The issue of the government's role in developing the defense-industrial complex is very significant in connection with the specifics of the latter, which develops and produces armaments and military equipment. Consequently, government intervention in defense firm activities is to be expected....

The article examines the general characteristics and condition of ilmenite and rutile ore mining and titanium sponge and titanium metal production in Russia and the world in the 1990s and 2000s. A range of problems facing the domestic titanium industry is outlined. The Russian defense sector's...

The process of reforming Russia's defense-industrial complex has been under way for more than twenty years now. The article examines the basic features of the current stage of the sector's development, as well as the specific nature of Siberia's defense industry.