The 2008 military and economic processes in RF have found themselves affected by changes in the nation’s military and political leadership – the new Supreme Commander-in-Chief, new faces on key positions in the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian...

After the July and September meetings of the Military-Industrial Commission of the Russian Federation, the RF Government continued its search for a compromise concerning the ceiling for budget funding to be allocated to the next government armaments program for 2018–2025; however, the target...

In 2015, the Russian military agency made a major step forward in its statistics having published early this year the annual statistical book for the first time since 1914. However, as early as at the stage of preparing the above book which is meant to expand largely departmental statistics...

In the new version of the Military Doctrine, the topical issues of the Russian Military Doctrine remained unchanged in general, however, such objectives as optimization of defense expenditures, efficient planning and allocation of financial and material resources were excluded from its text,...

The Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia has officially published a list of enterprises operating in the Russian Defense Industry Complex (DIC), thereby making it possible to assess the key indicators of the DIC's size which have changed insignificantly over the past six months. However, the...

The new National Security Strategy preserved the pattern and logical shortcomings of the previous one. The new strategy was also published amid a dramatic economic slump and that immediately threw into question a number of its provisions. Lack of foundation in terms of the Strategy of Social and...

The State Defense Order 2012 was implemented nearly 80%. Being limited in labor force, Russia’s defense plants are facing problems related to drastically increased the State Defense Order 2013. President Putin’s requirements to create a transparent military economy, establish order in terms...

One year has passed since the Russian Defense Ministry established the National Defense Control Center, similar to that of the EMERCOM. According to the point of view prevailing in mass media, the NDCC has since then proved efficient command and control center for military training and...