Structure and personnel news

Son of the founder of the terrorist movement "Taliban "(banned in Russia) Mullah Yakub Akhund has been appointed as the Minister of Defense of Afghanistan. This was reported on August 31 by an informed source.

On August 30, 87 retired generals and admirals signed an open letter to the Secretary of Defense (SECDEF) Lloyd Austin and the Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) Mark Milley demanding to resign.

President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev appointed Murat Bektanov as the country's Defense Minister. This is stated on August 31 in a message published on the website of the Kazakh leader.

7 thousand foreign servicemen from 58 countries will start the academic year in the educational organizations of the Ministry of Defense on September 1

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu ordered to involve military officers in the training of personnel who are trained by departmental universities.

Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia (part of Roscosmos) He wants to take an example from the American company SpaceX, headed by engineer and businessman Elon Musk, the general designer of the enterprise Vladimir Solovyov told RIA Novosti.

PJSC United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) in the first half of 2021 reduced its net loss under IFRS by almost 36 times compared to the same period last year, to 976 million rubles, it follows from the company's statements.

The head of Roscosmos recalled the creation of an audit system and constant inspections by the security department

Roscosmos is working to get rid of employees who abuse their position and promote relatives, said Dmitry Rogozin, Director General of the state corporation.

A youth personnel reserve will be formed in the Russian military-industrial complex.

This was announced by the deputy chairman of the Board of the Military-Industrial Commission of the Russian Federation Oleg Bochkarev following the results of a round table on the topic "The role of the youth personnel reserve of the defense industry in solving the problems of the development of the defense complex".

Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov summed up the results of the Army-2021 forum on Saturday and took part in awarding defense companies that distinguished themselves in fulfilling the state defense order.

The Russian military department will make a decision on the new appearance of the Airborne Troops at the end of this year, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu called for building an effective defense against anti-Russian propaganda coming from abroad. The military commander made such a statement at the conference " Army and Society. Psychological defense" within the framework of the ongoing international military-technical forum "Army-2021". According to him, at present, "deep work is being carried out against us gradually, step by step."

The correct actions of the military police led to a decrease in the accident rate in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation by 29%. It acts effectively both in Syria and in Nagorno-Karabakh, the head of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergey Shoigu said on Thursday, August 26, at a meeting of the board of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Last year, about 1 thousand yunarmeytsev entered military schools

The number of yunarmeyets who entered military universities this year has almost doubled compared to last year. This was announced to TASS at the Army-2021 forum by the chief of the general staff of the Unarmia, Olympic champion Nikita Nagorny.

Candidates for significant positions in Roscosmos and at enterprises belonging to the state corporation have been undergoing a polygraph test since the summer of 2020

The polygraph test introduced in Roscosmos when applying for a top manager position filters out many candidates, said Dmitry Rogozin, General Director of the state corporation.

After the commissioning of the purchased equipment, the capacity of the metal processing enterprise will increase, the head of the AK Bars shipbuilding Corporation Renat Mistakhov said

The Gulf shipbuilding plant in Kerch, where, in particular, the universal landing ships of the 23900 project are being built, will be modernized.

It is planned to increase the quota for Moscow to 20 thousand children

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that he had agreed with the head of the Russian Defense Ministry Sergei Shoigu on the construction of a new stage of the training and methodological center for military-patriotic education of young people "Avangard".

The new military unit will be part of the 7th Airborne Assault Division

A new airborne assault regiment will be formed in the Crimea by December 1. This was announced to TASS on Tuesday by the commander of the Airborne Troops (Airborne forces), Colonel-General Andrey Serdyukov.

The journalist Ivan Safronov, who is under arrest in the Lefortovo pre-trial detention center on charges of high treason, remains an adviser to the general director of the Roscosmos Corporation Dmitry Rogozin.

A new research and production digital consortium has been created in Russia, which includes a number of scientific and educational organizations and joint-stock companies, the press service of the Shvabe holding company reports.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that all military personnel, regardless of their positions and ranks, will receive a one-time payment of 15 thousand rubles, and proposed to extend this payment to military cadets and law enforcement officers.