Russia Economy Thread

[pmc]

Sochi is now connected to 23 international destinations. latest is Manama Bahrain. This Green should increase soft power. There is massive investment going in improving tourist infrastructure and wealthy of Global South will benefit from it to escape the summer heat. direct flights make it so much easier.

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April 2, 2024

Sochi and Bahrain will be connected by direct flights​

After UAVs now Space Monitoring for Arctic. Arctic is one of largest infrastructure development place for Russia.

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The world's first space system for observing the Arctic region was created in Russia.

Today, the State Commission for Flight Testing of Space Complexes for Social, Economic, Scientific and Commercial Purposes reviewed the results of flight tests of the Arktika-M system with the Arktika-M spacecraft No. 2 A decision

was made to complete tests with the commissioning of the Arktika-M spacecraft No. 2 and to use for its intended purpose the orbital constellation consisting of the Arktika-M spacecraft No. 1 and No. 2.

For the first time in the world, the Russian Federation created a hydrometeorological station. a space system that provides continuous observation of the Arctic region of the Earth and adjacent territories.

Medals are evenly distributed among the regions.

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MOSCOW, April 26, FederalPress. On Friday, April 26, the international jury announced the results of the 58th Mendeleev Olympiad for schoolchildren in chemistry, which took place in Shenzhen (PRC). Schoolchildren from 29 countries took part in it.

At the International Mendeleev Chemistry Olympiad, Russia was represented by ten children who won the All-Russian Chemistry Olympiad for schoolchildren this school year. All members of our team received awards - 5 gold and 5 silver medals.

Gold medals were awarded to: Alexey Mikheev (Altai Territory), Mikhail Perelman (Moscow), Alexandra Romashova (Kazan), Vadim Kharisov (Republic of Bashkortostan), Rasul Efendiev (Moscow).

The silver medalists were: Lev Avvakumov (Samara), Timur Akhmedov (Moscow), Viktor Demidov (Novosibirsk), Vladimir Elistratov (Nizhny Novgorod), Alexey Sharpilo (Krasnodar Territory).

Now about 41,400 Student from China. I dont think Russia has that many MBA/Law Programmes to compete with West and its Medical Education i doubt Chinese students will be interested.

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Chinese advanced: why students from the Middle Kingdom are increasingly going to Russia​

Among other reasons, experts cite the development of cooperation between the two countries.

 

[gelgoog]

Kolomna Diesel Plant is also the supplier of diesel engines for the Russian Navy. This seems to be some variant of the D500 engine. If this is true then Russia has managed to finally produce this engine from the next generation diesel engine program the Russian state started over a decade ago. Seems to be a medium speed V20 diesel engine with 6.3 MW of power.

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TMH supplied a backup diesel generator set for Kursk NPP-2​

April 22, 2024



JSC Kolomensky Zavod (part of the TMH Energy Solutions company) shipped diesel generator 20EDG500 from the diesel generator set DGU6300 with a capacity of 6300 kW (6.3 MW) for backup power supply of one of the power units of the Kursk NPP - 2.

20EDG500 – the most powerful diesel engine to date produced at the enterprise in its entire history. Its developer is the TMH Engine Engineering Center. The technical and economic characteristics included in the design of 20EDG500 fully comply with the requirements of the customer - the Rosatom State Corporation. The Kolomna Plant engine is comparable to advanced foreign analogues in terms of fuel and oil consumption, service life, and throttle response.

Tests of the diesel generator for the needs of Kursk NPP-2 were carried out with the participation of representatives of the customer (JSC ASE), operating and specialized organizations (JSC VO "Safety", JSC VPO "ZNPP") authorized to control the quality of manufacturing products for the nuclear industry.

TMH and Rosatom are interested in working together to provide nuclear power plants with domestically produced diesel generator sets. The basis for interaction between companies in this area was the agreement on long-term cooperation in the field of diesel generator supplies signed last year on the sidelines of the XII International Forum ATOMEXPO.

Kolomna Plant is the only Russian manufacturer of engines that can be used as part of backup diesel generator sets of nuclear power plants. Kolomna Plant has been producing backup diesel generator sets for nuclear power plants since 2003; they are used, in particular, at the Beloyarsk NPP.

Rosatom placed a large volume of industry orders with the enterprise for diesel generator sets for nuclear power plants under construction, both in Russia and abroad. The diesel generator set is used as a backup source of power supply to consumers for their own needs in the event of emergency situations at the power plant. Currently, the TMH Engine Engineering Center and the Kolomensky Plant are implementing diesel generator sets projects for power units No. 3 and No. 4 of the Beloyarsk NPP.

TMH is Russia's largest developer and manufacturer of rolling stock for railway and urban rail transport, as well as medium-speed engines for various purposes. Work on the creation of new models of rolling stock and engines is carried out by the engineering companies TMH Engineering and TMH Engine Engineering Center operating within the TMH group, whose divisions are located in 10 cities and employ a total of more than 1,300 employees.

Kolomna Plant is a unique center of competence for the production of medium-speed engines based on TMH’s own design developments. Since 2018, the company has been implementing a large-scale investment program for the technical re-equipment of production, which in 2023 received additional support at the federal level.

 

[pmc]

This winter was the snowiest and than flood immediately but still GDP has done well.

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Ministry of Economic Development: Russia's GDP grew by 5.4% in the first quarter​

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27 April 2024, 19:10

the SuperJet in Snow.

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Various subsystems of SJ-100 are getting closer to certification but still with previous engine. but you can see the wording 200% about flight safety.

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Import-substituted SJ-100 completed factory development tests​

When the PD-8 engine passes the planned additional tests, two more experimental aircraft will join the flights. In total, we have to carry out more than 200 test flights in order to be 200% sure of the safety of the aircraft for future passengers,” said Andrey Boginsky, UAC Deputy General Director for Civil Aviation and General Director of Yakovlev.

After managing Traffic. Now Drones for forest management and Wild Life.

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Drones are being purchased to hunt poachers in the Novosibirsk region
“We raise the UAV to such an acceptable height that it was practically invisible and audible from the ground, but the quality of the shooting made it possible not only to establish the presence of citizens and the presence of vehicles in the hunting grounds, but also to consider whether there were weapons there and even determine the license plate number of the car “- said the state inspector of the wildlife protection department Dmitry Ginko.

This advance team of bloggers and tourist specialist visiting Sochi from Bahrain and Saudi. See the Joint flag.
Arabs have built super expensive unique Hotels, invest in Hotel Chains or own World Heritage Hotels. so they know what need to be improve.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1784784688516682023

 

[gelgoog]

Various subsystems of SJ-100 are getting closer to certification but still with previous engine. but you can see the wording 200% about flight safety.

This is a Military Acceptance video showing the first prototype SJ-100 while it was still at the factory:

They replaced the electric cables, APU, avionics, landing gear, with Russian made equipment. Most of the aircraft is made in Russia. The SaM-146 engines are the only major system still using imported components. French Safran made the imported hot section of the engine. But the Russian PD-8 engines to replace the SaM-146 are already installed in the second prototype. They are waiting for the engines to be certified for flight to deliver the second prototype. Probably will require software updates to the FADEC and maybe avionics.

The first prototype, with all the Russian components except for the SaM-146 engine, has already flown from the plant at Komsomolsk-on-Amur to Moscow to conduct tests to certify the new import substituted equipment.

 

[pmc]

PMI still high. i see increase automation pushing the industry not just manpower when you look at size of task.

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Russia’s manufacturing PMI remains at robust 54.3 in April​

Russia has Titanium valley and an older Silicon valley. this time it will start with Geospatial valley

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Russia is creating an “innovative geospatial valley” for high technologies​

It is noteworthy that the center was established in Ryazan Governorate based on the government decision issued on April 22, 2022. Its participants are granted tax facilities and other types of government support.

The center has been called the “Innovative Aerospace Valley.” It is planned to develop the field of geospatial, biomedical and information technologies, as well as the field of electronics and wireless devices.

It started with 70%. now reached 90%. they need to produce a much cheaper model like MB S Class. Currently this in RR class.

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Localization of Aurus car production has reached 90%​

Starting a direct flight usually indication of tourist or business oppurtunities.

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The Grozny-Tehran flight is planned to launch this summer​

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Its from a foundation. you need to have legitimacy how things are run in Southern Russia before you have the backing of Arabic system in another place. its very complex but economics are showing. Grozny and others are getting ahead in infrastructure. the true wealthy reside way up. It is translated to elevated civilization. if they are going to built this transport connectivity to Persian Gulf on large scale better built a Canal through Iran if they allow.

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The cathedral mosque in Donetsk will be restored by the Kadyrov Foundation​

 

[pmc]

This Scientific project they say will be comparable to ISS or Large Hadron Collider. India have very globalized education so Russia has more benefit to use there scientific ideas. offcourse this cannot happen without Gulf Arabs putting there mark.

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Joint Russian-Indian cooperation to develop the Arctic project​

He pointed out, saying: "If we look at most of the major projects, such as the International Space Station or the Large Hadron Collider, we will find that they are all international, and a similar experiment can be implemented in the Arctic with the participation of our colleagues from India."

Alexander Makarov recalled that Russia and India are developing fruitful cooperation in Antarctica, helping each other for a long time under the signed agreement that can be expanded. According to the Russian researcher, Indian scientists have been conducting scientific research in the Arctic for a long time, but they are very interested in the opportunity to work with Russia in this region

It say India is now world third largest importer and consumer of Oil. so in PPP terms there GDP is third largest.

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India increases its purchases of Russian oil in April​

The data showed that India, the third largest importer and consumer of oil in the world, increased its purchases in April by between 13 and 17 percent compared to previous months.

Lithium exports will start much earlier. the rest are 12 rare raw earth.

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By 2030, Russia will be completely self-sufficient in rare raw materials​

and begin exporting them​

23 domestic destination are connected to Dagestan from this one Airline. that you can see the scale of importance with the international connections.

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Nordwind Airlines successfully launched an expanded summer flight program to the Republic of Dagestan
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The most popular destinations within the country were Moscow, St. Petersburg, Surgut, Kazan and Sochi. Of the international destinations, the greatest demand was: Dubai (UAE), Istanbul (Turkey), Baku (Azerbaijan), Jeddah (KSA), Sharjah (UAE). The leaders among carriers for the specified period were Pobeda, Aeroflot, Rossiya, Red Wings and Sibir.

 

[Serb]

Russia experienced a true "economic renaissance" thanks to this war. Another reason why they are not "hurrying up" anywhere in terms of conducting it IMO.

Direct military spending more than tripled to over $100bn (6 per cent of GDP) relative to the pre-2022 invasion of Ukraine. With over a quarter of Russia’s government expenditure hidden from the public, the actual war-related spending is likely to be substantially higher. Russia now boasts 6,000 military-industrial enterprises, a notable increase from the prewar figure of less than 2,000.

These establishments collectively employ over 3.5mn individuals who operate round-the-clock, with three shifts and six-day workweeks becoming the norm. Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the workforce in this sector has expanded significantly, with at least half a million new employees. Additionally, these salaries have surged by 20 per cent to 60 per cent since the onset of the war, and many companies are offering exemptions from the military draft.

Industrial output is also on the rise, propelled by sectors such as metal products, machine building and chemical production. This can be at least partially attributed to the military-industrial complex. Employment, income and tax collection are also all reaping the benefits of the war boom. Regional governments report that this surge is accomplished “by the establishment of new production facilities, including the creation of industrial parks, the development of enterprises, and the creation of a significant number of new jobs.”

Moreover, regions that struggled for years to make ends meet are now experiencing a significant upturn due to the reorientation of production towards the war effort. For Russia’s citizens, the decision to support the war is no longer merely influenced by political rhetoric and propaganda; it is now also driven by pragmatism. At the same time, the shift towards war-related activities is no longer merely a cyclical, short-term policy measure — it has become structural.

While managing a cyclical adjustment might prove challenging, the Bank of Russia is making some efforts to temper the economy by maintaining interest rates at 16 per cent, significantly above the current inflation rate of 7.7 per cent. However, reversing the structural investments made in the war will present a monumental challenge. For decades, Russia has struggled with under-investment and regional inequality, with only a handful of primarily commodity-producing regions being the net contributors to the budget transfer system.

Past national projects and presidential decrees seemed incapable of changing that. However, for now, the war has. Should the authorities attempt to halt militarisation, a hard landing could add pressure to the government, which already resorts to oppression to maintain power. Internal conflicts over limited resources may also intensify. Considering these challenges, it may be the more pragmatic choice for the government to continue militarising. Rather than serving as a constraint, Russia’s economy might become an additional incentive to prolong its war in Ukraine.

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"Compared to 2022, the production and refurbishment of tanks at our factories increased by three-and-a-half times, and of lightly armored vehicles by three times,” the Rostec chief said.

The manufacture of self-propelled artillery pieces has increased tenfold, while 14 times more towed guns are being produced, and the production of multiple rocket launch systems (MLRS) has doubled.

The output of ammunition rounds for tanks and infantry fighting vehicles increased by 900%, artillery shells by 600%, and munitions for MLRS by 800%. Three times as many unguided rockets for heavy flamethrower systems are being produced, Chemezov said.

 

[pmc]

Russia experienced a true "economic renaissance" thanks to this war. Another reason why they are not "hurrying up" anywhere in terms of conducting it IMO.

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I dont think those employee number correct.

Rostec has 660K employees and they produce substantial revenue from there civilian production. and they are the 80% of weopon that are in actual use. i am sure there indirect employees that supply to rostec but that not easy to quantify as they will have to split up again.

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The sphere of competence of the companies that are part of Rostec covers almost all industries: transport, energy, space, medicine. I know that there is progress in the creation of unmanned aerial vehicles and in the field of digital technological solutions. And of course, an extremely important area is the implementation of all relevant tasks related to the state defense order, so that our defenders are provided with equipment and technology.
Today we are one of the largest employers. At the end of 2023, the number of employees of the entire corporation was about 660 thousand people. Last year we hired almost 70 thousand specialists. The company's revenue in 2023 amounted to almost 2.9 trillion rubles. This is a third more than a year earlier.
Almost 80% of the weapons that are used today in the Northern Military District zone were created at the enterprises of our corporation. In 2023, new production aircraft Su-57, Su-35S, Su-34, Su-30SM2, Il-76MD-90A, Yak-130, Ka-52M, Mi-28NM helicopters, tanks were delivered to the main customer - the Ministry of Defense - T-90M “Proryv” and artillery reconnaissance complexes “Penicillin”, other military equipment.
Before the outbreak of hostilities, our share of civilian products was almost 45% - the President set the task of bringing it to 50%, and every defense enterprise should produce civilian products. But today, due to the fact that state defense orders have increased significantly, this share in relative figures has decreased slightly and is about 35–36%.

 

[gelgoog]

These Russian MIC companies quite often have an extensive civilian product catalog as well. For example Yakolev make civilian transport airplanes. The same company which makes guns for the BMP-3 turret also makes oil drilling equipment. The same company which makes the T-90 tank also makes railroad cars.

In war time they can switch staff from producing civilian products to military products. And in peace time the opposite can happen.

 

[Santamaria]

What is the last news about the MC21.

Last thing I hear is that there is a 100% Russian made certified plane and that they were working on the first 4 serial production planes, but that this serial production planes were delayed.

Is there anything new about this?