Publications for 28 March 2026

Microelectronics in the Red: Profits of Russia's Sole Custom Microchip Manufacturer Plunge by 40%
The company earned more but received less - due to rising costs and falling demand

"It will wither on the vine": Veteran of Soviet microelectronics raises alarm about the fate of the industry in Russia
BIUS developer Yuri Maslennikov: Without civilian demand, microelectronics is doomed

Head of Rosatom Announces Third Strike on Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant
Alexey Likhachev reported the evacuation of more than 400 employees, about 320 people remain on site

NPO "Splav" Improved MLRS Projectiles: Now They Will Be Smoother and More Accurate
The invention reduces thermal and shock loads on the separable warhead, increasing reliability and accuracy

MLRS "Grad" and "Smerch" will become more powerful: NPO "Splav" has modernized the high-explosive fragmentation warhead
The development increases efficiency with optimal explosive weight

KamAZ-6595 outperformed foreign competitors: the new K5-generation dump truck passed trials in Mordovia
Drivers who had worked on imported trucks recognized the Russian vehicle as more comfortable and more powerful

AvtoVAZ is preparing "Azimut" with a Chinese gearbox for Russian frosts
The 6-speed manual transmission was tested for a lifespan of 190 thousand kilometers

Apple removes dozens of blocking bypass apps from Russian App Store at the request of Roskomnadzor
Similar software remains in Google Play for now

Russian engineer invents a way to protect military UAVs from hacking
The new method makes it impossible to spoof the digital identifiers of drones

Phone scammers stole 25 million rubles from a 78-year-old Muscovite using a fake link scheme
The pensioner clicked on a link in a message supposedly from an ad platform, after which the attackers convinced her to give the money to couriers

Pleasure boats older than 15 years will be banned in St. Petersburg and the fleet will be converted to electricity
Of the 678 passenger ships, some have been in operation for more than 30 years, all using internal combustion engines

Giant Sandwich Van on Gazelle Next Installed by Luidor Engineers
The body volume exceeds 20 cubic meters - while the car remains within the dimensions of a standard chassis

The "Luch" system provided communication for "Progress MS-33" outside the Earth's radio visibility zone
Two relay satellites conducted 17 sessions of telemetry and command transmission during docking with the ISS

Ban on children under 14 from using the Internet proposed in the State Duma
Deputy Nina Ostanina: Parents should protect children from gadgets

Another 164 Rosatom employees leave Bushehr NPP
Along with Russians, citizens of Belarus, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan were evacuated from the station

Import substitution in the field: the new Russian RUF-2 transfer trailer doubled harvesting speed
The device holds up to 40 tons and is suitable for public roads

Third launch pad for light rockets to be built at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in 2026
Three launch sites will operate simultaneously

"They don't play at all": Former AvtoVAZ engineer criticized the standard speakers of Lada Iskra
Blogger KhaDm believes that the factory buys acoustics at the cheapest price

Scammers create fake "whitelists" of sites: how the new scam works
Attackers create fake registries and promote them to the top of search results

MRK "Stavropol" and "Odintsovo" struck "Calibers" at a detachment of ships of a mock enemy
Ships of projects 21631 "Buyan-M" and 22800 "Karakurt" participated in maneuvers in the Baltic Sea

Updated EP2DM to Run on the Yaroslavl Line of the Moscow Railway: "Ivolga" Seats, Charging Stations in Vestibules, Stainless Steel Body
The electric train is assembled from domestic components and equipped with an asynchronous traction drive with microprocessor control.

France promises to abandon Russian uranium by 2100
Paris is launching a program to close the nuclear fuel cycle in order to stop relying on imports from Russia in 75 years

Su-25UTG and Su-33 practiced combat maneuvering in the Arctic sky
Pilots of the Northern Fleet's aviation corps performed complex aerobatics at low altitudes

Going for Records: 500th LT-530 Winch with a Traction Force of up to 30 Tons Released at the Tutaev Motor Plant
Subsidiary of PJSC "KAMAZ" is increasing the production volume of lifting mechanisms

Import-Substituting Process Control System Installed at Omsk CHP-4
A comprehensive replacement of controllers and control cabinets was carried out on the boiler unit

Digital Ruble Wins Over Cryptocurrency, Sberbank Says
No digital asset can be a means of payment, while the third form of the ruble can

Giant Plasma Ejection from the Sun Passed Earth at a 60° Angle
The center of the cloud moved away from the planet and shifted downwards

Domestic alternative to the Iridium satellite system is being developed at SevSU
As part of the project, car terminals for "Gonets" were tested at sea

100 million from the budget for import substitution for CNC machines: Insistence production opens in the Urals
The company has mastered the production of microdrills, extra-long drills, and tools for composites

Scientific Breakthrough: Lobachevsky Satellite Captures Earth in Four Spectra for the First Time
A 4-meter-per-pixel resolution camera captured ultra-clear images of the US and Japan

Russia's longest single-unit bus, the "Hyperbus," has entered trials in Yekaterinburg
The 14.5-meter-long Volgabus-627001 accommodates 130 passengers

Mikron Replaces CEO After Receiving a Government Order for 1.56 Billion Rubles
The new head previously managed the NRC "Kurchatov Institute"

Passport, card, geolocation: five categories of data that should not be named over the phone to strangers
Scammers collect a victim's profile for years, Moshelovka said

Russia is preparing a replacement for the "Soyuz": a new spacecraft is planned to be launched in 2028
Before the start of flights, the device must undergo parachute tests, for which a model with a high degree of similarity to the real system is already being created

Smart Bluetooth-Enabled Eye Prosthesis Created at St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University "LETI"
Camera in glasses frame reads the movement of the living eye and transmits the signal to the microdrive of the prosthesis

Yandex Scooters Are Now Assembled at the Moskvich Plant
For the new season, 2,000 devices will be released, designed within the company and tested on a special track

Max Messenger will remind Russians about utility payments
From April 1, you can contact the management company via a chatbot in the messenger










