The crew of the corvette "Agile" under construction arrived for training in St. Petersburg
The crew of the Project 20385 Nimble corvette, which is being built at the sEvernaya Verf shipbuilding enterprise, arrived in St. Petersburg to study at the Joint Training Center of the Russian Navy.
Deputy Defense Minister Kartapolov may head the State Duma Committee on Defense
In the State Duma of the seventh convocation, this post was held by Vladimir Shamanov
Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, head of the main military-political Directorate of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Andrey Kartapolov, elected to the State Duma of the eighth convocation on the list of "United Russia", may become chairman of the committee of the lower house of Parliament on defense. This was reported to TASS on Monday by a source in the State Duma.
The British Armed Forces have put the army on high alert to overcome the fuel crisis
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has put the army on high alert as part of measures to combat the fuel crisis. This was reported by The Guardian newspaper on Monday, September 27.
"The greatness of the Ukrainian cosmos" was recognized as profanity because of the USA
The economic indicators of Ukrainian rocket and space industry enterprises are getting worse from year to year, since Ukraine does not create demand for space products, and there are no tools to attract international investment, Vladimir Usov, former head of the State Space Agency of Ukraine (SCAU) and director of the private company Kurs Orbital, said in an interview with Defense Express.
The court recovered 172 million rubles from the Ministry of Defense in favor of the Kaliningrad Yantar plant
The Moscow Arbitration Court has recovered more than 172 million rubles from the Russian Ministry of Defense on the claim of the Baltic Shipbuilding Plant Yantar (Kaliningrad), follows from the operative part of the court decision published on Tuesday.
Foreign officers will be taught in the former Soviet military schools of Uzbekistan
The universities of the Ministry of Defense of Uzbekistan will train military personnel for foreign countries. The corresponding resolution was signed by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on September 20.
Putin announced the indexation of military pay in 2023
In 2023, all military personnel and law enforcement officers in Russia will receive an additional 5% allowance. This was announced on Tuesday, September 28, by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation proposes to create a separate register for military facilities
Information about them will no longer be publicly available through the Rosreestr
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation proposes to exclude information about military objects important for the defense capability from the Unified State Register of Real Estate (EGRN).
The crew of the newest minesweeper "Pyotr Ilyichev" is ready to settle on the ship
The Kamchatka crew of the PMO ship "Pyotr Ilyichev" under the command of Lieutenant Commander Yuri Nikitenko, after training at the Joint Training Center of the Navy, arrived in St. Petersburg and is ready to settle on the ship.
Blue Origin has named two of the four tourists who will fly into space in October
During the next launch of the New Shepard spacecraft, Chris Boshuizen, Glen Devries and two other unknown space tourists will be on board. According to some reports, among them is the actor William Shatner, known for the TV series Star Trek.
Roscosmos will create a company to provide commercial services on the ISS
The state Corporation Roscosmos plans to create an operator to provide commercial experiments on the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS), follows from the data of the public procurement portal.
The first fully commercial crew will go to the ISS in February 2022 - NASA
The launch of a spacecraft with the first fully commercial crew of Axiom Space as part of the Axiom-1 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled for February 21, 2022, Kathy Leaders, head of the manned flight program of the National Aeronautics and Space Research Agency (NASA), said on Twitter on Friday.
Space Adventures has found customers who are ready to fly to the ISS and go into outer space
The company said that the flight is planned for 2023 or 2024
The Space Adventures company is negotiating with potential space tourists who are ready to fly to the ISS on the Soyuz and go into outer space. This was announced to journalists on Sunday by the head of the company's representative office in Russia, Sergey Kostenko.
The process of acquiring NATO membership by Ukraine and Georgia has been indecently stretched, according to Kiev
Ukraine is having a frank and friendly conversation with NATO about the fact that its integration into the alliance cannot last indefinitely, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said.
Deck pilots of the Northern Fleet complete training at the NITKA complex in the Crimea
In the Crimea, the pilots of the Northern Fleet's ship-based fighter aviation regiment on the Su-33 have begun the final stage of the flight training program at the ground-based engineering and technical aviation complex (NITKA), which simulates the flight deck of a heavy aircraft carrier.
Astronauts were thrown into the mountains
Training in the mountains refers to the tests of "survival".
In the event of an emergency landing, the ship's crew must be ready for autonomous actions before the approach of search and rescue forces in any terrain and in any weather.
UEC trains military personnel to repair engines
At the Salyut production complex of the Rostec United Engine Corporation, Russian Aerospace Forces servicemen are being trained to restore the AI-222-25 engine for the Yak-130 combat training aircraft.
The International Mine Action Center of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation trains sappers in four directions
The International Mine Action Center of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation trains sappers in four areas: humanitarian demining, countering improvised explosive devices, mine search service and the use of robotic means.