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12 Main Directorate of the Ministry of Defense: Nuclear Support
September 4, 1947, when a Special Department was created at the General Staff to conduct the first nuclear tests in the history of the country. Subsequently, it was transformed into 12 Main Directorate of the Ministry of Defense (GUMO).
For 2023, its structure includes central arsenals for storing ammunition, repair and technical bases, laboratories of the Special Control Service. It is 12 GUMO that is responsible for the implementation of the military nuclear-technical policy of the state and the nuclear support of the Russian armed forces.
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History
2024
The appointment of Vladimir Uyba as the first deputy head of the Main Military Medical Directorate of the Ministry of Defense
In November 2024, Vladimir Uyba left the post of head of the Komi Republic and was appointed first deputy head of the Main Military Medical Directorate of the Ministry of Defense. The corresponding decree was signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Read more here.
The head of the military representative office, Ivan Populovsky, was detained on charges of receiving a bribe when purchasing communication cables worth 1.2 billion rubles
On September 16, 2024, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against the head of the 4924th military representative office of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Ivan Populovsky and his subordinate Grigory Zorin. They are suspected of taking bribes on an especially large scale. Read more here
In the case of bribes, the head of the department of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation for the development of technologies in the field of radar and navigation was arrested
On September 5, 2024, it became known that the head of the department of the Russian Ministry of Defense, including the development of technologies in the field of radar and navigation, was arrested in the bribe case. The investigation established that the criminal scheme was associated with the execution of a state defense order worth more than ₽1,5 billion. Read more here
The ex-Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, who was in charge of ICT, was detained. He is accused of building a cottage for state money
On August 29, 2024, the Main Military Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia announced the initiation of a criminal case against the former Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Reserve Army General Pavel Popov. The man was detained on suspicion of fraud (part 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). Read more here
The Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation will now have 12 deputies. Among them - the son of the former prime minister and the wife of the head of the Ministry of Energy
On June 17, 2024, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree according to which the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation will have 12 deputies, including the first two. Previously, the head of the department had 11 deputies.
 | Allow 12 deputy ministers in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, including two first deputy ministers, one state secretary - deputy minister, one deputy minister - head of the Main Military-Political Directorate of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and one deputy minister - head of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, - said in a published document. |  |
It is reported that significant changes have taken place in the leadership of the Ministry of Defense. Putin dismissed First Deputy Defense Minister Ruslan Tsalikov, Deputy Ministers Nikolai Pankov, Tatyana Shevtsova and Pavel Popov from their posts. At the same time, Popov was also dismissed from military service. At the same time, the head of state, by his decree, appointed four new deputy ministers of defense of the Russian Federation: Leonid Gornin, Anna Tsivileva, Pavel Fradkov and Oleg Savelyev.
It is noted that Gornin previously served as Deputy Finance Minister of the Russian Federation. In turn, Tsivileva, who previously held the post of chairman of the Defenders of the Fatherland Foundation, is the wife of Sergei Tsivilev, the ex-governor of the Kemerovo Region, who was appointed Minister of Energy of Russia in May 2024. Fradkov is the son of Mikhail Fradkov, former Prime Minister of the Russian Federation. Savelyev was previously Deputy Minister of Economic Development of Russia, and later Minister for Crimean Affairs.
Gornin will oversee the entire complex of financial support for the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Tsivileva - issues of social and housing security, Fradkov - issues of property management and construction. Savelyev took the post of chief of staff of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation.[1]
Defense Minister Andrei Belousov intends to work with the Ministry of Digital Development and use civilian digital services to achieve victory
Speaking on May 14 at the Federation Council, the new Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Andrei Belousov announced his readiness to work together with civilian departments, including the Ministry of Digital Development, on the use of digital services and platforms for the modernization of the armed forces and methods of warfare. This follows from the tasks of integrating the defense industry into the country's overall economy and its maximum openness to innovation.
| | I wanted to dwell on two key tasks that were set to me by the President, - Andrei Belousov announced at an extraordinary 567 meeting of the Federation Council. - The first is to ensure the integration of the Russian Armed Forces economy into the country's overall economy. Given the objective growth of defense spending, which has already exceeded 6.7% of the country's GDP, this task is not easy, complex. It assumes, first of all, the optimization of military spending... This applies to allowances, and the production and supply of new military equipment and weapons, and personnel support. The solution of this task involves the close integration of the work of the Ministry of Defense and civilian departments, primarily in such areas as social security for military personnel and especially participants in the SAO, availability of high-quality medical services for participants in the WO, in the field of scientific and research development, including civilian and dual-use, in the field of training specialists not only military, but also civil, in the development of domestic digital technologies and solutions and, of course, in the development of equipment, materials and technical means. | |
In fact, this statement means that it is the defense industry that becomes the core of the economic system of the Russian Federation, which, due to more efficient spending of the already allocated budget, will integrate with various civilian departments to launch, develop and implement innovative solutions. Through such integration, the money allocated for defense and security may stimulate the innovation process, including in information technologies, and in digital services, and in higher education.
{{quote 'I have now specifically touched upon the issues of a number of civil ministries and departments. Not only the Ministry of Industry and Trade, but also the Ministry of Education and Science, and Ministry of Digital Development, and a number of others, - explained Andrei Belousov. - The task is to establish interaction and work with them. Everything that is in the country of effective, advanced, everything should work to achieve victory, to ensure the solution of the tasks of the armed forces...
The second task set by the President is to make the military economy, the work of the Ministry of Defense as open as possible to innovation. This applies not only to new technologies, but also to training, as well as new forms and methods of management. This includes the benefits of modern digital technologies and the use of digital platforms.}}
Thus, the RF Ministry of Defense, it seems, in the declared integration will rely on already built state and, possibly, commercial digital platforms both for the modernization of the army itself and for the cluster of defense industry enterprises that ensures its functioning. If the announced work on the integration of defense and civilian economies is completed, then, as a result, the very 6.7% of the country's GDP will be directed, among other things, to stimulating the development of Russian information technologies and digital platforms.
Arrest of the head of the personnel department of the Ministry of Defense of Russia Yury Kuznetsov
The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation in May 2024 confirmed the arrest and initiation of a criminal case against the head of the personnel department of the Russian Ministry of Defense Yury Kuznetsov.
According to investigators, in 2021-2023, being the head of the eighth department of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Kuznetsov received a bribe on an especially large scale from representatives of commercial structures for committing certain actions in their favor.
During the searches, funds in the amount of more than 100 million rubles, gold coins, collectible watches and luxury goods were found at his home, the department said. Kuznetsov was detained on May 13, 2024.
Detention of Deputy Minister Timur Ivanov on suspicion of receiving a bribe of 1 million rubles
On April 23, 2024, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov was detained. He is suspected of receiving a bribe of 1 million rubles - TASS.
2023
The ex-head of the communications unit of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation was not released from prison because of a flash drive found in his possession
In early September 2023, the Moscow City Court overturned the decision of the Babushkinsky court of the capital, which had previously issued a decision allowing the former head of the first division of the main communications department of the Russian Defense Ministry, Alexander Ogloblin, to replace the unserved part of the term with correctional labor. Read more here.
Defense Minister Shoigu's visit to North Korea
In July 2023, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu accompanied North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to an arms show featuring banned ballistic missiles as neighbors vowed to strengthen relations.
Nuclear-tipped missiles have been banned by Security Council resolutions UN passed with the support Russia of and, China but at the show they provided a bright backdrop for the three countries' show of solidarity, united by rivalries with and USA a revival, according to some analysts, of their Cold War-era coalition.
Shoigu makes the first visit by a Russian defense minister to North Korea since the collapse of the Soviet Union. For North Korea, the arrival of the Russian and Chinese delegations marks its first serious discovery to the world since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sevastopol Telecom came under the control of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
In June 2023, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed an order to transfer control over the Sevastopol Telecom telecommunications company to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. The reasons for this decision were not disclosed. Read more here.
The ex-head of the department was sentenced to 8 years in prison for bribes when purchasing medical equipment
The Basmanny Court of Moscow sentenced to eight years in prison the former head of the property management of special projects (UISP) of the Ministry of Defense of Russia (MoD RF) Andrei Tulupov for a scam with the supply of medical equipment and corruption. This became known on January 23, 2023. Read more here.
2022
Purchase of control in the airline "Cosmos" for the ruble
In early December 2022, it became known about the sale of a 74% stake in Cosmos to a special flight detachment of the Ministry of Defense. The seller of the asset was Roscosmos, which retained 26% of the air carrier. Read more here.
The Russian Ministry of Defense has created a department of digital analytics
September 22, 2022 it became known about the creation of the Department of Digital Analytics. Ministry of Defence RUSSIAN FEDERATION It was created in conjunction with (Siberian State University of Telecommunications and Informatics SibGUTI). More. here
Mikhail Mizintsev appointed Deputy Minister for Logistics
In September 2022, Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev was appointed to the post of Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, responsible for logistics of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
Earlier, Colonel-General M. Mizintsev served as head of the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation.
Army General Dmitry Bulgakov was relieved of his post as Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation in connection with the transfer to another job.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has created a working group for the use of quantum technologies
In August 2022, it became known about the creation under the auspices of the Department of Information Systems of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation of a working group that will study the possibilities of using quantum technologies in the interests of the defense department. The working group will include representatives of specialized universities, including MTUSI, Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov and NUST MISIS.
Within the framework of the working group, the launch of a cycle of work will be initiated to analyze the potential for the use of quantum technologies to solve practical problems related to increasing the country's defense capability. Also, in order to develop personnel potential, the working group will study the existing training programs and develop proposals for the formation of training programs with the involvement of experts.
In addition, it is planned to support the use of the existing polygons of quantum networks MTUSI, Moscow State University and NUST MISIS for piloting technologies in the interests of the Ministry of Defense. It is also supposed to take into account the developments in the regulatory framework in terms of quantum communications in order to create methodological guides for the implementation of systems of the KKS class of VRK (quantum cryptographic systems for generating and distributing keys).
| | Quantum technologies are a strategic area of knowledge that opens up great prospects for the state and private companies, "said MTUSI Rector Sergei Erokhin. - When we talk about quantum technologies, we first of all talk about a new level of security associated with quantum key distribution technology, solving a large number of problems that can not be solved before, developing domestic electronics and creating ultra-sensitive sensors. | |
Russia has a good reserve in quantum developments, said Sergei Kulik, Doctor of Science, Professor of Moscow State University.
| | At the iron level, these developments are being experimentally worked out in our leading research institutions, academic institutes and universities. Fundamental science pays great attention to research in the field of quantum computing, but we all still have a real breakthrough, "he said.[2] | |
NATO has established a direct line of communication with Russia
As it became known on March 18, 2022, the United States and its allies established a direct line of communication with Russia in order to avoid a conflict between the Russian Federation and the North Atlantic Alliance (NATO) as a result of any misunderstanding in connection with the special operation of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine. Read more here.
2021
The website of the Russian Ministry of Defense failed due to a cyber attack
On July 16, 2021, the website of the Russian Ministry of Defense faced cyber attacks, which, according to "confirmed data" of the department, were organized from abroad.
| | The military department's computer security service is implementing measures to neutralize the negative impact to ensure access to the site of all Internet users, the Defense Ministry said in a statement quoted by Interfax. | |
According to the ministry, its website on July 16, 2021 was subjected to a DDoS attack at about 10:00 Moscow time. Some users began to experience difficulties accessing the resource. When trying to enter the website of the military department, the inscription appeared:
| | The site may be temporarily unavailable or overloaded with queries. Wait a while and try again. | |
The Ministry of Defense assured that due to the attack of hackers, the software and technical infrastructure of the site was not damaged. DDoS attacks are made by submitting a large number of requests that exceed the bandwidth of the Network. As of 16:00, the website of the Ministry of Defense is being downloaded.
Earlier, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that in three years, more than 25 thousand cyber attacks were carried out on the information structure of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation from abroad. At the same time, their number increases annually by an average of 12%.
According to the head of the Ministry of Defense, the department has a reliable system for protecting information resources, ensuring high stability of the control system of the Armed Forces. All attacks are neutralized, he assured. Shoigu noted that the information space has become "another theater of hostilities," but Russia is ready for this struggle.
As an example, Shoigu cited attempts by individuals "at the behest of from abroad" to obtain information about the families of military personnel of special operations forces who died in the line of duty, as well as about the buried military.[3]
Creation of management of the Ministry of Defence on development of an AI system of military drones
At the end of April 2021, it became known about the creation by the Russian Ministry of Defense of a special department responsible for the development of artificial intelligence for unmanned aerial vehicles and ground equipment. Read more here.
Creating a unit equipped with shock robots
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation creates the first unit equipped with shock robots. The department announced this on April 9, 2021.
| | As reported to the Minister of Defense (- Sergei Shoigu TAdviser approx.) Chief of Staff of the Ground Forces Vasily Tonkoshkurov, the first unit with shock robots will be created in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, which will include five robotic systems "" Uranium-9 or 20 combat vehicles, - TASS quotes a statement from the Ministry of Defense. | |
An experimental unit equipped with the Uranus-9 complexes is being created on the basis of one of the research centers of the Ministry of Defense. Initially, it will develop methods and forms of application of such units, then on the basis of the center, personnel will begin to prepare for the use of Uran-9 complexes and others, the supply of which to the troops by April 9, 2021 has not yet begun.
The Uran-9 complex includes four tracked combat vehicles with remote control, a control point and transport for their delivery. The basic armament of combat vehicles consists of an automatic 30-mm 2A72 gun and a coaxial 7.62-mm machine gun, anti-tank guided missiles "Attack" and a jet flamethrower "Bumblebee." Depending on the performed tasks, the system can be additionally armed with MANPADS.
On April 9, 2021, Sergei Shoigu checked the implementation of the state defense order by the 766th Production and Technological Procurement Department (UPTK), where robotic complexes are developed and produced. The Ministry of Defense clarified that earlier Urans-9 were used only as separate complexes.
Former commander-in-chief AEROSPACE FORCES Russia Viktor Bondarev believes that with the development of technology, the firepower of weapons has seriously increased, which has created an additional danger for soldiers. Today, a whole flurry of fire falls on fighters during armed conflicts, so it is necessary to replace people with robots where possible.
| | It is clear that a person should be removed from the battlefield whenever possible, replacing him with robotic systems, he said in April 2021.[4] | |
Establishing a fund to invest in military technology
On February 19, 2021, the Ministry of Defense Russia Promsvyazbank (PSB) signed an agreement on the creation of a Military Innovative Technopolis "." ERA investment fund More. here
2019
The Russian Airborne Forces will switch to a new communication system. It is twice as fast as the previous one
In early January 2020, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that the airborne troops would be rearmed with a new communication and control system. This will happen in 2021.
It is noted that from this time, in particular, the rearmament of formations and military units will begin. It will help to reduce the time for transmitting and receiving information by about half and increase the stability (survivability, noise immunity, reliability) of the communication system by one and a half times.
According to the statement of the Ministry of Defense, by the beginning of 2020, the Airborne Forces is completing the development of promising communication and control equipment for a new generation. We are talking about a complex on an armored tracked chassis BTR-MDM, as well as a protected wheeled base chassis KamAZ-63968 and a combat vehicle of the landing of BMD-4M.
General Director of the Research Institute of Communication and Control Systems (NIISSU, part of the Roselectronics holding of the Rostec state corporation) Valery Yevtukhovich told RIA Novosti that the command and control system for the new generation airborne forces will appear in late 2019 - early 2020.
He also said that Russian combat vehicles will have sixth-generation radio stations. The commander's combat vehicle, he explained, serves to accommodate the commanders of the tactical command and control link and combat work. Machines of this kind are usually equipped with several radio stations at once. This, the expert explains, allows you to simultaneously be in touch with the higher command and with subordinates.
Earlier it became known that companies equipped with mobile repeaters and cellular antennas will appear in the Russian army. With their help, the military will be able to create local cellular networks by connecting to the signal of federal operators at a distance of up to 40 kilometers from a mobile tower.[5]
Equating the use of smartphones with hazing in the army
In mid-July 2019, it became known that the use of a smartphone in the Russian army would be punished in the same way as for hazing. This is evidenced by the draft presidential decree on amendments to the disciplinary charter of the Armed Forces published on the federal portal of draft regulatory legal acts. The document was developed by the Ministry of Defense. Read more here.
The number of attacks on the resources of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation for 6 years increased by almost 60%
Over the past six years, the number of cyber attacks on information resources of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has increased by 57%. Such data in June 2019 was cited by the head of the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Major General Igor Konashenkov, during a round table within the framework of the Army-2019 forum.
| | "For six years, the number of attempts to disable critical information infrastructure facilities has grown by 57%," the general said. | |
The department is constantly faced with "various attempts at external information and technical influence" on its systems and Internet resources, Konashenkov noted.
According to him, since 2013, the Ministry of Defense has identified and neutralized more than 25 thousand incursions on the information resources of the Armed Forces.
Unwillingness to transmit the frequencies necessary for 5G
The Ministry of Defense believes that it is too early to transfer frequencies to cellular operators for deploying 5G communications (3.4-3.8 GHz range), it became known on March 29, 2019. Read more here.
The State Duma of the Russian Federation banned the military from publishing data about themselves on the Internet
On February 19, the State Duma of the Russian Federation adopted in the third[6],[7] the final reading of amendments to the law "On the Status of Military Personnel," prohibiting military personnel from transferring media and publishing data about themselves and their colleagues on the Internet.
In particular, the document prohibits posting information that allows you to determine the department, part or place of service, as well as information about families and parents of the military. The ban also applies to the publication of information about the activities of military command bodies, military formations and units, including their deployment or redeployment.
The document prohibits military personnel in the performance of certain duties to carry household electronics that store data or are equipped with the functions of publishing audio, photo, video materials and geolocation data on the Internet.
According to the authors of the document, the Russian military are of particular interest to the special services of some states, as well as to terrorist and extremist organizations. In addition, the information published on social networks can be used by attackers as levers of information and information-psychological pressure on military personnel.
Ban on the use of social networks dismissed to the reserve
On January 18, 2019, it became known that the servicemen who went to the reserve would be limited to the use of social networks for up to five years. The innovation will affect persons who served in parts with a secret regime or had access to state secrets. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation intends to include updated rules in the draft amendments to the federal law "On the status of military personnel" already submitted to the State Duma.
The ban on the use of social networks by military personnel dismissed from service is a necessary measure to ensure the secrecy regime in the modern world. Recall that in the fall of 2018, a bill was submitted to the State Duma of the Russian Federation on amendments to the law "On the status of military personnel," prohibiting active servicemen from using social networks. In November 2018, the deputies adopted the bill in the first reading. While the document is being prepared for the second reading, the Ministry of Defense intends to extend the ban to those dismissed to the reserve.
In the first version of the project, it was indicated that the restriction would not affect the storerooms, however, having analyzed how things are with information security, the ministry decided to expand the ban. If the document is adopted, the updated rules will apply not only to officers, but also to soldiers, sergeants, midshipmen and sailors. For their violation will face administrative or criminal punishment (depending on the severity).
2018
Penalty recovery with Voentelecom
On September 13, 2018, it became known that the Ministry of Defense failed to obtain through the court a penalty from its subsidiary operator - Voentelecom - a penalty of 203.7 million rubles. under an improperly executed IT contract for 3.23 billion rubles. Having considered the corresponding claim of the ministry, the ministers of Themis considered that the amount of the penalty should be reduced to 649.9 thousand rubles. - that is, more than 300 times.
The decision of the Moscow Arbitration Court of May 30, 2018 was appealed to the Ministry of Defense in the Ninth Arbitration Court of Appeal. However, on September 11, 2018, this decision of the first instance was upheld.
The contract between the conflicting parties concerns the obligations of Voentelecom for centralized service of communications, software and hardware systems IT infrastructure and the Armed Forces. In Russia the current version for September 2018, its execution is designed for the period from July 24, 2014 to December 31, 2018.
It follows from court documents that during the period of the contract (as of February 1, 2018), 441,002 service requests were received from the Ministry of Defense to Voentelecom, 5,780 of which were violated.
Recognizing the calculation of the penalty on them as unreasonable, the court notes that the plaintiff in his claim incorrectly indicated the total value of the contract. One of the additional agreements of December 19, 2017, it was reduced by 365.8 million rubles, while the Ministry of Defense operated on its original price in its calculations.
Another argument of the court is due to the fact that the calculation of penalties submitted by the plaintiff is four times higher than the total cost of work on these problematic applications, which is 55.1 million rubles.
In addition, the total amount of money recognized by the court was also affected by Voentelecom's petition filed under all the rules to reduce the penalty.
Voentelecom's IT contracts with the Ministry of Defense in recent years have already brought two CEOs of the company to the dock. In December 2017, it became known about the detention of Alexander Davydov by FSB officers following a search in the operator's office.
Davydov is suspected of embezzlement of about 500 million rubles, which he carried out during the execution of state contracts for the supply of routers to the Ministry of Defense, as well as during the author's supervision of satellite communications.
Alexander Davydov headed Voentelecom in 2013. The former director of the company, Nikolai Tamodin, was detained in September 2013. According to the investigation, together with representatives of affiliated commercial organizations in 2011, he supplied the Ministry of Defense with deliberately unusable, decommissioned and deregistered special technical equipment.
In 2015, Nikolai Tamodin, together with his subordinate Sergei Peregimov, were sentenced to six and five years in a general regime colony, respectively[8]
The Ministry of Defense banned the passage of electronics into the territory of departmental organizations
According to the decree of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, entry into the territory of departmental regime organizations with electronic devices is now prohibited. According to Izvestia, citing representatives of the department, the troops have already received the relevant rules and have begun to implement.
It is forbidden to carry smartphones, phones with cameras, as well as photo and video equipment, smart watches, fitness trackers and even push-button mobile phones to the territory of departmental facilities, as well as organizations dealing with state secrets. Any devices with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth modules, infrared ports, mobile modems, photo and video functions and the ability to determine the location were also banned.
Not all military units fall under the restrictions, but only security facilities and organizations where they work with documents labeled "secret," "top secret" and "of particular importance." There are a number of cases in which it is allowed to carry devices. However, before doing this, the visitor must provide a list of the equipment being carried in advance and receive a special pass from the unit commander.
Plans to ban smartphones in the military
On February 15, 2018, it became known about the plans of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation to ban the use of mobile phones with cameras and navigation in the army. Thus, it is planned to fight information leaks.
Two sources close to the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces told the Kommersant newspaper about innovations in the use of personal cellular communications in the armed forces, and also confirmed the interlocutor in the leadership of the department.
According to one of them, the Ministry of Defense is working on a draft ban for all servicemen of smart phones, as well as devices equipped with a photo and video shooting function, starting from March 1, 2018. Lieutenant general Yury Kuznetsov, who is responsible for the information security of the army, proposed a list of 11 push-button phones costing from 688 to 2313 rubles manufactured by Nokia, TeXet, Alcatel and Samsung.
The publication writes that the military department has been experiencing "many problems" since at least 2014 because of this: for example, during the annexation of Crimea to Russia, the military took photographs at objects belonging to the Ukrainian army. This data is used by investigators and the media. Also, the military expects in this way to limit the leakage of secret documents.
However, as Kommersant's interlocutors note, the ban of the Ministry of Defense can be simply bypassed. The military will be able to show the authorities a regular push-button phone, while a smartphone in silent mode can be hidden in clothes or simply put in a pocket.
The restrictive measure fits into the policy of working with military personnel pursued by the Ministry of Defense. So, in February 2018, it became known that military personnel and civilian employees of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation were recommended to abandon the use of social networks. In the future, the department is going to introduce amendments to the laws that will make them mandatory.[9]
2017: Russia is among five countries with the best cyber warfare
Russia can be in the top 5 countries with the most developed cyber warfare - specialized units cyber security for military or intelligence purposes. This is evidenced by the data of Zecurion the Analytics study, which leads "" Kommersant[10][11]
The exact figures in the company refused to disclose, however, according to the interlocutor of the publication in the information security market, Russia's spending on cyber warfare is about $300 million per year, and the number of Russian special forces is about 1 thousand people.
According to the company, specialized cybersecurity units officially use several dozen countries, and unofficially - more than a hundred. As the newspaper notes, the assessment of the potential in this area is based on the military budgets of states, cybersecurity strategies, statutory documents, reference information of international organizations, official comments and insider information.
So, according to the study, the most developed cyber warheads in the world are currently possessed. USAAccording to analysts, state funding for this area in the States can be about $7 billion a year, and the number of hackers cooperating with the state - 9 thousand people.
In second place in Zecurion was put, China where funding for this area can be $1.5 billion per year, and cyberarmia is estimated as the largest, up to 20 thousand people.
The top three countries where the most developed special forces on cybersecurity are closed by the United Kingdom, which allocates $450 million a year to cyber troops consisting of 2 thousand people. In fourth place is South Korea with a budget of $400 million per year and a composition of 700 hackers.
2015
Domestic computer games of military theme - the battlefield for the future
On June 8, 2015, it became known about the proposal of the Ministry of Defense - to replace imported computer games of military themes with domestic developments, since the department considers this to be the most important ideological issue[12].
"The creation of our own computer war games in Russia is a matter of principle," said Andrei Ilnitsky, adviser to the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, on the air of the Russian News Service. - Children, playing computer games, often play not our games, fight there not on our fields and not for our truth. This must be corrected. This is the most important ideological issue, this is the very battlefield for the future. "
The concept of IT development in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation was approved
The head Ministry of Defence Russia Sergei Shoigu announced that in February 2015 he signed the "Concept for the Development of Information telecommunication and Technologies of the Armed Forces for the Period until 2020." The Minister of Defense made a message about this at a meeting of the collegium of his department on March 30, 2015.
From the context of the minister's speech, we can conclude that the "Concept" contains answers to changes in military science in the world of developed information technologies and, possibly, the development of Russian army IT and their combat applications.
"Currently, traditional views are changing on the conduct of armed struggle and the processes of leading military operations, on the further construction and use of the Armed Forces, their technical and technological equipment. Information superiority and a high level of command and control of troops become factors in military force. In this regard, in February of this year, I approved the Concept for the development of information and telecommunication technologies of the Armed Forces for the period up to 2020, "Sergei Shoigu said literally at the board of the Ministry of Defense.
2014: Russian Defense Ministry forms ICT, innovation and robot units led by Pavel Popov
The Ministry of Defense of Russia has formed military administration bodies responsible for information and telecommunication technologies, innovative research and robotics. As follows from the updated information on the agency's website, the curator of these units is Deputy Minister Colonel-General Pavel Popov, who transferred to the Ministry of Defense from the post of Deputy Minister of Emergency Situations in November[13] of the[14].
Popov is a veteran of the Ministry of Emergency Situations. Since 1993, he worked at the East Siberian Regional Center of the Ministry, and in 1999 he headed the Siberian Center. In 2004-2008 headed the Academy of Civil Protection of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, after which he was appointed deputy minister. In the Ministry of Emergency Situations, among other things, he was responsible for informatization and communications.
The departments of the Ministry of Defense related to IT, telecommunications, robots and innovations are combined into the System of Advanced Military Research and Development (SPVIR). This system also includes the Research Center "Bureau of Defense Solutions" To Moscow in and the Department of Innovative Development in. St. Petersburg It is planned to create regional structures in, and Yekaterinburg. Novosibirsk Vladivostok
2011
In April 2011, the ministry announced an open auction in electronic form for the supply of clothing items (carnival costumes 270 sets) for the needs of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation in the amount of 1,305,990,00 Russian rubles. The required costumes are dance: Snowflake, Gypsy, Ukrainian, Sailor, Dolmatinets, Pirate, Firebird, Witcher, Doll-Malvina.
Notes
- ↑ Putin signed a decree allowing the appointment of 12 deputy ministers of defense of the Russian Federation
- ↑ Achievement of quantum superiority discussed at the Army-2022 forum
- ↑ The website of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation was attacked by hackers from abroad
- ↑ The Russian army will create the first unit equipped with shock robots
- ↑ Re-equipment of the Airborne Forces for a new communication system will start in 2021
- ↑ on amendments to Articles 7 and 28.5 of the Federal Law "On the Status of Military Personnel
- ↑ "
- ↑ , the Ministry of Defense failed to obtain recovery from Voentelecom through the court.
- ↑ Smartphones are dismissed from military service
- ↑ Cyber warfare was introduced to the Internet Analysts
- ↑ named Russia among the five countries with the best cyber warfare.
- ↑ The Ministry of Defense proposes import substitution of computer games of military themes
- ↑ [http://www.cnews.ru/news/top/index.shtml?2014/04/18/568933 2013, the Ministry of Defense
- ↑ Russian Federation formed high-tech units and hires cyber fighters]
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