Military-Industrial Commission of Russia
The Military-Industrial Commission of the Russian Federation (Russian: Военно-промышленная комиссия Российской Федерации (acronym VPK)) was established by a presidential decree in March 2006. According to the decree, it is a permanently functioning body with vast responsibilities for supervising the distribution and implementation of the "State defence order". The commission answers directly to the President of Russia. It coordinates between the Defence Ministry of the Russian Federation, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, and the defence industry of Russia. Until then, the defence industry was supervised by Russia's Ministry of Industry and Energy, as well as by the previous government consultative body with a similar name.
The VPK of the Russian Federation was a slightly reorientated Military-Industrial Commission of the Soviet Union, which served as a central management body for the Soviet defence industry. The VPK was an inner circle of the Council of Ministers, and the first deputy chairman of the Council headed it. The Soviet VPK's primary function was to facilitate plan fulfilment by easing bottlenecks, enforcing inter-ministerial cooperation, and overseeing the availability of resources.[1]
Commission members
The makeup of the Commission is determined by Presidential Decree 628 of 2014, as modified on various dates.[2]
2018
This is the 2018 commission.[3]
<tbody> </tbody>Board members
The make-up of the board is also determined by Presidential Decree 628 of 2014, as modified on various dates.[2]
2018
This is the 2018 board.[4]
<tbody> </tbody>| Member | Position |
|---|---|
| Dmitry Rogozin | Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation (deputy chairman of the commission, chairman of the Board of the commission) |
| Ivan Kharchenko | First Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Military-Industrial Commission of the Russian Federation |
| Oleg Bochkarev | Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Military-Industrial Commission of the Russian Federation |
| Yury Mikhailov | Chairman of the Scientific and Technical Council of the Military-Industrial Commission of the Russian Federation – Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Military-Industrial Commission of the Russian Federation |
| Igor Borovkov | Chief of Staff of the Board of the Military-Industrial Commission of the Russian Federation – Deputy Chief of Staff of the Government of the Russian Federation |
| Yury Borisov | Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation (executive secretary of the commission) |
| Yuri Averyanov | First Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of Russia |
| Alexey Alyoshin | Head of Rostekhnadzor |
| A. M. Antonov | Deputy General Director of the Joint-Stock Company "St. Petersburg Marine Engineering Bureau "Malakhit"", General Designer (subject to agreement) |
| Vladimir Artyakov | First Deputy General Director of the State Corporation for Assistance to the Development, Production and Export of High-Tech Industrial Products "Rostec" |
| N. F. Arkhipov | Director of the Department of Defence Industry of the Executive Office of the Government of the Russian Federation |
| Viktor Bondarev | Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Defence and Security (subject to agreement) |
| S. P. Bulavin | Member of the Board of the Military-Industrial Commission of the Russian Federation |
| S. G. Garanin | Deputy Director of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Russian Federal Nuclear Center – All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics" for laser physics, General Designer (subject to agreement) |
| Dmitry Gogin | Head of Rosrezerv |
| Leonid Gornin | Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation |
| Andrey Grigoryev | Director General of the Foundation for Advanced Research Projects |
| Ivan Kamenskikh | First Deputy Director General of the State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom |
| S. N. Karutin | Deputy General Director – Head of the Information and Analytical Center for Coordinate-Temporal and Navigation Support of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Central Research Institute of Mechanical Engineering", General Designer (subject to agreement) |
| M. I. Kashtan | Member of the Board of the Military-Industrial Commission of the Russian Federation |
| S. N. Kozlov | Head of the FSB Center of Russia, General Designer |
| Igor Komarov | Director General of Roscosmos |
| Sergey Korotkov | Vice President of the United Aircraft Corporation, General Designer (subject to agreement) |
| Mikhail Kotyukov | Head of the Federal Agency for Scientific Organizations of Russia |
| I. Yu. Krylov | Deputy General Director of the Joint-Stock Company "St. Petersburg Marine Engineering Bureau "Malakhit"", General Designer (subject to agreement) |
| A. L. Linets | Head of the State Unitary Enterprise |
| Yuri Maevsky | Deputy General Director of the Joint-Stock Company "Concern Radioelectronic Technologies", General Designer (subject to agreement) |
| O. V. Martyanov | Member of the Board of the Military-Industrial Commission of the Russian Federation |
| A. A. Medvedev | Deputy General Director for Projects and Programs of the United Rocket and Space Corporation, General Designer (subject to agreement) |
| Yevgeny Mikrin | General Designer – First Deputy General Director of the Public Joint-Stock Company "Rocket and Space Corporation Energia named after S. P. Korolev" (subject to agreement) |
| S. I. Mileiko | Deputy Director of the Russian National Guard – Commander-in-Chief of the National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation |
| A. M. Moryakov | Deputy Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Russia |
| Nikolay Nikiforov | Minister of Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation |
| M. A. Ovchinnikov | Deputy Head of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia |
| N. S. Pavlenko |
Gunsmith Day
19 September marks Gunsmith Day (Russian: День оружейника), the professional holiday for the commission and the forces under its jurisdiction. It was celebrated for the first time in 2010, following a visit in May of that year to the hometown of Mikhail Kalashnikov by Vladimir Putin. 19 September was chosen for this holiday, because the Russian Orthodox Church honors the memory of Saint Michael the Taxiarch on this day.[5][6]
Journal "Defence of Russia"
The magazine Oborona Rossii or Defence of Russia is the official printed organ of the Military-Industrial Commission and has been published since October 2008. The publication covers the activities of the commission and publishes materials related to the issues and activities of the military-industrial complex of Russia.[7][8]
Notes
- ^ William E. Odom, 1998, p.20
- ^ a b https://base.garant.ru/70736022
- ^ https://base.garant.ru/70736022/#block_1000
- ^ https://base.garant.ru/70736022/#block_2000
- ^ "Day of Gunsmith celebrating in 2022 at 19 september - Russian holidays".
- ^ Статья «День оружейника в России» на сайте www.calend.ru
- ^ «Оборона России»
- ^ "Новости. "Оборона России" - журнал ВПК".