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the Symbol of the meeting of the Board of the Military-industrial Commission, which was held at the National defence control centre of the country under the leadership of Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Yuri Borisov, could be sculpture Vucetic “swords into plowshares” that is installed at the UN building in new York. And all because the authority responsible for the rearmament of the army, gathered in order to discuss problems of peace – the issue of “defense industry”… civilian products. Correspondent “MK” heard than ready to please the country’s leading enterprises of the military-industrial complex.

About the importance of the Military-industrial Commission of the Russian Federation can be partly judged by the fact that it is headed by the President personally. Led Board MIC – in charge of the defense industry Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov, in the recent past – the Deputy Minister of defence for armaments.

the Theme of this issue of the defense enterprises of civilian goods did not occur by chance. The army for ten years, almost rearmed, the volume of the defensive order objctive reduced. Do not close unnecessary companies that produce missiles and tanks. They are hundreds of thousands of people. Many Saudi are forming. The authorities social tensions to anything. And without that cares suffice.

that is why the President and outlined the defense industry milestones. Blood from a nose it is necessary to ensure the achievement of the share of production of high-tech civilian products in the total production volume of defense enterprises to 30% by 2025 and 50% by 2030.

what now? As said Yuri Borisov at the meeting of the Board of MIC, at the end of 2019 this figure at 24%. I would like more. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister says, “the potential of defense enterprises remains unfulfilled enough”.

If the world arms market positions of our defence solid enough (second place after the US in arms exports), in the field of civilian products of the Russian defence companies to compete have not yet learned. As a result, the country even with the implementation of national projects the lion’s share of budget spending is forced to give foreign producers.

According to the Treasury, the share of domestic goods in the price of the contracts in the framework of national projects for the first half of 2020 amounted to only 22% or 169 billion. While technology and equipment of domestic production purchased only to 42.6 billion rubles.

So the concern is Yuri Borisov is understandable: “Colleagues, – he addressed to the participants of the meeting, we should work more dynamically. I assure you, demand will be the toughest, because diversification of defence industry – is the task set before us by the President, and which requires the unconditional implementation”.

Lame performance discipline within the framework of the diversification of the defence industry. Many formal OTES��to and requests for postponement of the execution of the instructions of the government. “Pay attention to the inadmissibility of the exercise of this kind,” warned Deputy Prime Minister.

Strange that the defense industry accounts for campaigning “for Soviet power”. The money at stake is considerable. Capacity of domestic market of goods and services that pass through the public procurement, is nearly 30 trillion(!) rubles.

for Example, only through national projects in the years 2019-2024, the government provides for the purchase of equipment of Russian origin in volume not less than 3,2 trillion roubles. Including at least 1.4 trillion rubles of production should supply the defence sector. This, incidentally, is roughly equal to the annual amount of gosoboronzakaza.

At the Board meeting of the military industrial complex gave the floor to the leaders of “civil proceedings”. Those among the defense industry is, there is. For example, in Moscow, Yekaterinburg, Kovrov. And they showed itself in the most unexpected areas of the economy.

Now think about what conversions can dream the developer of the strategic missiles “Topol-M”, “YARS” and “Bulava” – the Moscow Institute of thermal technology? General designer Mita was one of the first Heroes of Labor for the development of nuclear-missile shield of the Motherland. But, it turns out, on the peaceful field MIT scored. Created with his participation station ozonosorption provide more than 60% of the needs of Moscow in clean water.

In the coming years, Moscow power water treatment technologies of ozonosorption will grow. The experience I want to replicate across the country. So, 12 cities in the Moscow region are already receiving water cleaned at the stations of ozonosorption.

With clean water in the country trouble. Yuri Solomonov, has resulted data according to which 40% of the population uses water that does not meet the requirements. As a result, each year on 11 thousand increased mortality due to poor water and 3 million per year the number of cases for the same reason.

Another defense enterprise – the Ekaterinburg machine-building plant imeni M. I. Kalinina, specializing in the production of air defense, has mastered the production of utility vehicles with a full set of equipment for winter and summer. Ready to put a hundred a year, but while our municipalities are not so rich.

the Kovrov electro-mechanical plant together with the holding “Precision complexes” has put on stream production of modern tractors. The basis is the imported product, but gradually the level of localization of production of components will grow.

Tractors are already working on the Crimean vineyards of Massandra. Most interesting in this project, perhaps, that the holding “Precision complexes” – is a developer and manufacturer of a dangerous weapon – rocket complexes “Iskander” and anti-aircraft missile and gun systems “Pantsir-S1”.

Further discussion of the problems of diversification of the defense industry continued without journalists. As the civil production of secrecy has, presumably, participating in the online discussion of the issues enterprise managers have said something not intended for journalistic ears. May explained what awaits them if the performance of the presidential tasks will be disrupted.

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Jennifer Alvarez is an investigative journalist and is a correspondent for European Union. She is based in Zurich in Switzerland and her field of work include covering human rights violations which take place in the various countries in and outside Europe. She also reports about the political situation in European Union. She has worked with some reputed companies in Europe and is currently contributing to USA News as a freelance journalist. As someone who has a Masters’ degree in Human Rights she also delivers lectures on Intercultural Management to students of Human Rights. She is also an authority on the Arab world politics and their diversity.