Good news from Russia

[Victor]

As a proper Kremlin bot, I've decided to make a frequent review of news about Russian economics, science, industry etc.

[Victor]

- Russia will produce aircraft jointly with Belarus. We are talking about the serial production of a twin-engine 19-seater aircraft. The first joint aircraft should be ready by 2026, and by 2030 it is planned to produce at least 85-100 units.

- The St. Petersburg Machine-Building Plant has developed a three-axle swamp-propelled chassis. On the basis of the chassis, the production of the forvader and the STANISLAV-704 logging truck was established for logging. The model combines two functions: as a forwarder-picker, it can sort and load itself with timber, and then transport it and unload it at the nearest warehouse. The chassis with three drive axles ensures maximum cross-country ability on marshy soils.

- Kaluga Electromechanical Plant (Roselektronika) has started production of software and hardware complexes Pelena and Palantir. The first one is designed to create automatic intelligent control systems for equipment and engineering systems, "Palantir" – for monitoring and forecasting the environmental situation at urban and industrial facilities.

- Employees of South Ural State University (SUSU) have created a device that measures temperature several times more accurately than existing analogues in the world, and at the same time does not require regular maintenance. The latter is essential, for example, on a space satellite or at a nuclear power plant, where it is almost impossible to carry out maintenance of the temperature sensor. Ferrites were used to create the device – a chemically inert, thermally stable material that is not affected even by high background radiation. The developed sensor verifies itself in each heating-cooling cycle.

- Also, SUSU engineers, together with colleagues from Bauman Moscow State Technical University, with the support of the URAL Automobile Plant (Miass), have created a road train for transporting goods in the Arctic. The road train is able to travel up to 500 km without refueling, overcoming water and snow obstacles up to 1.5 m high. The prototype has already successfully passed factory and sea trials at the landfill. The launch of mass production is scheduled for 2025.

- Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant DST-URAL has released bulldozers to search for minerals in motion due to the high-speed collection of high-resolution seismic data during geological exploration. The collection of seismic data makes it possible to assess the properties of terrestrial rocks.

- A new state nature reserve of republican significance "Ust-Pozhegsky" has been created in Komi. It is located in Syktyvkar district, 40 kilometers northwest of Syktyvkar. The mesooligotrophic swamp system Medla-Pev-Nur is located on the territory of the projected reserve. The area of the reserve is 1,530 hectares. The specially protected natural area has a hydrological (swamp) profile.

- Myanmar has officially joined the Russian SPFS settlement system replacing SWIFT. Mir payment system cards will start working in Myanmar on February 20.

- Novatek's Arctic LNG-2 plant will ship the first batch of liquefied natural gas in February. Within the framework of the Arctic LNG-2 project, three lines, each with a capacity of 6.6 million tons, should be launched. So far, only the first line has been put into operation. Raw materials are supplied to the plant from the Morning deposit (Gydan Peninsula, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District).

- Kaluga Electromechanical Plant of the holding "Roselektronika" in 2023 was able to increase the production of synchronous motors by 62%. During the year, the company produced 18 thousand engines. In 2024, CAMZ is going to further increase production figures. Synchronous motors are used in machine tool construction, automotive industry, as well as gas and oil production, transportation, elevator construction and unmanned industries.

- Starting from 2024, the Northern Sea Route will switch to year-round operation throughout the entire route.

- The Admiralty Shipyards Shipyard has successfully completed sea trials of the large freezing fishing trawler Kapitan Martynov of the ST-192 project. On the southern and northern stocks of the enterprise, the formation of buildings and equipment saturation of the fifth and sixth BMRT ("Captain Yunak" and "Mechanic Shcherbakov") continues.

- Kalashnikov has introduced a new drone SKAT 350 M. A sample of the device will be presented at the World Defense Show (WDS) 2024 in Riyadh. The 350 M RAMP is based on the highly upgraded Supercam 350 drone. The new device has improved aerodynamic properties due to the new wing design. The ground control system has also been upgraded. The 350 M RAMP can fly for up to 6 hours, reach speeds from 72 to 120 km/h. The range of the radio line and the duration of the video channel are 70-100 km, the maximum take—off weight is 15 kg.

- Inter RAO Group has completed the modernization of three GRES power units. As a result of the modernization, the installed capacity of Permskaya GRES power unit No. 1 increased to 850 MW, power unit No.2 Kostroma GRES — up to 330 MW, power unit no.2 Gusinoozerskaya GRES — up to 210 MW. All the equipment was produced by Russian machine-building enterprises.

- The expedition "Russia 360" started from Murmansk. The expedition will take place from January to December along the entire land border of our country. The expedition participants will make a map of the northern regions in need of cleaning. The data on accumulated garbage will be used within the framework of the Clean Arctic project, which traditionally starts in June.

- Russian resident Vladimir Putin has given permission to begin construction of the Leningrad nuclear icebreaker. The solemn ceremony of laying the fifth serial universal nuclear icebreaker project 22220 took place on the slipway of the Baltic Plant on the eve of the 80th anniversary of the complete liberation of the hero city of Leningrad from the Nazi blockade. The Leningrad nuclear icebreaker will be equipped with a 175 MW RITM-200 power plant. The two-stage design of the vessel will allow it to be used both in Arctic waters and in the mouths of polar rivers.

- An automated washing complex has been put into operation in the repair shop of mining equipment at Stoilensky GOK: it allows faster and better maintenance and repair of the main components of the equipment. The complex has reduced the time for washing parts from lubricants and contaminants by six times – from three hours to 30 minutes. The sink is designed for parts weighing up to 15 tons.

- Welding of the main circulation pipeline has begun at the construction site of the second unit of the Kursk NPP-2. The pipeline will connect the main equipment of the primary circuit of the power unit: the reactor vessel, steam generators and main circulation pumps.

- Russia has tripled chocolate exports to China. In 2023, more than 33 thousand tons of chocolate were delivered to China. In 2024, Russian chocolate will continue to conquer the Chinese market. It is planned to promote Russian confectionery products under the umbrella brand "Russian Sweets".

- SvetoCopy paper manufacturer — Svetogorsky Pulp and Paper Mill has completely transferred all IT systems and services of the company to domestic solutions (previously, the pulp and paper mill was part of the American holding company for the production of paper and cardboard Sylvamo Corporation). A phased migration of productive systems to the new IT infrastructure was carried out as soon as possible.

- A network of production and distribution centers specializing in the production and storage of mineral fertilizers and special chemicals has been deployed in the Far East. The production network will appear in Yakutia, the Amur region, Zabaikalsky, Khabarovsk Territories and Primorye. The planned production volumes range from 30 to 100 thousand tons per year. The first issue is expected in 2027-2028. The volume of investments will amount to about 40 billion rubles. Up to 500 jobs will be created at the enterprises.

- A new repair box has been built at the Kirbinsky mine (an asset of the Russian Coal company in Khakassia) for year-round repair and maintenance of more than 50 units of heavy-duty and auxiliary equipment. The repair box will allow you not to stop the workflow in any weather conditions and carry out repairs in a comfortable environment. In addition to wheeled vehicles, tracked vehicles can also be serviced here.

- Specialists of the Main Military Clinical Hospital named after Academician N.N.Burdenko are developing a technology for replacing soft tissues using a robotic 3d printer and biochernils, which are a solution of collagen and the patient's own cells. The delivery of biochernils directly into the wound allows you to do without pre-growing the equivalents of the patient's tissue, which significantly speeds up the healing process. The hospital has already performed an operation to replace the soft tissues of the forearm by bioprinting.

- United Engine Corporation supplied four GPA-16 gas pumping units with a total capacity of 64 MW for the Power of Siberia. GPA-16 units are used in booster and linear compressor stations, they are manufactured on the basis of industrial gas turbine engines PS-90GP2 and AL-31ST. The total capacity of the supplied gas turbine equipment for the main part of the Power of Siberia gas pipeline will exceed 400 MW.

- Encor, the country's largest enterprise for the production of components for solar energy, has started operating in the Kaliningrad Region. The production will allow the annual production of over 200 million silicon wafers. The next stage of the technological chain will be provided by a plant for the production of photovoltaic cells for a total of 1 GW. The production of cells will be launched in the near future.

- Engineers of the Russian Prosthetic Company have created a unique knee module "Kinesis-1" with microprocessor control. The project replaces foreign samples with imports and is already ready to enter mass production. The prosthesis with an innovative knee module is synchronized with a mobile application and a smart bracelet and
is able to fully and intuitively perform the functions of a normal healthy limb. The software and component base are entirely of domestic production.

- The model of the SJ-100 aircraft with the Russian PD-8 engine has been successfully tested in a wind tunnel.

- The largest tire manufacturing plant will be restarted in Ulyanovsk. The production site used to belong to Bridgestone, now the assets have been transferred to a new Russian owner. The working staff will be fully preserved (about 1,000 people worked at the plant). It is planned that the plant will gradually start producing over 2 million tires per year.

- Roselektronika has developed a line of infrared filters for extreme conditions. Filters can be used both in civilian video surveillance systems and used in thermal imagers and guidance systems. Filters retain their properties during storms, with heavy smoke, humidity up to 98% and temperatures from -60 to 70 degrees.

- Russian scientists have patented a project for a natural cryopreservation facility for paleontological materials. Special cold wells accumulate winter cold during the winter months and retain it during the summer months. It will be possible to store mammoth remains in cryophages, among other things.

- Kuzbassrazrezugol Management Company has introduced digital technology to train employees in the rules of OTiPB using 3D VR glasses. With their help, production situations are simulated, where possible risks in case of TB violation are clearly demonstrated. VR glasses provide the effect of full immersion in what is happening.

- The Ministry of Agriculture reported record revenue from the export of agricultural products. In 2023, revenue exceeded $45 billion for the first time.

- A medical ship is being built in the Port Kolomna industrial and port complex. This is a floating hospital of the 132PK project for the needs of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug (Yugra). The new ship will replace the Nikolai Pirogov, which has been treating residents of Yugra for 30 years and will become Russia's first riverboat, originally designed for a medical facility. Flights are scheduled for 2026. The cost of creating a vessel is over 1 billion rubles. The new ship will have at least 25 rooms for the reception of specialist doctors. The vessel will accommodate 26 medical workers and 10 crew members. Specialists will be able to help residents of the most remote and hard-to-reach settlements.

- Rosatom has created ultra-high pressure cylinders for storing and transporting hydrogen. Prototypes of metal composite cylinders of various volumes have been successfully tested with an operating pressure of 700 atmospheres. When creating the cylinders, materials and components manufactured by enterprises of the composite division of Rosatom were used.

- Roscosmos is ready to launch Angara from the Vostochny cosmodrome in April 2024. Preparatory work at the Angara launch complex at the Vostochny cosmodrome has been completed by 99%. Earlier, Angara launches were carried out in Plesetsk. The launch vehicle will be launched from Vostochny for the first time.

- The first seven diesel locomotives of the 3TE28 series, produced at the Bryansk Machine-Building Plant, were put into operation at BAM. Five more locomotives will be delivered to the mainline in the near future.

- The newest icebreaker Ivan Frolov began to be built at the shipyards of St. Petersburg. It will allow replacing outdated scientific vessels and bringing research work in Antarctica to a new level. Several laboratories for scientific work will be installed on the ship. The vessel can be used as an icebreaker, cargo ship or tanker. The ship should be launched by the end of 2028.

- In 2023, 14.8 thousand birds and animals were released into the natural habitat in the Rostov region. This is reported by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the region. 15 hunting farms of the region are engaged in breeding animals in semi-voluntary conditions.

- As part of the General Cleaning project, Emma Bay (Chukotka) will be cleaned this summer. The wrecks will be lifted from the reservoir, cut up and disposed of. 67 million rubles have been allocated for cleaning the bay. In parallel with the dismantling work, further inspection, cleaning and monitoring of the water areas of the region will continue.*

- A branch of the Nakhimov Naval School will be opened in Mariupol by the beginning of the new academic year. The complex will consist of five buildings connected by covered walkways and located around the parade ground. The school is equipped with classrooms, laboratories, a library, an assembly hall, television and photo studios, a choreography class and an office of the automobile department. The educational institution has a capacity of 560 places.

[CosmoLady]

What do you think of the new Sukhoi Superjet 100, made with all Russian parts?

Previous versions apparently relied on foreign components.

(For those who do not know, the Superjet is the Russian Airbus)

What do you think about Russian commercial aircraft in general, from today and from the Soviet era?

[Victor]

What do you think of the new Sukhoi Superjet 100, made with all Russian parts?

Previous versions apparently relied on foreign components.

(For those who do not know, the Superjet is the Russian Airbus)

What do you think about Russian commercial aircraft in general, from today and from the Soviet era?

I think this sphere should develop a lot to become really quality and it's just the time for it, just like for lots of other stuff.

[CosmoLady]

Russia is following an import substitution policy,
similar to Japan, Korea, Asia post-WW2, and the US in the early 1800s and between the Civil War and WW2.
This is usually successful and beneficial for the nation.
Russia certainly has the human intelligence, resources, and capabilities to do so.
The economy and the rouble have been doing very well. Good luck!

On a lighter note

"We will replace"

[Victor]

Russia is following an import substitution policy similar to Japan, Korea, Asia post-WW2, and the US between the Civil War and WW2.
Russia certainly has the human intelligence, resources, and capabilities to do so.
The economy and the rouble have been doing very well. Good luck!

On a lighter note

"We will replace"

In lots of spheres we needed a punch in the ass to start it finally, because post USSR colonial elites literally acted like "we will buy everything needed". It became less after 2008-2010, but the 2022 one is a real firestarter. And it's not about some chains of coffee shops and other minor stuff, but about spheres which bring billions to the country. But still, it's funny for me when some foreigners speak something about Russia like we're in 1993, like something default.

[Victor]

- Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko opened a new winter complex of the Vostok station in Antarctica via videoconference. The total area of the complex is more than 3,000 sq. m. The station will house scientific laboratories, residential and public premises, energy centers and technical units for a water purification and storage system. The complex will allow to accommodate 35 seasonal specialists at a time, as well as up to 15 people during the wintering period.

- The Lena River Shipping Company plans to prepare 306 units of the fleet for the upcoming navigation. Icebreaking and freezing works are currently underway in six branches of the shipping company. It is necessary to select more than 7 thousand cubic meters of ice so that workers have access to the hulls and steering complexes of the vessels under repair.

- Starting from February 1, the Murmansk Region will resume accepting applications for the "Your Home in the Arctic" program. Northerners will be able to receive from 1 to 1.5 million rubles for the purchase of a ready-made house, a house kit or construction from scratch. 500 million rubles have been allocated for the implementation of the program this year. An important change has been made to the program: restrictions on the availability of real estate have been lifted for participants of the SVO and veterans of military operations.

- This year, it is planned to open two more trade and logistics centers (TLCs) in Momsky and Verkhoyansky districts in the Arctic regions of Yakutia. To date, 8 such facilities are already operating. The main task of TLC is to restrain prices for socially important food products in the Arctic.

- TSAGI specialists have successfully completed a cycle of aerodynamic tests of the SJ-100 aircraft with Russian PD-8 engines, which should replace the French SaM146 engines. The research was carried out both at takeoff and landing modes and in a wide range of cruising Mach numbers.

- Rosenergoatom has replaced previously imported software for 95% of jobs. In 2023, together with technological partners, three fully domestic trusted software and hardware complexes were developed and implemented.

- Ural Optical and Mechanical Plant named after E.S. Yalamov has developed a special module for a traffic light that is able to duplicate its signal to the roadway. In the near future, the new device will be tested on the streets of Yekaterinburg. The module is designed to operate at temperatures from -40°C to +60 °C.

- Kazan Helicopter Plant supplied a batch of 15 Mi-8MTV-1 helicopters to regional airlines.* The machines are capable of operating in conditions from -50 to +50, equipped with additional outboard fuel tanks to increase the flight range. The modification was carried out for the installation of a side boom with a rescue winch, with a load capacity of 300 kg. The helicopters went to Siberia, the Far East and the Far North. In total, 86 Mi-8 helicopters are expected to be delivered in 2024.

- Zaporozhie and Kherson regions, as well as the DPR and LPR, will receive 1.2 billion rubles for clearing rivers and repairing dams. In the Zaporozhye region, they will continue to clear the Molochnaya River. In addition, the Domuzlu, Maly Utlyuk, Obitochnaya, Kurushana, Belozerka rivers will be cleared. Major repairs of hydraulic engineering structures (GTS) are also planned in the regions in the next three years, including GTS at the Berdyansk reservoir, as well as on the Domuzla and Belozerka rivers. This is important to ensure safety during the period of river level rise, water supply and territorial development.

- The Russian Orbital Station (ROS) will have a supercomputer for processing data received from satellites. Data processing at the station will increase the efficiency of the orbital groupings by saving energy for communication and increasing useful information. The station will also be equipped with a 3D printer for printing components. This will increase the service life of satellite groupings.

- Russia has developed new anti-drone missiles for the Pantsir-SM complexes. Now one Pantsir-SM air defense system can be equipped with twelve standard-sized missiles, and in the upgraded version it will be possible to install 48 mini-missiles. After the completion of the tests, new types of weapons will be sent to the area of their defense.

- Rosatom and Tomsk Polytechnic University have created an installation for the decontamination of radiation-contaminated concrete by electric discharge. When using the new method, cleaning occurs due to pulsed electrical discharges that chip the surface layer of concrete to the desired depth. The main advantage of the new method over the mechanical one is the absence of radioactive dust during the dismantling of radiation-contaminated concrete structures.

- MAI specialists have replaced the import composition, which is necessary for the production of printed circuit boards for electronic devices. The composition is applied before the metallization of the board. The board is covered with a special conductive layer on which the metal will settle. This stage is called activation. The new composition (based on ammonia) is more than 40 times cheaper than traditional palladium, as well as easier to manufacture and maintain.

- The Prince Pozharsky submarine missile carrier will be launched from the boathouse at Sevmash on February 3. It is planned that the project 955A nuclear-powered vessel will become part of the Northern Fleet by the end of 2024. The Prince Pozharsky is the fifth nuclear submarine under construction under the upgraded Borey-A project 955A. The laying of the ship took place on December 23, 2016. The ships of this and the previous project 955 each carry 16 Bulava solid-fuel ICBMs.

- The construction of the largest coal conveyor is being completed on Sakhalin. In the spring of 2024, a trial launch of the 23-kilometer conveyor complex of the Eastern Mining Company will take place.

- Rosatom is starting cooperation with a network of specialized educational and scientific centers for schoolchildren in grades 8-11 based on leading universities. The task of the SUNC is the initial training of highly qualified personnel. The training is based on the boarding school system, which will allow selecting the most gifted high school students from different regions of Russia and creating conditions for maximum immersion in learning, science, and creativity.

[gixajo]

"The thread brought directly from the cold war"

You can post 100 triumphalist news stories a day about how well everything is going (they could even all be true), and despite everything, if just one fundamental thing fails (and you are not even able to determine what it is), absolutely none of them will have any value.

Congratulations Russia, you have a future full of industrial successes that will lead you to great material progress!

Come on Russia, repeat history to see if doing the same thing the result is different! After all, this current world is different from the one left behind, right?

[gixajo]

As a proper Kremlin bot, I've decided to make a frequent review of news about Russian economics, science, industry etc.

Until I see that you invent an effective and long-lasting hair grower, you won't convince me, Victor.

[Victor]

Congratulations Russia, you have a future full of industrial successes that will lead you to great material progress!

But wait, this war and everything else related is supposed to devastate us as a country (same words for two years) and show we cannot exist without Western World. All the things I list directly influence on life of the country, its prosperity, infrastructure, logistics, comfort of everyday life, which people like you pretend not to be different from 1993 here.