Structure and personnel news

Former journalist Ivan Safronov, who was arrested on charges of treason, continues to be an employee of Roscosmos, said the head of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin.

Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2021 answered a question from NTV presenter Aina Nikolaeva about the "correspondence controversy" with the head of SpaceX Elon Musk.

The Russian state corporation "Roscosmos" lost a large sum due to fraudulent actions. The funds were stolen more than five years ago, but a criminal case on the fact of theft on a particularly large scale was opened only now, a source told Izvestia on Thursday, June 3.

At the Vostochny cosmodrome, new frauds worth hundreds of millions of rubles were revealed, the investigative department of the TFR in the Amur Region opened two criminal cases. This became known to the newspaper "Kommersant".

The Office will have its own budget

The Ministry of Defense will form an office for working with artificial intelligence with its own budget by December 2021. This was announced on Monday by Mikhail Osyko, a member of the Military-Industrial Commission under the Government of the Russian Federation.

The Russian Defense Ministry will form about 20 new formations and military units in the Western Military District in response to the actions of NATO countries. On the air of Sputnik radio, this decision was commented on by a military expert, candidate of Historical Sciences Ivan Konovalov.

Russia will create about 20 new formations and units in the Western Military District for "adequate opposition to NATO". This statement was made on Monday, May 31, by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

The Head of State signed amendments to the Federal Law "On the Troops of the National Guard of the Russian Federation". The document, published today in the "RG", eliminates frequent disputes, sometimes reaching court proceedings, between the management of enterprises that protect the units of the Rosgvardiya, and the command of these units.

Recently, the famous Russian artist and composer Yuri Loza has already spoken about the newly minted General of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia Irina Volk. And now, it seems, I have returned to the topic of dissatisfaction with young women in general's uniform. However, in a slightly different way.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu called the Unarmia one of the most popular and authoritative youth movements in the country, with 810 thousand participants,

The United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) has taken over the management of PJSC Tupolev (a developer and manufacturer of missile carriers and special-purpose aircraft), a representative of the UAC told Interfax.

Earlier, the draft document proposed to take into account the opinion of the Federation Council

The director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) of Russia and his deputies will be appointed by the president on the recommendation of the Minister of Defense, not the Prime Minister.

Military personnel who serve both on conscription and under contract, from October 1, will increase salaries for positions and ranks. This is stated in a government decree published on the official Internet portal of legal information on Wednesday, May 26.

The State Duma adopted in the first reading a bill on medical contraindications for the possession of weapons and strengthening state control over their turnover, follows on May 26 from the data on the website of the lower house of parliament.

The Main Directorate of the Investigative Committee (IC) of Russia for the Moscow Region has completed investigative actions in a criminal case on the theft of more than 1 billion rubles in supplies for the scientific and energy module (NEM) of the International Space Station (ISS). This was announced on Wednesday, May 26, according to Kommersant.

The Rocket and Space Corporation Energia suffered billions of dollars in losses in 2020. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the company's statement.

At the Russian military base of the Southern Military District (SE) in Abkhazia, the number of people wishing to enter military service under a contract has increased.

The President of the Russian Federation noted a qualitative increase in the level of training of the command staff

The vast majority of commanders of formations and regiments of the Russian Armed Forces have passed through Syria and rely on this combat experience in the training of units and divisions. This was stated on Tuesday by Russian President Vladimir Putin, opening a series of defense meetings in Sochi.

The arms holding company Česká Zbrojovka Group bought the legendary American company Colt. The transaction amount was $220 million, the Izvestia TV channel reports. The takeover of Colt fits into the development strategy of the Czech company, which, according to its head, wants to become a world leader in the production of firearms.

Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru commanded the Nigerian army for less than six months. On May 22, the BBC news agency reported that the crew of a Beechcraft King Air 350 aircraft of the Nigerian Air Force and 11 of its passengers were killed in a plane crash near Kaduna International Airport.