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2016.08.24

SECURITY

NOT EVERYONE WANTS PEACE

Groups of forces of terrorist organizations Jabhat al-Nusra and ISIS (both are prohibited in Russia) keep hindering the final establishment of a ceasefire regime in Syria. FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINE POPULATED SPOTS JOINED THE TRUCE IN SYRIA

Rossiyskaya Gazeta, August 22, 2016, p. 3

CRIMEA MAY BECOME A SMALL COIN OF SULTAN AMBITIONS

Recep Tayyip Erdogan confirmed in a telephone conversation with Petr Poroshenko that despite warming up of relations with Russia he would not recognize changing of the borders of Ukraine. UKRAINE TRIES TO EXPLAIN THE ROLE OF THE PRESIDENT OF TURKEY IN RELATIONS OF MOSCOW AND KIEV

Nezavisimaya Gazeta, August 22, 2016, p. 1

THE MILITARY & SOCIETY

PUBLIC CHAMBER REQUESTS "ARMING" OF FARMERS

Alexander Shipulin, member of the commission of the Public Chamber for matters of agricultural sector and development of countryside territories, prepared an address to the Defense Ministry with a request to grant a possibility to farmers to buy the hardware written off from the army at privileged. Prices. For example, he meant trucks, all-terrain vehicles and mobile repair workshops. RUSSIAN FARMERS HOPE TO BUY HARDWARE WRITTEN OFF FROM THE ARMY AT PRIVILEGED PRICES

Izvestia, August 22, 2016, p. 3

A CANDIDATE FOR BORDER LANDS

Arbitration court of Transbaikalian Territory suspended sale of property of Nurinsky company for debts. ARBITRATION COURT OF TRANSBAIKALIAN TERRITORY SUSPENDED SALE OF 57,500 HECTARES OF AGRICULTURAL LAND NEAR THE BORDER WITH CHINA

Kommersant, August 22, 2016, p. 2

HOLD ON, STUDENT!

The present time is such that even devoted pacifists have fewer doubts that Russia needs a powerful well trained mobilization reserve. And such reserve is being prepared now. ALL CONDITIONS FOR PREPARATION OF HIGH-QUALITY MOBILIZATION RESERVE WERE CREATED IN THE VOLSK MILITARY INSTITUTE OF LOGISTIC

Krasnaya Zvezda, August 22, 2016, p. 5

MILITARY STATUS

HOW MUCH IT IS POSSIBLE TO EARN SERVING

The Federal Service of the National Guard Forces proposed a draft order for public debating by which it offered to approve the size of monthly salaries of servicemen of the Russian Guard. The Russian Guard collects responses to its initiative until September 1. NATIONAL GUARD DETERMINED THE SIZE OF SALARIES FOR CONSCRIPTS AND CONTRACT SERVICEMEN

Rossiyskaya Gazeta, August 22, 2016, p. 7

COMBAT TRAINING

IN THE ARMY. SOLDIERS OF NATO COUNTRIES ARE OFFERED TO SURRENDER ARMS

Interaction-2016 exercises of Collective Rapid-Response Forces (CRRF) of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) were completed in Pskov Region. Having started on August 16, they continued for three days. A broad range of tasks for localization of a conventional border conflict was worked out in the course of Interaction-2016. INTERACTION-2016 EXERCISES OF COLLECTIVE RAPID-RESPONSE FORCES OF THE CSTO WERE COMPLETED IN PSKOV REGION

Nezavisimaya Gazeta, August 22, 2016, p. 7

KALIBR MISSILES ARE EVERYWHERE

Exercises took place in the Caspian Sea last Friday that were watched by the whole world without exaggeration. THE MILITARY CONDUCTED A SERIES OF EXERCISES WITH MISSILE LAUNCHES

Rossiyskaya Gazeta, August 22, 2016, p. 2

MILITARY COOPERATION

RUSSIAN SERVICEMEN WILL INSPECT THE US FROM THE SKY FOR THE FIRST TIME

Rossiyskaya Gazeta, August 22, 2016, p. 7

MILITARY INDUSTRIES & CONVERSION

"ALL-SEEING EYE" OF THE AIRSPACE FORCES WILL PERFORM THE FIRST FLIGHT IN MARCH OF 2017

Unique "aerial radar" A-100 Premier that can detect enemy airplanes and aim fighters and air defense missiles at them, as well as to find staffs, communication nodes and radar stations of the enemy and create interferences for them will perform the first test flight in March of 2017. AWACS AIRPLANE A-100 PREMIER IS PREPARING FOR THE MAIDEN FLIGHT

Izvestia, August 22, 2016, p. 3

ROSTEC FUN

On August 2, the First Channel demonstrated a report about a meeting of General Director of Rostec group Sergei Chemezov with Vladimir Putin in the course of which the head of the state corporation presented a report about his activity in 2016 to the President. HEAD OF ROSTEC SERGEI CHEMEZOV REPORTED TO VLADIMIR PUTIN ABOUT VICTORY OVER WESTERN SANCTIONS

Versiya, No. 32, August 22-28, 2016, p. 14

TRACKS FOR CHEMEZOV

Rostec is going to establish control over Tractor Plants Corporation. ROSTEC KEEPS COLLECTING "TASTY MORSELS" OF THE DEFENSE INDUSTRY

Kompaniya, No. 30, August 22-28, 2016, p. 5

CHRONICLE

RUSSIA IS NOT GOING TO STOP RELATIONS WITH UKRAINE

Profil, No. 30, August 22-28, 2016, p. 19

IRAN CALLED THE STATEMENT OF RUSSIA ABOUT USE OF HAMADAN BASE "POSING"

Gazeta.Ru, August 22, 2016

DEFENSE MINISTRY OF IRAN IS GOING TO BUY RUSSIAN AIRPLANES SU

AviaPort news agency, August 22, 2016

MINSK EXPECTS SUPPLY OF MI-8MTV-5 HELICOPTERS AND YAK-130 AIRPLANES

TASS, August 22, 2016

NEW DECK-BASED HELICOPTER MINOGA WILL BE READY IN TEN YEARS

Lenta.Ru, August 22, 2016

BY THE END OF THE YEAR THE FIRST MODELS OF AIR DEFENSE MISSILE AND GUN SYSTEMS PANTSIR-SA WILL BE SUPPLIED TO THE AIRSPACE FORCES

Oruzhie Rossii, August 22, 2016

ARTILLERY UNITS OF THE EASTERN MILITARY DISTRICT WILL HAVE EXERCISES WITH COMBAT FIRING

RIA Novosti, August 22, 2016

IN WESTERN MILITARY DISTRICT POSTS OF SERGEANTS ARE MANNED WITH CONTRACT SERVICEMEN BY 90%

Website of the Defense Ministry of Russia, August 22, 2016

REGIONAL DIVISION OF YOUNG ARMY WAS ESTABLISHED IN ASTRAKHAN

Krasnaya Zvezda, August 22, 2016, p. 5

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This digest offers monitoring of the military-political situation in Russia and the former Soviet Union; complete coverage of national security issues, the role of the armed forces in society and conversion of the defense industry; professional analysis of military doctrines and the construction of national armies in Russia and other FSU countries and the CIS's efforts to establish collective security; commentaries by military officials and analysts on local armed conflicts in the Russian Federation; prompt reports on protocol events and new appointments in the CIS military establishment.

The Armaments and Technology weekly supplement reviews the latest publicized developments in the design and manufacture of military hardware and equipment.

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