Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announced an intention of the Agency to maintain a permanent presence of nuclear safety experts at all nuclear facilities in Ukraine. It is expected that missions consisting of two IAEA experts will operate at South Ukraine and Rivne Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs) as well…
Fighting Nuclear Terrorism is Going Successfully
The Tenth NPT Review Conference is ongoing, but apart from the Conference there are various side-events, dedicated to the relevant problems of the sphere. One of them was the event, jointly organized by the UN Counter-Terrorism Center and the EU, where the parties discussed the problem of nuclear terrorism. During the meeting heads of various…
Liquidation of the Future. Future War Images
A hypersonic missile that can destroy an entire military base with one hit does strike not only the enemy, but also the imagination. A real war is always a complicated system of economic, managerial, technological, and informational factors. Short-term forecasts of the development of the future seem to be quite logical as they stem from the…
I CAN SEE YOU. A Review of the Global Market of the Earth Remote Sensing Products
The discussion around space commercialization usually begins with the upstream sector – the development and design of spacecraft and their launch into orbit. This part of the work is before the public eye, it is understandable and looks effective. Thus, it is clear why most of the recent startups of the New Space movement are going to be involved…
Compact Double-Rotor Wind Turbine
Development of civilisation requires a significant consumption of electricity. Nowadays, traditional ways of power generation arouse harsh criticism aimed at emission of large amounts of carbon dioxide in the process. In this connection, the role of renewable energy sources (RES), such as hydroelectric power plants, solar panels, and wind turbines, is increasing. Each…
The Arctic and Russia’s Nuclear-Powered Icebreakers
Russian transpolar territories are a strategic maritime artery connecting Europe and Asia, a vital route to the northern cities, and a reservoir of treasures both already discovered and only predicted by geologists. It is a front ready to counter strategic bombers flying across the Pole or missiles launched from the waters of the Arctic Ocean.…
Ekaterina Solntseva: at ROSATOM We Believe that Digitalization Takes a Lifelong Commitment to Stay on Top of Things
ROSATOM not only leads digitalization in Russia, but it is also a competence center for the Digital Technologies federal project, which is part of the Digital Economy of the Russian Federation national program. The scale of the tasks facing State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM is impressive: digitizing the nuclear industry and other sectors of Russia’s…
International Exercises of the Russian Armed Forces in 2020: An Overview
Military exercises are one of the most important elements of military readiness. They serve several key purposes, including practicing new ways of using troops, verifying command and control capabilities, trying out new ways of organizing and conducting combats, and testing the latest weaponry. International exercises broaden the range of objectives: they increase trust between participating…
Russia’s Military-Technical Cooperation – 2020
In 2020, due to the pandemic-related restrictions, for a number of foreign clients, the terms of delivery of military products and implementation of contracts for overhaul and maintenance of weapons and military and special equipment were put off and rescheduled. The impossibility to ensure duly transfer of basic payment documents from customers led to…
Future of the NPT as Seen from Russia & the EU
The third day of the “Forum of Knowledge” took place at the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library in Saint Petersburg on 24 September 2020. The last day of the Forum hosted two panels that discussed the evolution of the threat of nuclear war and future prospects of the non-proliferation treaty (NPT) respectively. Follow New Defence Order. Strategy on…
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