On Tuesday 21 Feb The Lord Tuiakano, Prime Minister of Tonga, visited the London based Royal Naval Reservist Unit HMS President to present Volunteer Reserves Service Medals (VRSM) and clasps to naval reservists. There were 4 VRSM Medal or Clasp recipients ranging in rank from Able Rate to Lieutenant Commander they were: Lieutenant Commander David [...]
Russian armed forces must acquire technical dominance over any opponent within the next decade, said Russian Prime Minister and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin. “We have launched large-scale rearmament of our armed forces and other security authorities. Our priorities are nuclear force, airspace force, communication and intelligence systems, electronic warfare, UAVs and robotic strike systems, up-to-date [...]
Russian Armed Forces will reach a crucially new level within the next 5-10 years, said Russian Prime Minister and leader of the United Russia party Vladimir Putin addressing the party’s congress on Nov 27. “We must bring our armed forces at a crucially new level in the nearest 5-10 years”, Putin said at the United [...]
Russian federal budget 2012 provides over RUR 880 bln for arms procurement, modernization and RD works, said Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the meeting on defense order issues. As for him, it was invested RUR 750 bln for this purpose in 2011 which is 1.5 times larger than in 2009. Considering such significant funds [...]
Large-scale plans on armed forces renovation must be materialized, declared Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the meeting with his deputies and representatives of defense industry. “We have thoroughly analyzed the recent problems of defense order placing. That is why we decided to place defense order not only for one year but for a three-year [...]
Controversies between defense ministry and JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) over prices for nuclear submarines have been settled on Nov 9 in Severodvinsk, Arkhangelsk region in presence of premier Vladimir Putin. Russian defense ministry signed all contracts which had been in the center of heated debates for months. With conclusion of those most significant and [...]
![Kremlin to Spend 154 Billion Dollars for New Submarines, Russian Prime Minister Says]()
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Wednesday signaled a dramatic increase for the country’s naval forces, with an announcement… (monstersandcritics) Source: monstersandcritics, November 09, 2011
![Rising Defense Budget to Improve Russian Economy, Prime Minister Says]()
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin considers growth of defense spendings reasonable, since it would allegedly contribute to improvement of national technological stance and economy development. “I’m sure that relying on our technological background, capabilities, personnel reserve, and conducting weighted macroeconomic policy, we will provide required economy growth rates and national security”, said the head [...]
![Russian Government to Decide on Baltiysky Zavod Soon, Deputy Prime Minister Says]()
In the nearest days Russian Government would probably make a decision on Baltiysky Zavod shipyard which assets are pledged to Russia’s Central Bank to cover credits, said Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak. Baltiysky Zavod is a member of JSC United Industrial Corporation (UIC) headed by ex-senator Sergei Pugachev. The shipyard’s assets were pledged to [...]
![“In Nearest 5-10 Years we Must Rearm our Navy and Army in Full”, Russian Prime Minister Says]()
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin outlined the necessity of complete rearmament of Russian Army and Navy within the next 5-10 years. “In the nearest 5-10 years we must rearm our Navy and Army in full”, Putin said appearing at the United Russia Party congress. “We plan to engage not only defense industry but civil [...]
