Sergei Shoigu holds meeting on execution of state defence order and purchasing of light helicopters
5 February 2013, Tuesday
In accordance with major program aimed at upgrading military air forces in the Russian Federation, about two thousand new air complexes, including 985 helicopters will be purchased by 2020.
Such information was given by the Russian Minister of defence Sergei Shoigu in Kazan at a meeting concerning execution of state defence order and purchasing of light helicopters.
Sergei Shoigu noted that the government had allocated considerable funds for the program realisation.
The meeting was held in administrative building of OAO “Kazan helicopters” with participation of the Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, President of OAO “United aircraft corporation” Mikhail Pogosyan, Director General of OAO “Russian helicopters” Dmitry Petrov.
Issues of operation of purchased helicopters, quality of produce and extra demand for new helicopters were discussed at the meeting.
The Russian Minister of defence said that starting from 2013 it was planned to conclude contracts of full life circle for maintenance, repair and utilization of armory and military equipment.
President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov said that a lot of enterprises of defence and industrial complex were located in republic. Tatarstan is one of major suppliers of produce for needs of the Russian Ministry of defence, he said. According to Rustam Minnikhanov, Kazan helicopter plant is efficiently working nowadays.
A conversation between President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and Russian Minister of defence Sergei Shoigu was held afterwards.
Such information was given by the Russian Minister of defence Sergei Shoigu in Kazan at a meeting concerning execution of state defence order and purchasing of light helicopters.
Sergei Shoigu noted that the government had allocated considerable funds for the program realisation.
The meeting was held in administrative building of OAO “Kazan helicopters” with participation of the Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, President of OAO “United aircraft corporation” Mikhail Pogosyan, Director General of OAO “Russian helicopters” Dmitry Petrov.
Issues of operation of purchased helicopters, quality of produce and extra demand for new helicopters were discussed at the meeting.
The Russian Minister of defence said that starting from 2013 it was planned to conclude contracts of full life circle for maintenance, repair and utilization of armory and military equipment.
President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov said that a lot of enterprises of defence and industrial complex were located in republic. Tatarstan is one of major suppliers of produce for needs of the Russian Ministry of defence, he said. According to Rustam Minnikhanov, Kazan helicopter plant is efficiently working nowadays.
A conversation between President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and Russian Minister of defence Sergei Shoigu was held afterwards.
RT President's Press Service, Elena Britvina
Share:
LATEST NEWS
12
January 2026
On 12 January, congratulating employees of the prosecutor’s office with their professional holiday - Day of the employee of the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation- Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin wrote in his address:
“For more than three centuries the prosecutor's office has been the guardian of state and public security as well as constitutional rights and freedoms of citizens of our country.
10
January 2026
On 10 January, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with all municipality regions taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector Marat Ayzatutllin informed that in the current year the Ministry will take part in implementation of five national projects and three state programmes with planned construction and capital overhaul of 172 facilities for the total sum of 17bn rubles.
On 10 January, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with all municipality regions taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Minister of Agriculture and Food Marat Zyabbarov informed that it is expected to achieve a comparable growth of produce of 1.5%, including that in food production - at least 2.6% in the agricultural sector.
4
January 2026
On 4 January Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, who is the First Deputy Chairman of the Commission of prevention and elimination of emergency situation and ensuring fire safety of the republic, has taken a decision to put into operation the “Buran” (Snow storm) plan in Tatarstan starting from 2 pm on 4 January until the consequences of adverse meteorological events are eliminated by ministries, departments and organizations which ensure the smooth movement of road and rail transport in winter.
SUBSCRIBE FOR NEWS
Address: Kazan, Ploschad Svobody, 1, 420060
Phone:
+7 (843) 264-77-74
E-Mail: prav@tatar.ru
All content on this site is licensed under
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
If you see a mistake,
please select the word or sentence and press CTRL+ENTER