Russian holidays - Day of Workers of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation

According to Russian legislation, military-technical cooperation is an activity of authorized organizations in the field of international relations Such activities may be associated with mutual supplies, purchase or sale of military goods A separate area is the development and production of military equipment and devices Cooperation with foreign partners goes in three directions: • sale of military equipment and technologies; • joint development and production of the latest weapons; • purchases of military equipment and components Military cooperation peaked in the post-war period The Soviet Union actively supplied weapons and defensive equipment to Latin America, Africa, and Asia Most supplies went to Europe, to the Warsaw Pact countries At the beginning of May 1953, the Council of Ministers, by its decree, created the Main Engineering Directorate (GED), which became the state's intermediary with foreign partners The State Administration assumes the functions of coordinator of the activities of individual departments and services in the field of military-technical cooperation In parallel with the formation of the head structure, a staff of representatives of State Institutions in other countries is being created There were only 9 first partners, but by the beginning of 1992 there were 70 of them Relationships with suppliers are quickly being established Authorized representatives resolve controversial issues and political nuances Despite the growing number of partners, the main direction of military-technical cooperation was supplies to the Warsaw Pact countries In the 80s, a third of all supplies went to Eastern Europe A significant number of different equipment was supplied to the Middle East, Cuba and South Asia The collapse of the Union had a detrimental effect on this area of ​​international relations The country was losing dozens of partners Some began to buy weapons in the United States, others in Europe or Israel Russia has lost huge amounts of money But the difficult internal situation also affected arms manufacturers These reasons forced us to reconsider the principles of military cooperation with foreign partners But the main thing remains – the principle of the primacy of the country’s foreign policy This was complicated by international obligations to ban the supply of military equipment and dual-use goods to some countries As old trade relations were restored and new ones were developed, instead of the SMI, two new structures were created in 1992: Oboronexport and Spetsvneshtekhnika The 90s became a period of formation and development of these organizations The result of the development is the creation of a single federal intermediary in the field of military-technical cooperation - Rosoboronexport At the same time, a Committee was created in the military-technical cooperation with foreign countries It becomes the main government body in the field of military-technical cooperation His competencies included: control and regulation of any activity in the field of military-technical cooperation Two years later, the Committee will be transformed into the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation The service becomes subordinate to the Ministry of Defense, which controls its actions The holiday date chosen was the day of creation of the Main Engineering Directorate - May 8 For more than ten years, the service has been developing and finding new ways in its activities Russia is once again becoming a leader in the export of weapons and military equipment We have expanded the geography of supplies and strengthened relationships with regular partners The share of Rosoboronexport, one of the world's leading companies, accounts for 80% of the export of our weapons and equipment On this day, we congratulate the employees and veterans of the FSVTS on their professional holiday Their work is a worthy contribution to the defense capability and prestige of the country