Russia Economy Thread

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don't believe anything what ''tonyget'' post ..

are those random source more authentic than Russian foreign minister and Central Bank chief ?? there is no doubt, there are problems but western media as usual exaggerating..

Reuters wasn't the only one reporting this.

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Lavrov Says Russia, China Almost Dedollarized Their Trade​

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Russia-China trade hitting new heights .. nothing can beat this evidence..

That may be, but issues like the one tonyget mention need to be solved. Neither country should be satisfied with present growth. More integration and cooperation should be pursued.

 

[gelgoog]

Reminder again, that China gained bigly at the expense of Germans when the latter cut off Russia. All that manufacturing export shifted from Germany to China almost overnight.

China replaced the German exports of vehicles (cars, trucks), as well as consumer appliances to Russia.
China is a very valid replacement for basically everything that Russia used to get from Europe except for aircraft.
I think China has a decent stab at the Russian market for helicopters and small aircraft if they work at it.

Interestingly enough, this also happened to exports into Saudi Arabia, even though there was no war going on.
Either way, this showed the Russians you can have China fully replacing the West.

Reuters wasn't the only one reporting this.
That may be, but issues like the one tonyget mention need to be solved. Neither country should be satisfied with present growth. More integration and cooperation should be pursued.

Yes there are issues. There is a need for a BRICS wide payment platform that is immune to US pressure that is for sure.
And there is no good reason why the New Development Bank issues loans in USD. Russia was a major contributor to the NDB and they are locked out of their own funds.

 

[pmc]

Russia upper house Chairperson went to a Grozny. She was told 10 more schools needed.
The school that under construction has capacity of 2500. It is not just the big buildings but the small classroom size which means more teachers to manage it and higher quality of education from ground up. There is underlying message of Soft Power to set direction of society.

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We need to build schools where there is a positive demographic situation, where the number of children increases every year, and even build ahead of schedule so that they have the opportunity to receive a quality education in a timely manner.

Valentina Matvienko, Chairman of the Federation Council

They are expecting to build 40 large Campuses by 2036 and large scale Mega Science installations. All these things will need Phd teachers. This mega scale investments in human capital.

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To create comfortable living conditions for students, at least 25 campuses will be created by 2030 on the instructions of the head of state, and by 2036 the program will be expanded to 40 such large projects. To ensure the implementation of advanced research, a large-scale network of unique scientific installations of the "megascience" class is being created in Russia today.

"Today, more than 20 universities in the country train specialists for nuclear energy and nuclear technologies, the majority of students study at MEPhI and its branches. It is important that personnel training, as well as scientific research and development, are carried out in five universities - participants of the Priority-2030 program and five advanced engineering schools," noted Dmitry Chernyshenko

impressions are obviously positive at higher level every desk have a computer. Iranian students are highly regarded and Russia want to attract more of them.

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Students from Iran shared their impressions of the summer school of the St. Petersburg Mining University​

48K Chinese students in Russian universities now and that exclude in preparatory departments.

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Forty-eight thousand Chinese students are currently studying at Russian universities, which is almost ten thousand more than in the previous academic year
She stressed that the figure of forty-eight thousand students does not include representatives of China studying in preparatory departments of Russian universities

 

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China replaced the German exports of vehicles (cars, trucks), as well as consumer appliances to Russia.
China is a very valid replacement for basically everything that Russia used to get from Europe except for aircraft.
I think China has a decent stab at the Russian market for helicopters and small aircraft if they work at it.




Yes there are issues. There is a need for a BRICS wide payment platform that is immune to US pressure that is for sure.
And there is no good reason why the New Development Bank issues loans in USD. Russia was a major contributor to the NDB and they are locked out of their own funds.

For a BRICS-wide payment platform that is immune to US pressure, brazil would have to join, which would involve a revolution, the overthrow of their oligarchy and a new regime, as all legal political parties are US allies and has been like that since the US-backed coup in 1964 and the army tightly monitors this status-quo since then. I honestly think Brazil should be expelled if they refuse to adopt it, its economic downturn is permanent due to monopolies, cartels and and a ponzi scheme in its dictatorship debt which was never audited, has been downhill since the mid 2010s and will likely go into the path of argentina.

 

[pmc]

This thing will cost about $5b and they are confident about creating it.

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The Ministry of Digital Development has announced plans to create a Russian analogue of Starlink in 2027​

According to him, this is a very important area, and "we are fully developing our own technologies." Shadayev recalled that two test launches for testing developments have already taken place in the Russian Federation. "Everything is going well, according to plans. An extremely complex ambitious technological task. But we are confident that we will successfully solve it," the head of the Ministry of Digital Development concluded.

Work on the project to provide satellite broadband Internet access in the Russian Federation is being carried out by Bureau 1440 LLC (formerly Megafon 1440, part of the ICS Holding IT group) - a Russian private space company founded in 2020. The company aims to create a commercial low-orbit satellite broadband service with global coverage.

Starting in 2025, it plans to launch 10-12 rockets into orbit per year, each carrying about 15 satellites, the company previously reported. Bureau 1440 plans to create and launch more than 900 low-orbit satellites of its own by 2035. The company has already launched six as part of two experimental missions in June 2023 and May 2024. In addition, in May, Bureau 1440 completed the first series of tests of its own laser inter-satellite communications system.

As Interfax

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in July, the federal project "Development of the Infrastructure for Public Access to the Internet" of the national project "Data Economy", which is launched in 2025, may be financed from the federal budget in 2025-2030 under the conservative scenario in the amount of 116 billion rubles, and under the base scenario - 281.6 billion rubles. Within the framework of the project, in particular, it is planned to create a low-orbit satellite group to provide broadband Internet access, consisting of 292 spacecraft.

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The Ministry of Digital Development plans to begin research into the 6G mobile communications standard in 2025​

Moscow. September 17. INTERFAX.RU - Scientific research into the sixth generation (6G) mobile communications standard in Russia is planned to begin in 2025, said Russian Ministry of Digital Development Maksut Shadayev.

"The Ministry of Digital Development plans to begin scientific research on the 6G standard in 2025. We will begin to research and finance all of this," Shadayev told journalists at the first International Technology Congress.

He noted that the research will be conducted within the framework of the national project "Data Economy". At the same time, the Russian Federation plans cooperation with friendly countries.

It was previously reported that the strategy for the development of the communications industry until 2035, approved at the end of 2023, provides for the development and start of trial operation of Russian equipment of 5G and 6G-Ready standards at the first stage (2023-2030).

Only high disposable income can afford this scale of tourism. Russia has many tourist places and they not cheap.

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Domestic and inbound tourism to Russia hits record highs​

Domestic and inbound tourism to Russia hit a record high in July, with 22.4 million tourists, according to Rosstat, the Russian state statistics agency.

some of modern complexs upcoming in Crimea. Crimea is Russia Northern California. These Wineries, Hills , fog and up and down streets.

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Are they going to build it in Crimea?

 

[pmc]

Winepark. most of things are already built few years ago. but it keep expanding.

 

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Russia is creating rare equipment for the production of microelectronics to replace Chinese equipment

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has ordered the development of a unit for washing and drying special containers for storing silicon wafers. Almost half a billion has been allocated for its development. Such equipment is currently being purchased in China.

Silicon Containers

As CNews has found out, the Ministry of Industry and Trade has ordered the creation of a facility for washing and drying SMIF containers for silicon wafers. RUB 476.8 million has been allocated for this work, according to the government procurement portal .

SMIF containers allow for the storage and movement of wafer assemblies between installations while maintaining increased cleanliness.

The installation is designed for group processing of SMIF containers and cassettes for plates with diameters of 150 mm and 200 mm. Its creation will be undertaken by the All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics . Two and a half years have been allocated for the work.

Increased level of cleanliness

"The importance of this installation is that the SMIF container in the production cycle allows for an increased level of cleanliness when transferring wafers in the production cycle," a representative of the Ministry of Industry and Trade told CNews . "The use of such containers significantly reduces the introduced defects and, as a result, increases the yield of suitable ones. Due to such requirements for cleanliness, a separate installation is required to wash the containers from contamination."

As explained to CNews by the Ministry, the users of such installations are, first of all, Mikron , Istok im. Shokina , NIIS im. Sedakov, NZPP Vostok. "We estimate the demand for these installations at no less than 10 units in the perspective of 2030," the Ministry of Industry and Trade concluded.

Components and materials for installation must be of domestic production .

As a CNews source in the microelectronics market explained, the equipment for installation and drying is usually purchased in China. "Tentatively, Russia needs dozens of units of such equipment," he noted. Such installations, for example, are manufactured by the Chinese company HEYAN.

Mastering microelectronics

After the introduction of sanctions against Russia in 2022, the country began active work on developing equipment for microelectronics . For example, at the end of August 2024, CNews wrote that Russia would create standards for manufacturers of electronic engineering. In addition, work is underway to create a design for equipment developed in the country.

Currently, the Element Group is engaged in large-scale equipment production projects. CNews wrote in March that Nanotronika LLC , 100% owned by the Element Group, plans to begin developing and producing a line of equipment for the production of radio , microwave and microelectronics. Element Group has already invested several billion rubles in the project.

A new design center for metrological support, conformity assessment and standardization of radio-electronic equipment and ultra-high-frequency microelectronics will also be created in Russia .

 

[pmc]

The direction of Soft Power , demographic trend and fundamental soundness of design this modernization should have been top priority. but problem now is the Kazan area is now overloaded with various aviation Projects like Bombers , UAVs, Helicopters and special mission aircraft. one of the largest construction projects in Aviation going on at Kazan.

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Tupolev creates innovative design center for Tu-214 modernization​

The Innovation Center will become a unique think tank. We hope that fresh, breakthrough ideas will improve our product, increase production efficiency, and get closer to creating the ideal version of our aircraft," said Konstantin Timofeev.

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A meeting of the Board of Directors of JSC Tupolev was held in Kazan
The modernization of the KAZ is one of the most ambitious construction projects in the aviation industry in the modern history of our country. Of the 24 planned facilities, 9 have already been put into operation, 15 facilities are at various stages of readiness," said Konstantin Timofeev, First Deputy General Director of UAC and Managing Director of JSC Tupolev

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Tu-214 - why did they only wake up to this now?​

There have been no accidents or disasters related to equipment failures in the entire history of the Tu-204/214 aircraft operation. Only the crew or clumsy refuellers can ruin this machine.
SUMMARY: The Tu-204/214 is an excellent modern aircraft, the production and operation of which was deliberately slowed down by foreign competitors
Today, the Tu-204/214 is operated by: Special Flight Detachment "Russia" - 17 aircraft; Russian Air Force - 6 aircraft; Aviastar-Tu - 2 aircraft; KAZ im. Gorbunov - 2 aircraft; RKK Energia - 2 aircraft; Air Koryo - 2 aircraft; other operators - 6 aircraft; as of the beginning of 2022, 34 aircraft were in airworthy condition in storage at various organizations, including 7 aircraft at Red Wings Airlines.

Its a rare earth magazine but interview is about Drones and related rare earth.

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"The tasks will be solved" - About drones from first hand​

Every day we read and feel how rapidly drones are developing all over the world ... what are you working on today? Or does the task take all your energy?

The order must certainly be fulfilled at any cost... But we are not resting on our laurels... Today we are testing our UAV with automatic target tracking technology, which will allow drones to capture a target before the dome of electronic warfare systems and hit it without operator intervention.
Our drone will fly over the EW dome, and then, having seen the specified target, the device can aim itself and hit the target itself, regardless of the impact of the enemy's EW systems. Similar developments in Russia have not yet been brought to the testing stage on board UAVs. Many of our competitors are only testing this technology in the demo version on a computer screen, but we have already transferred it to a drone and are testing it on board a UAV. We have also developed an "intelligent drone" technology, which allows the drone to return to the launch site in the absence of a GPS signal along a pre-drawn route. One of the areas of our work is a technology that we call an "intelligent drone", which involves flying and returning a drone in the absence of a GPS signal. Our drone flies using optical flow technology - that is, it flies itself and draws a route for itself using georeferencing. In the event of a loss of GPS signal, the drone can also return along the drawn route to the start area. Our goal is for the drone to be fully intelligent in the future, to be able to fly a given route according to a flight task, to be able to identify threats and targets itself, and also to hit them automatically.
Our magazine is called "Rare Earths" ... for us, the issues of production of domestic rare, scattered and rare earth elements are important... There is an opinion that a drone is usually Chinese, or assembled from Chinese components. Does your drone have many domestic materials and solutions?

The thermal imaging channel is completely domestic. Own germanium infrared optics, a microbolometer on vanadium oxide, etc. Of course, our own software. As you understand, the main imported elements are lithium batteries and permanent magnets for engines based on REE. Today, our colleagues are working to make these most important positions domestic to the maximum extent possible. But at the same time, they should not be significantly more expensive. The national project "Unmanned Aircraft Systems" has appeared and is developing. Judging by the enormous attention that the government pays to UAV issues, I am sure that these problems will be solved.


Author of the publication: expert of the Rare Earths magazine, employee of the Astron Design Bureau, expert of the Russian Science Foundation Arkady Valerievich Naumov.

They are expecting 1.4m drones built this year and unmanned boats are created. i think the role of traditional ammunition will decrease in favor of rocket assisted and airplane launched drones

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Vladimir Putin: By 2030, 48 sites for drone production are planned to be created in the regions
"In total, about 140 thousand unmanned aerial vehicles of various types were delivered to the armed forces in 2023. This year, the production of unmanned aerial vehicles is planned to increase several times, or to be more precise, almost 10 times," the head of state said.

“The range of unmanned systems is expanding and unmanned boats are being created,” he noted.

Putin noted that Russian industry must be capable of producing a wide range of unmanned aerial vehicles and establish their serial production as quickly as possible.

"The key task is to produce a wide range of unmanned aerial vehicles and to set up serial production of such promising technology as quickly as possible," the president said.

 

[pmc]

In context of CERN decoupling. this long interview by President of Kurchatov that give historic contributions to CERN and current opportunities. basically Russia research infrastructure is also moving East. (population transfer) and newer infrastructure he said will be the most advanced. They are also integrating CIS countries and want Iran to join the effort.

That is, within the next five to seven years we will have the most advanced, most modern, most powerful research infrastructure in the world ."

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The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) is closing access to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Switzerland for Russian scientists from December 1 this year. The decision will affect almost five hundred researchers who participated in experiments at the research facility created by the efforts of many countries. Russia made a special contribution to the development of the LHC. Mikhail Kovalchuk, President of the Kurchatov Institute National Research Center , spoke to Izvestia about what this decision means for Russian fundamental science and how it will affect international scientific cooperation.

— Nature magazine reported that from December 1 this year, hundreds of our physicists will be denied access to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Scientists have a choice — to refuse to work in Russian institutes and move to foreign ones. Is there already an understanding — what will they do?​

I don’t know what each physicist will do personally. But I can talk about the problem as a whole. Firstly, there is nothing new in it. This story has been going on for almost a year. CERN made the decision to refuse our services a year ago. Now they are actually implementing it. Any termination of relations, including scientific ones, is always painful and difficult. Because connections, traditions, scientific activity are broken .​

But I will allow myself to say something that may be strange to some: for Russian science this is a positive moment, since the mega-projects developing in Russia today require many scientists and engineers .​

Can you tell me more about this?​

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— We have a large program for the development of mega-science installations in the country, launched by a presidential decree. Huge amounts of money have been allocated for it — more than half a trillion rubles for a fairly short period — until the early 2030s . The money has been allocated to create a unique mega-science infrastructure that has no analogues in the world.​

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We design, create and build facilities all over the country. The world's most powerful high-flux neutron research reactor in Gatchina (PIK. — Izvestia). A unique facility combining an X-ray free-electron laser and a synchrotron accelerator in Protvino, at our site near Moscow . A new fourth-generation synchrotron source SKIF (the Siberian Ring Photon Source is being built in the science city of Koltsovo in the Novosibirsk Region. Two SKIF experimental stations are intended for the Vector Virology Center. — Izvestia). The new Russian Photon Source facility (RIF is designed to study proteins, molecular and atomic structures. — Izvestia), on Russky Island on the campus of the Far Eastern Federal University. The X-ray lithography synchrotron in Zelenograd, which was built back in Soviet times but was frozen. Today, we are launching it at full speed. A Tokamak (a toroidal chamber with magnetic coils. — Izvestia) is in operation at the Kurchatov Institute.​

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That is, within the next five to seven years we will have the most advanced, most modern, most powerful research infrastructure in the world .​

— Will Russian institutes be able to employ physicists who have lost their jobs at CERN? What existing projects might interest them from a professional point of view?​

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— Our physicists, working abroad for the last 15 years, have certainly acquired useful experience there. But, on the other hand, they came there with their own ideas and skills. After all, many Western scientific projects that exist today, for example, the Free Electron Laser (FEL) in Germany, the Tokamak — the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor in France (ITER) and a whole complex of installations, are actually based on the ideas of Soviet-Russian science. That is, we are an intellectual donor .​

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We have always had some of the best nuclear physics installations in the world, for high-energy physics, elementary particles, for synchrotron-neutron research . For example, in Protvino we have the U70 proton accelerator, like in CERN, it is one of the three world leaders in this field. Thus, scientists who worked abroad will now be able to focus on research at domestic world-class mega-installations.​

By order of the President, a unique Megascience Center has been created on the basis of the Kurchatov Institute. It includes all the installations that I have listed. Both those that exist today, working at full speed, and those that will be created in the coming years . Belarus, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan have already joined this center, and now we are discussing the issue of Kazakhstan and Iran joining.​

— Contributions from Russian institutes and foundations amounted to about 4.5% of the budget for experiments at the LHC. How will this affect CERN's work?​

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— Indeed, in addition to the fact that we are an intellectual donor and in fact all these projects were launched thanks to the arrival of Russian scientists to the West, to Europe, we were also one of the largest financial donors. For example, we have contributed more than €2 billion to projects in total over the past decades . Just one project — the free-electron laser (FEL) — cost €1 billion 200 million. Germany contributed 50%, Russia 29%, and more than ten European countries contributed less than 20%. We supply a large number of different technological solutions there.​

Here's an example: CERN has four calorimeters as a basis for Higgs boson observations . These are huge, five-story-high special detectors consisting of hundreds of tons of lead tungstate crystals. The only country that has been able to develop and grow these crystals in such quantities is us. Or the experiment to study quark-gluon plasma was proposed and implemented almost entirely by Russian scientists . So let them think about the consequences that our departure will have for them now. In every sense. Both financially and intellectually.​

— For whom is this situation more painful – for Russian science or for global science?​

— We have always been the greatest scientific power, including in the field of mega-science. It began with the atomic project, which was implemented in the United States and the Soviet Union. Therefore, we and the Americans were actually the only countries that developed and invented these installations on a full scale . For example, any accelerator in the world, colliding beams, colliders — all this was invented in Russia. Each accelerator has a principle of autophasing. And it was proposed by Academician Veksler. Synchrotron radiation itself was predicted by our academicians Pomeranchuk and Ivanenko. A lot of the most important things were first created in our country. And today the situation has not changed much .​

Tokamak in the south of France - an international thermonuclear reactor is being built, a toroidal chamber with magnetic coils is being created. And it is called by the Russian word "Tokamak", the same international abbreviation as "sputnik" . That is, what was invented 50 years ago at the Kurchatov Institute is being implemented.​

We remain leaders in this field and will strengthen our position today .​

Every top engineering university has 25% or more girl students now. it is highly likely they are using it to lessen burden on Teachers as girls in engineering should be able to teach the maths.

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More than 340 thousand girls study engineering specialties at Russian universities