A US astronaut now has a Soyuz MS seat in the Autumn of 2020 based on a contract that has been signed between Roscosmos, the Russian State Space Corporation, and NASA, the American Nationaal Aeronautics and Space Administration. TASS published a quote from the press service of Roscosmos saying that on 12 May 2020 "a…
Turkey:Russian Personnel Can’t Have Free Access to S-400 Batteries
"Russian personnel will not be able to access the S-400 batteries as they wish," said Turkey's President Defence of Industries, Ismail Demir, in a recent interview. Although the S-400 procurement agreement includes items such as training, maintenance and technical support, Russian personnel will not be able to access the S-400 batteries as they wish. Stating that…
An Interview with US Ambassador to Russia
John Sullivan, U.S. Ambassador to Russia, has given an interview to Interfax, in which he talks about various issues from the stabilisation of energy markets, prospects in arms control dialogue, to the commemoration of the 75 victory in WWI, Space cooperation, and more. Here follows a part of this interview. -The 75th anniversary of Victory…
Boomerang Combat Platform Launched In The Global Market
Press service of Rosoboronexport JSC (part of the Rostec State Corporation) announced today that Rosoboronexport has started promoting the newest Boomerang universal combat platform developed and manufactured by the Military Industrial Company (VPK) in foreign markets. “The launch of the marketing campaign for the Boomerang’s export version is good news for Rosoboronexport and our partners.…
An Overview of Russia-Algeria Military Cooperation
SIPRI's latest report on trends in international arms transfers in 2019 states that Algeria was the third on the list Russia's top arms clients between 2015-2019. The North African country is only the second after Egypt in military power in Africa. In 2015–19 Russia delivered major arms to 47 states. A total of 55 per…
MTC of the Russian Federation in 2019 : Main Trends
The ability of the participants of the arms market to follow existing trends and plan their progress in this area has always been unsteady, and today it is going through a stage of high turbulence. For successful export of military products, the development of new and more flexible approaches to cooperation with potential customers is required.…
Algeria to buy Mi-28N Combat Helicopters
The Algerian Ministry of Defence plans to purchase from Russia 48 combat helicopters for about $2.7 billion. The relevant order has already been placed by the Algerian defence department. The domestic enterprise Rosvertol, located in Rostov-on-Don, will be in charge of implementing that order. The order includes the supply of 42 attack helicopters Mi-28N, as…
Russia Seals a BK-10 Assault Boats Deal in Africa
JSC (part of the Rostec State Corporation) has begun to carry out its first export contract recently signed with a foreign customer from Sub-Saharan Africa for the supply of Project 02450 fast assault boats BK-10, designed and manufactured by Kalashnikov Concern, a Rostec member. The deal was announced in a press release by Rosoboronexport "The…
Putin Meets Commission of Military-Technical Cooperation
President Vladimir Putin held a videoconference of the Commission for Military Technical Cooperation with Foreign States. The meeting included heads of a number of the Russian defence industry enterprises. The meeting summed up the results of military technical cooperation between Russia and foreign states in 2019, and identified the main areas of development of this sector for the near future. President Putin stressed in this meeting that the more efficiently enterprises…
Russia Has Made China’s Air Force Stronger Than Ever
Unquestionably, China and Russia stand at an interesting inflection point with respect to their military-industrial relationship. For decades, the flow of expertise and equipment generally went in one direction. Can a more equitable arrangement be found? Chinese air power these days is something to behold. In the course of just about thirty years, Beijing’s aerial…












