Structure and personnel news

The crew of the corvette "Agile", which is being built at the Severnaya Verf enterprise in St. Petersburg, has been formed in the connection of ships protecting the water area of the Troops and forces in the north-east of Russia.

Valery Gerasimov has been elected the new president of the Academy of Military Sciences.]

On the eve of 2021, the chief of the General staff of the Armed forces of the Russian Federation – first Deputy defense Minister army General Valery Gerasimov elected President of the Academy of military Sciences of the Russian Federation.

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) of the US Department of Commerce has added the Chinese company Skyrizon, which invested in shares of the Ukrainian manufacturer of aircraft engines "Motor Sich", to the list of "military end users" (MEU), first formed at the end of last year and included 58 Chinese and 45 Russian companies.

More than 15 crews of surface ships under construction in the interests of the Russian Navy will be trained at the Joint Training Center of the Navy in 2021. This was announced by the commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov.

In the state Duma introduced a bill allowing you to assign a p. D. to police officers, Regardie, the defense Ministry and foreign intelligence Service. Today, there is such a possibility, but with reservations.

The commander of the destroyer "Restless", according to the investigation, was involved in the theft of two bronze propellers of the ship, said "Interfax" head of the military investigation Department of the TFR for the Baltic Fleet Sergey Sharshavykh.

Japanese investment specialist Yusuke Otsubo said that in Russia has developed serious advantages for the work of the IT industry, and called the country "an uncharted IT kingdom". In his article for JB Press, Otsubo used data from the British Analytical Center for Economic and Business Research (CEBR).

According to the Israeli company Elbit Systems, on January 5, 2021, the Ministries of Defense of Israel and Greece signed an intergovernmental agreement on the creation by the Israeli side of the International Flight Training Center for the Greek Air Force on the model of the Israeli Air Force flight School. The creation and operation of the Greek Air Force flight training center will be carried out under the head role of Elbit Systems.

Overcome yourself, overcome fear, go beyond the limits of physical abilities - the rules of selection in the special forces of the strongest armies in the world are extremely strict. Not everyone is able to pass such "entrance exams". However, those who succeed can rightfully consider themselves super-soldiers. RIA Novosti tells what tests are subjected to candidates for elite military units of different countries.

In 2021, pilots of naval aviation of the Russian Navy will begin training on new air trainers, the Department of Information and Mass Communications (DIMC) of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported.

Gazprom and Roscosmos have signed a cooperation agreement under which the production of

civil spacecraft, in particular Yamal satellites and Earth-sensing devices, will be created, the gas holding said in a statement. The production will be established in the Moscow region.

Our aircraft are among the most advanced and technologically advanced

The military Department summed up the results of the year. The completion of a 10-year weapons program, large-scale exercises, the introduction of artificial intelligence in control systems, as well as the development and supply of new weapons to the troops.

Next year, the Northern fleet, which is now the operational and strategic command, will meet in a new status. Since January 1, it is actually equated to a military district. This is directly stated in the Decree of the President of Russia N 803: "Consider the Northern fleet as an interspecific strategic territorial Association of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, performing the tasks of the military district."

The richest man in the world, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and a group of investors have invested in a startup with Russian roots ZeroAvia, writes Bloomberg.

One of the most famous and closed special services of Russia – the Foreign Intelligence Service-is celebrating its centenary. What is unique about this structure compared to its counterparts abroad, how did the crisis of the collapse of the USSR and the 1990s affect it – and why is the idea of an ideal intelligence officer changing today compared to Soviet times?

In 2021, a new Space Systems Command will start working in the United States

In the United States, preparations for the formation of the Space Systems Command have been completed. In general, the tasks that will face the new structure have already been defined, and the command is expected to begin its work in early 2021. "Newspaper.Ru " - about the next step of the United States to militarize space.

commander of the airborne forces, colonel-general andrey serdyukov on reforms in the "winged infantry" and advanced weapons

the russian airborne forces have been undergoing serious reforms in recent years. in the future, they should form the basis of rapid reaction troops that will be able to perform tasks in any region of the world.

according to deputy head of the department yunus-bek yevkurov, unmanned aircraft requires the same approaches in the investigation of accidents as manned ones.]

The Russian Defense Ministry has started training specialists of the flight safety Service to investigate accidents involving unmanned aircraft. This was announced on the air of the TV channel "Zvezda" by the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Yunus-Bek Yevkurov.

A cyber police will appear in the structure of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. On Friday, Deputy Interior Minister Igor Zubov told about the adoption of the relevant decision by Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev.

Six specialized research organizations and nine military educational institutions of the Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation were given the status of basic research organizations of the CSTO. This was reported at a meeting of the working group under the Council of defense Ministers of the CSTO.