The Russian authorities are quietly “mobilizing the industry” and controlling the movement of personnel in defense enterprises, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense (HUR) informed on Friday.
It is known that Rostec (a state-owned Russian concern associating over 800 companies from various industries, realizing approx. 40% of the total volume of defense and civil orders of the Russian state) since the beginning of August introduced a ban on granting leaves for the entire managerial staff and a large part of lower-level employees – reported HUR.
In some companies that are part of Rostec, “indefinite postponement of vacation” applies to literally all employees.
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The Military and Industrial Commission of the Russian Federation, chaired by Russian President Vladimir Putin, prepared changes to state defense orders for 2022, providing for increase in expenditure by 600-700 billion rubles (about PLN 45-52.5 billion). The changes are expected to be approved in early September, Ukrainian intelligence said.
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The purpose of the covert “mobilization of industry” is to ensure the ability to conduct hostilities on the territory of Ukraine. Similar measures are expected to be introduced in other industrial enterprises in Russia in the near future.
Leave cancellation activities are also related to the appointment activities full control over the movement of defense company personnelprimarily executives, in connection with the latter high-profile accusations of treason towards representatives of the scientific community of the Russian Federation – wrote the Ukrainian interview in a press release.