Cyber warfare of the Russian Federation

Main article: Cybercrime and cyber conflicts: Russia

2022: The Ministry of Industry and Trade proposed to create a cyber war in Russia

The Ministry of Industry and Trade proposed the creation of cyber warfare in Russia. This became known on March 22, 2022.

I believe it would be very correct, I probably do not have the right to give advice to the Ministry of Defense, but as a proposal - to create cyber troops and create a state order from the point of view of defense and security to our developers in this area, where they could without receiving a delay (from the army - ed.), And having received employment and developing their professional competencies, to benefit their country by developing their patriotic qualities, "said Vasily Shpak, Deputy Head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade." After that, I hope they would think ten times before leaving the homeland in pursuit of a long ruble in foreign companies[1]

2015: The Ministry of Defense will create a cyber warfare unit in Crimea

The Russian Ministry of Defense is creating a separate unit of information operations troops in Crimea, a source^[2] military department told TASS in April 2015: the ^[3].

According to him, the tasks of the unit will be "disruption of the information networks of the likely enemy and, as a result, disruption of the functioning of its army control system," as well as "ensuring the cybersecurity of its information networks."

In May 2014, it was reported that information operations were created in Russia to protect Russian military control and communications systems. They will include units and units in military districts and fleets, staffed by highly qualified specialists in the field of mathematics, programming, cryptography, communications, electronic warfare.

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