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Foreign machine tools in the russian production of tanks and air defense systems. The sections “Instruments of War” and “Components in Weapons” have been updated.
26.03.2025
INSTRUMENTS OF WAR
37 units of foreign technological equipment used by:
- enterprises of the Almaz-Antey Concern, whose main products are anti-aircraft missile systems, as well as missiles for them;
- the largest russian manufacturer of tanks and armored vehicles - Uralvagonzavod.

COMPONENTS IN WEAPONS
39 components of the GERAN-2 (Shahed-136) ЬІ-8465 UAV
russian museum managers, the Naryshkin Historical Society and archaeological treasures stolen from Crimea. Stolen Heritage section updated.
24.03.2025
Added to the section:

- 14 russian museum managers who conduct propaganda activities in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, integrate Ukrainian museums into the russian museum space, Head of the russian foreign intelligence service Sergei Naryshkin, the russian Historical Society and the History of the Fatherland Foundation, and the foundation's executive director Ruslan Gagkuev.

- 164 archaeological objects that were illegally excavated and taken by russian archaeologists during the excavations of two ancient Greek cities of Nymphaeum and Pantikapaion in the temporarily occupied Crimea.
New flags of the shadow tanker fleet of the russian federation and the “cover” country. The section “Shadow fleet” has been updated.
22.03.2025
The list includes 35 vessels, including tankers affiliated with russian shadow fleet operators - Fractal Marine Shipping (UAE), Gatik Ship Management (India), Sun Ship Management (UAE), Hennesea Holdings Limited (UAE).

The data on shadow fleet tankers, which have changed their identification data and ownership structure in recent months to circumvent sanctions, has been updated:
- Hong Kong, China, and the russian federation were added to the list of the main jurisdictions of registration of companies owning/managing shadow tankers;
- Comoros, Curacao, Djibouti, Guyana, Gambia, São Tomé and Príncipe, Tanzania, and the United Republic of Tanzania joined the list of "convenient" flags.

Deadweight and P&I club insurance were added to the tanker's characteristics.
Components in weapons: russian and foreign gyroscopes in Tornado-S MLRS shells. Sections of the portal have been updated.
03.03.2025
 
COMPONENTS IN WEAPONS
Two fiber-optic gyroscopes are used simultaneously in the guided missiles of the Tornado-S multiple launch rocket system:
• TIUS500 manufactured by the russian LLC NVK OPTOLINK;
• a foreign-made product without manufacturer's marking, which has indicator seals in Chinese and visual similarity to AgileLight gyroscopes manufactured by BWSENSING.
Information and photos of the foreign-made product and russian gyroscope components are published in the section.
In addition, Belarusian-made components in Kh-69 missiles and the circular CRP antenna of the GERAN-2 (Shahed-136) UAV have been added.

INSTRUMENTS OF WAR
17 units of foreign-made technological equipment used by russian missile manufacturers JSC VOTKINSKY ZAVOD and JSC TsNIIAG.

UAV MANUFACTURERS:
Three russian UAV manufacturing companies and ten products they produce, including FPV drones, reconnaissance and transport UAVs, and decoys.

STOLEN HERITAGE
Three individuals involved in the appropriation of Ukrainian cultural heritage and the erasure of Ukrainian history:
• Dmitry Petrovich Bak - director of the State Museum of the History of russian Literature named after V.I. Dahl, member of the Board of the Association of the russian Historical Society,
• Tatyana Viktorovna Umrykhina - the so-called "director general" of the State Budgetary Institution of the Republic of Crimea "East Crimean Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve",
• Konstantin Andreevich Podrezov - rector of the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education "Tula State Pedagogical University named after L.M. Tolstoy",
as well as the State Budgetary Institution of the Republic of Crimea "Central Museum of Tavrida", which stores illegally exported museum exhibits from the Kherson Art Museum.

MARINE VESSELS
91 seagoing vessels involved in servicing the energy sector of the russian economy, exporting Iranian and russian fossil fuels, considered part of the shadow fleet.

CHAMPIONS OF TERROR
Three russian athletes who play for the russian ministry of defense's CSKA, visit the occupied territories of Ukraine, and support the russian authorities - bobsledder Maxim Andrianov, gymnast Denis Ablyazin, and skier Alexei Chervotkin.
Executives of war. The management structure of the russian MIC and the people involved are published
24.02.2025
Major decisions regarding the russian military-industrial complex are made personally by putin. However, there are a number of collegial bodies directly and indirectly subordinated to him that formulate and implement the state policy of the russian military-industrial complex, state defense orders and the transition of the economy to a military orientation.

These bodies are composed of officials of various ranks who are close and most loyal to the president of the russian federation, heads of law enforcement agencies and military-industrial complex enterprises. Some of them have been in office since 2014 and are members of several such bodies.

In September 2014, putin subordinated to himself the main body that shapes state policy in the military-industrial complex - the Military-Industrial Commission. Previously, the commission was subordinated to the government.
The commission is composed of:
- The Board of the Military-Industrial Commission - the executive body;
- The Scientific and Technical Council, which is responsible for the scientific and technical development of the military-industrial complex.

When, after the start of the full-scale invasion, problems of efficiency and completeness of control began to appear in the organization of the management of the russian military-industrial complex, putin created two more bodies to improve the situation:
- The Coordination Council under the Government of the russian federation for Meeting the Needs of the Armed Forces, Other Troops, Military Formations and Bodies.
The Council was established in October 2022 to quickly resolve issues of cooperation and make strategic decisions. It includes heads of all law enforcement agencies and financial institutions, representatives of the government and the presidential administration;
- The Presidential Directorate for State Policy in the Defense Industry.
The Directorate was established in December 2024 to oversee and control the activities of the military-industrial complex, as well as external cooperation with other states in the military sphere.

Today, the scheme and composition of the following main governing bodies of the Russian military-industrial complex have been published.
Manufacturers and components of X-101 and X-69 missiles, S-70 Okhotnik, Kartograph, Phoenix and other UAVs
18.02.2025
 
COMPONENTS IN WEAPONS:
Components of the X-101 and X-69 cruise missiles, universal interspecies cruise missile (UICM).

UAV MANUFACTURERS:
Companies involved in the production of UAVs S-70 "Hunter", Ptero (Cartographer), Phoenix and others.
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