The Cabinet of Ministers has published a list of facilities of small privatization that will be put up for sale, according to a resolution posted on the government’s website. The government considerably enlarged a list of facilitates that will be put up for sale in 2017, by amending government’s resolution of May 12, 2015, No.271.…
Russian radio electronics producer Micran sees no problems in its addition to the U.S. sanction list, Director Vladimir Dotsenko said. “I don’t expect any serious difficulties. Restrictive measures have been in effect for a long time. We live under these conditions. On the other hand, we supply products mainly to the internal market, not to…
The Russian Aerospace Forces will start receiving the upgraded Mi-26T2 heavy-lift transport helicopters in 2018, a spokesman for the manufacturing firm Russian Helicopters said. “Deliveries of Mi-26T2 to the Russian Defense Ministry are planned for 2018, but this deadline depends not only on the Russian Helicopters holding’s enterprises”, Director of Public Procurement and Military-Technical Cooperation…
Russian farmers have threshed 96.879 million tons of grain from 34.9 million hectares as of September 6, compared with 29 million hectares last year as of the corresponding date, the Agriculture Ministry said. Wheat harvest amounted to 66.8 million tons and barley harvest stood at 17.6 million tons. The ministry expects Russia’s grain harvest to…
This year Russia started winter sowing a few days later than in 2015. As of September 2, winter grains had been sown at 3410.9 thousand ha, 19.7% of the plan (17.35 million ha). In Ural federal district winter sowing was carried out at 69.6% – at 47.4 thousand ha, in Privolzhsky – at 50.9% (2414.8…
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Egyptian Defense Minister Sedki Sobhi recently agreed to establish a training program for Egyptian pilots. Considering this development, it is very likely that Moscow and Cairo are in fact close to brokering a sale of Russian-made Ka-52K carrier-based attack helicopters to Egypt, which would become a welcome addition to…
Russian arms producers plan to export $15 billion worth of goods in 2016, Deputy Director of defense company Rosoboronexport Sergei Goreslavsky said. “Like last year, we plan to sell weapons worth $13 billion. Sales will total $15 billion including revenue of the Federal Service for Military and Technical Partnership”, Goreslavsky said. Rosoboronexport has sold $7…