In 2020, the geography of challenges for our country expanded, the role of military force in solving international problems increased. NATO sees Russia as main threat and is building up its military potential at our borders.

The United States began relocating combat units from Germany to Poland and the Baltic States.

By 15%, compared to the last year, the intensity of reconnaissance and demonstrative actions of American aircraft and ships near the Russian borders increased. The advanced presence of American ships in the Arctic region is being increased.

NATO exercises, conducted simultaneously at the western, southern and eastern borders of Russia, have become systemic. In August-September alone, 55 combat aircraft took part in them, including strategic bombers and 12 high-precision weapons carriers.

We have closely monitored these exercises and taken mirror measures.

Our nuclear triad is maintained at a level that warrants strategic deterrence. 95% of the Strategic Missile Forces launchers are in constant readiness.

Long-range aviation successfully solves the tasks of air patrol. This year, 50 flights of strategic missile carriers have been carried out along the established routes.

Nuclear-powered missile submarines carry out scheduled combat service in designated areas of the world's oceans.

AFND

SMF

NND

ARMORED VEHICLES SUPPLY

220
tanks and armored vehicles

more than 1,500 units of wheeled vehicles

motorized rifle division,
missile brigade,
artillery brigade

The Land Forces received more than three and a half thousand new and modernized weapons, including 220 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, over one and a half thousand units of wheeled vehicles. A new motorized rifle division, missile and artillery brigades have been formed.

13
military units

AVIATION EQUIPMENT SUPPLY

AIR DEFENCE EQUIPMENT SUPPLY

147
aircraft

4
S-400 anti-aircraft missile complexes

24
Pantsir-S

The Aerospace Forces have formed 13 military units, including a military transport aviation regiment and an anti-aircraft missile regiment.

147 aircraft were supplied, more than 150 samples of air defense equipment, including 4 S-400 anti-aircraft missile complexes and 24 Pantsir-S combat vehicles.

In order to develop the airfield network of the Armed Forces, runways at 14 airfields were reconstructed, more than 270 buildings and structures were built.

14
airfields

147
aircraft

more than 270
buildings and facilities

24
Pantsir-S

4
S-400

The Aerospace Forces began to receive the first modern complexes with reconnaissance and strike unmanned aerial vehicles of medium-range "Inokhodec" and "Forpost".

We have increased the combat capabilities of the Unified Space System. In May this year, the fourth Kupol spacecraft was launched. Thus, the second stage of deployment of the USS orbital constellation has been completed.

The launch complex for the Soyuz-2 missiles and the assembly and test complex for heavy launch vehicles were reconstructed. The test launch of the Angara-A5 missile with a mass and size model of the spacecraft was successfully completed.

Modern submarines

SUBMARINES

Surface ships

SURFACE SHIPS,
BOATS AND SUPPORT VESSELS

Bal and Bastion
coastal missile complexes

COASTAL TROOPS

Combat boats

Support
vessels and boats

The Navy received two modern submarines, 7 surface ships and 10 combat boats, 10 ships and support boats.

According to the number of coastal missile systems Bal and Bastion this year reached the figure of 74% of the need.

The Navy has created a motorized rifle division and a coastal missile brigade.

Reconstructed of the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet with a deep modernization of control system and preservation of the historical appearance of the building.
In Makhachkala, facilities of the military infrastructure of the Caspian Flotilla, including the mooring front, were commissioned.

In Kaspiysk completed filling of the Northern and Southern breakwaters with a length of about 3 km.

– modern equipment and hardware

– old-type equipment and hardware

Thus, the task of rearmament, set by the Supreme Commander-in-Chief in the May 2012 Decree, has been completed. 70.1% share of modernity in the Armed Forces.

In order to further increase it, the Ministry of Defence is working to improve the methods of pricing.

This made it possible to exclude an unreasonable increase in the cost of government contracts in 2018-2020, to keep 551 billion rubles and to use these funds to re-equip troops.

The long-term problem of building surface ships of the far sea zone is being solved.

The use of advanced financing allows to solve the problem of a shortage of funds for the construction of ships in the far sea zone and to reduce the delivery time of modern aircraft.

Currently, 16 surface ships of the far sea zone are under construction and 19 are under madernization for another 6 state contracts will be signed next year.
In total, taking into account the current state contracts, the total number of built and modernized warships of the far sea zone will be 41 units.

For aviation equipment, early deliveries of 94 aircraft and helicopters by the end of 2024 are envisaged. Among them there are 22 Su-57 aircraft, the number of which will be increased to 76 by 2028.

The planned indicators of purchases of modern samples due to the measures taken will allow bringing the level of modernity of the army and navy to 75.9% by the end of 2024.

In the future, it is envisaged to reach the conclusion of long-term contracts for all major types of weapons. Due to them, defence industry enterprises will be able to confidently plan their work for seven years ahead, purchase the necessary materials and effectively conduct economic activities.

At the beginning of next year, we will conclude long-term contracts for the additional purchase of high-precision long-range missiles, thereby doubling their number. We will report on this in detail at the meetings under your leadership in Sochi.

Finishing the topic of rearmament, i would like to emphasize that our Armed Forces are among the most advanced and most technologically advanced armies in the world. In terms of modernity, we are higher than similar indicators of the armed forces of many states. At the same time, in terms of defence spending this year, Russia has moved from eighth to ninth place. The rearmament of the Army and Navy was carried out under conditions of restrictive measures. At the same time, there was a threat of non-fulfillment of the state defence order by defence industry enterprises. During the pandemic, 2 million 300 thousand specialists were in self-isolation.

Most businesses have stopped working. And only the intervention of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief made it possible to restore production processes and prevent a decrease in the volume of defence production.

The financial monitoring system created in the Ministry of Defence made it possible to monitor the progress of the state defence budget execution by defence industry enterprises under restrictive measures.

Timely adjustment of strict self-isolation measures allowed not only to maintain the pace of implementation of the State Budget, but also to fulfill social obligations to labor collectives and the budget system.

MANPOWER

up to 80,000
servicemen

EQUIPMENT

more than 13,500
units

MANPOWER

more than 150,000 servicemen

EQUIPMENT

more than 20,000
units

AIRCRAFT

up to 500 units

SHIPS AND VESSELS

35 ships and support vessels

A significant contribution to the training of personnel was made by surprise checks of the combat readiness of the troops, conducted continuously for seven years.

This year there were two of them, but more extensive than before. As a result, all military districts, the Northern Fleet, arm and services of troops of the Armed Forces were checked.

MANPOWER

up to 80,000
servicemen

EQUIPMENT

more than 14,000
units

AIRCRAFT

more than 650
units

SHIPS AND VESSELS

more than 65 ships and support vessels

The main event of the combat training was Kavkaz 2020 maneuvers. It showed a high level of training of military command and control bodies at the strategic and operational levels, the ability of groups of troops to reliably ensure the military security of Russia on the south-western borders.

The Russian Navy conducted Ocean Shield joint exercise.

The created grouping has demonstrated the ability to effectively fulfil the tasks of protecting our national interests in the waters of the Baltic and North Seas and in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. The ships and vessels of the Navy made 140 cruises to all strategically important regions of the World Ocean, 122 visits and business calls were made to the ports of 28 foreign countries.

The international exercises Slavic Brotherhood, Bridge of Friendship, Selenga and Friendship were successfully held.

Within the framework of the CSTO, they took part in a special exercise on CSS Echelon and in the command post exercise with the Peacekeeping Forces Unbreakable Brotherhood.

We continue to form a professional army. After graduating from universities, 13 thousand graduate officers were sent to the troops. The level of staffing of officer positions is more than 96%.

The number of contractors in all arms and services of the Armed Forces is growing. In terms of numbers, they are almost 2 times higher than conscripts.

The planned supply of new weapons and military equipment determines the need for contract workers in a number of specialties. Already today, the deficit in them is 6% of the estimated required number. By the end of 2022, it can grow to 14%, in the absence of proper funding.

This issue is being worked out by the Government of the Russian Federation.

Recruitment of cadets to military institutions due to the pandemic was carried out by special visiting groups in their regions of residence. Students at the academy were selected using video conferencing on-the-job and combat duty.
In total, more than 12 thousand cadets and more than one thousand students were enrolled.

Kaliningrad

Vladikavkaz

Tver

So, this year the branch of the Nakhimov Naval School in Kaliningrad welcomed its first students. Thus, we have completed the creation of a network of Nakhimov schools in all Fleets.

Suvorov students of the Tver and North Caucasus schools started classes on new funds, fully equipped with the most modern and technological educational and material base.

CREATED

RECEIVED

SOLD

14
patents

84
rationalization
proposals

44
applied
mathematical models

17
science companies

The military-scientific potential of the armed forces is increased by the military personnel of 17 scientific companies. They obtained 14 patents for inventions, developed 84 innovation proposals and 44 applied mathematical models.

RAF

14 290

number of children provided
with places in kindergartens

RAF

7 195

number of employed
family members

Together with the heads of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, we continued to address the social problems of servicemen and their families. The issues of employment of wives and providing children with places in kindergartens have been resolved. During the year, more than two thousand children were admitted to preschool institutions.

In the current year, the monetary allowance is indexed by 3%. Since July, a monetary allowance has been introduced for certain categories of military personnel. It affected more than 45 thousand people, who on average received a monthly increase of 23 thousand rubles.

At the same time, within five years, due to the lack of indexation, there was a shortage of funds for the payment of monetary allowances, which requires an annual redistribution of finances from other types of expenses.

In order to prevent the reduction of payments to military personnel, it is proposed to consider the possibility of increasing the cash allowance fund in 2021.

During the year, the pace of providing housing for military personnel was maintained at a high level. In total, more than 111 thousand servicemen are provided with housing. Taking into account all forms, obligations in respect of 111 thousand military personnel have been fulfilled. At the same time, the planned mode of providing permanent housing was preserved. It was received by about 6 thousand people.

The number of apartments
purchased using the funds
of the targeted housing loan

The number
of military personnel included in the register of SMS participants

More than 11 thousand military personnel under the accumulative and pension system realized their rights to housing in 2020.

Every year, the number of military personnel provided with official living quarters increases by 10-11%. This year, 35 thousand people received them.
Compensation for housing rent was paid to more than 59 thousand military personnel. In June 2019, Vladimir Vladimirovich, you supported our proposal to increase the amount of monetary compensation for renting housing to contract soldiers and sergeants, which significantly increased the inflow to contract service.

Alexandra Land Island

Tiksi

Measures to eliminate environmental damage to the Arctic have been continued. During the year, 2,830 tons of scrap metal were collected.
Completed works on cleaning the territory of Cape Marre-Sale, Kildin Island and the Shantar Islands park. In total, since the beginning of these works, 26 thousand tons of scrap metal have been collected, more than 20 thousand tons have been exported.

The Ministry of Defenсe and the Russian Geographical Society conducted 12 joint expeditions. In the course of the largest of them - Arctic Archipelagos - the ecology of the region and the seabed of the Arctic Ocean were studied.

Together with Gazpromneft and Rosneft, the construction of six refueling complexes at military airfields continues. Since the beginning of the implementation of investment projects, 14 refueling complexes have been built and two refueling complexes have been modernized.

Together with NOVATEK, the boiler houses are being converted to liquefied gas. By 2025, there will be more than one thousand of them, which will reduce the cost of boiler fuel consumption by 15%.

CSS units have built and operated 819 km of field main pipeline to supply water to Simferopol and the central part of the Crimean peninsula. More than six million cubic meters of water have already been supplied.

This year, the construction of a water conduit and hydraulic structures for Sevastopol was completed, allowing daily supply of 15 thousand cubic meters of water.

From March 1, 2021, the volume of daily water supply will increase by 50 thousand cubic meters due to the completion of the construction of the water intake and engineering infrastructure.

The Ministry of Defence continues the systematic development of military and social infrastructure in the Arctic zone.

Over the past two years, more than 360 buildings and structures with a total area of more than 413 thousand square meters have been put into operation.

On the island of Alexandra Land, the construction of a military base was completely completed. This is the only object in the world at 80 degrees north latitude. It has a total of 334 buildings and structures.

The runway at the Nagurskaya airfield has been increased to three and a half kilometers. Facilities of the second stage of the military camp in Tiksi for 300 servicemen were put into operation.

ACCOMMODATION PLACES

250 people

2
block-modular campuses

32
block-modular campuses

returned
40,732 refugees

23
observation posts

The Russian force grouping continues to act as a guarantor of maintaining peace in Syria. Together with the Turkish military, patrols are carried out along road routes in the north-east of Syria, as well as close cooperation in the Idlib de-escalation zone.

With the assistance of the Russian military contingent, the movement of civilian vehicles along the M-4 highway in northern Syria was organized. Since may 25, the Russian military police have escorted about 35 thousand cars and more than 66 thousand people.

Civilians return to their areas of residence in complete safety and rebuild their homes. They are assisted by military personnel of the Center for Peacekeeping Management.

Since November 14, Russian peacekeepers have ensured the return of more than 42 thousand refugees. Mine clearance of the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh is being carried out. In total, more than 6 thousand explosive objects were neutralized. Two modern block-modular camps for 330 people has been built in Stepanakert to accommodate Russian peacekeepers. Until April 1 next year, we will deploy 32 towns. As a result, comfortable conditions of service and life will be created for the peacekeeping contingent.

Since November 10, in accordance with the trilateral agreements, the Russian military contingent has successfully conducted a peacekeeping operation in the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. In the shortest possible time, the group of Russian troops deployed in the designated areas and began to perform tasks at 23 observation posts.

To date, no serious incidents have been reported.
The safe movement of civilian vehicles along the Lachin corridor is open and maintained. Under the leadership of Russian peacekeepers, prisoners of war were exchanged between the Armenian and Azerbaijani sides on the principle of "all for all". The exchange of bodies of the dead is also organized.

The Russian Centre
for the Reconciliation of Opposing Sides Activity Results

Securing
UN humanitarian convoys

Medical Assistance
to the Syrian Population

656 humanitarian convoys

131,256 civilians

2,656 humanitarian actions

Military personnel of the Russian Centre for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides held more than two and a half thousand humanitarian actions.
Military medics provided assistance to over one hundred and thirty thousand civilians.

Thanks to the effective work of the joint coordination headquarters of Russia and Syria, more than two million Syrian citizens have returned to their pre-war places of residence.

An international conference on the return of refugees was held in Damascus with the active participation of the Ministry of Defence. It has contributed to the intensification of the process of returning refugees and providing them with humanitarian assistance. The range of countries willing to help the Syrian government has expanded.