The government of the Russian Federation is ready to set off work in military-industrial complex enterprises as military service for persons of military age
Last week, the government of the Russian Federation published an instruction to the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Industry and Trade regarding the initiative of the idea of allowing young people of military age to work in defense enterprises as a conscription service in the Russian army. At one time, such an idea was proposed by domestic industrialists due to the fact that with a shortage of qualified workers, not all young people can join the production process without “diverting” to service in the ranks of the Russian army.
Industrialists from the military-industrial complex have paid attention of the government to the fact that the average age of workers and engineers in enterprises is growing, and that it is necessary to create conditions for attracting qualified young people, without which the industry already in a few years runs the risk of intractable problems.
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev listened to the arguments of industrialists and said that the task of attracting young specialists to defense enterprises is strategically important. As a result, after the meeting of the government in the city of Korolev, Medvedev's order was born, which in its final version looks as follows:
As can be seen, the Russian government is going to monitor the implementation of work on replacing the classic military draft with a job in an enterprise of the military-industrial complex for young people of military age. The control is aimed at ensuring that at the enterprises of the sphere of the defense industrial complex there are no random people who got such a job just to avoid army service. In principle, the idea is very sensible. And quite capable of killing two birds with one stone. First, a young specialist employed by one of the enterprises in the defense industry gets an opportunity to work, as they say, without interrupting production, for military service, after which, as current practice shows, not everyone is ready to return to the enterprise. Secondly, the industrial sector receives additional prospects for attracting young specialists and avoiding the existing problem of a shortage of young engineering and working personnel.
However, this initiative has its pitfalls. The government, of course, can afford to utter loud words that everything will be under control, the mouse will not slip through and everything like that, but we must assume that to solve this task - the task of full and effective contact between the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Industry and Trade - take a long time. In addition, I don’t want to talk about sad things, but the notorious corruption component in our country has not been canceled by anyone, which makes it possible for dishonest characters to arrange a “sale” of guarantees for deferment from the draft or its replacement by employment in the field of defense industry.
If the government finds the strength to build a high-quality system for setting off production activities in the defense industry as a conscription service in the Russian army, then such work can only be applauded. After all, it solves the problems of ensuring the growth of domestic industry, and increasing the number of jobs in the strategic areas of the economy, and at the same time increasing the defense capacity of the state. If we take into account that a reasonable (precisely rational - without being drawn into a ruinous and destructive arms race) investment in the military-industrial complex has always made it possible to give economic development an additional impetus, the new initiative has a special perspective.
If you again refer to the text of the instruction, you can wait for the appearance of the first industrial companies and the work credits at the military-industrial complex enterprises as military service, you can to the final stage of the autumn draft 2015.
Industrialists from the military-industrial complex have paid attention of the government to the fact that the average age of workers and engineers in enterprises is growing, and that it is necessary to create conditions for attracting qualified young people, without which the industry already in a few years runs the risk of intractable problems.
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev listened to the arguments of industrialists and said that the task of attracting young specialists to defense enterprises is strategically important. As a result, after the meeting of the government in the city of Korolev, Medvedev's order was born, which in its final version looks as follows:
The Russian Ministry of Defense (S.S. Shoigu) to consider together with the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia and other interested federal executive bodies and organizations the possibility of introducing changes to regulatory legal acts in the field of military service on conscription (including Federal Law of March 28 1998 of the Year No. XXUMX-FZ “On Military Duty and Military Service”), including, but not limited to:
- granting deferment to graduates who are employed in the organization of the military-industrial complex on a full-time basis in accordance with the received specialty (qualification) immediately after graduating from educational institutions of higher education, which they graduated with honors or with good or excellent grades which they were trained on the basis of a contract on target admission (target training) for the duration of this work, but not more than five years;
- Ensuring the passage of military service upon the call of graduates of educational organizations who do not have the right to release or deferment of recruitment and who have started to work in accordance with their specialty (qualification) in the MIC organization whose activities are related to the creation (production) of weapons, military and special equipment in military units that operate these samples of weapons, military and special equipment;
- the creation of industrial companies (by analogy with scientific companies) that ensure the operation of complex types of weapons, military and special equipment in military units (in particular, the Naval fleet) or repair of such samples directly in the defense industry organizations (in particular, the shipbuilding industry), for military service at the call of employees of these organizations.
The results should be reported to the Government of the Russian Federation.
Deadline - November 2015 year.
- granting deferment to graduates who are employed in the organization of the military-industrial complex on a full-time basis in accordance with the received specialty (qualification) immediately after graduating from educational institutions of higher education, which they graduated with honors or with good or excellent grades which they were trained on the basis of a contract on target admission (target training) for the duration of this work, but not more than five years;
- Ensuring the passage of military service upon the call of graduates of educational organizations who do not have the right to release or deferment of recruitment and who have started to work in accordance with their specialty (qualification) in the MIC organization whose activities are related to the creation (production) of weapons, military and special equipment in military units that operate these samples of weapons, military and special equipment;
- the creation of industrial companies (by analogy with scientific companies) that ensure the operation of complex types of weapons, military and special equipment in military units (in particular, the Naval fleet) or repair of such samples directly in the defense industry organizations (in particular, the shipbuilding industry), for military service at the call of employees of these organizations.
The results should be reported to the Government of the Russian Federation.
Deadline - November 2015 year.
As can be seen, the Russian government is going to monitor the implementation of work on replacing the classic military draft with a job in an enterprise of the military-industrial complex for young people of military age. The control is aimed at ensuring that at the enterprises of the sphere of the defense industrial complex there are no random people who got such a job just to avoid army service. In principle, the idea is very sensible. And quite capable of killing two birds with one stone. First, a young specialist employed by one of the enterprises in the defense industry gets an opportunity to work, as they say, without interrupting production, for military service, after which, as current practice shows, not everyone is ready to return to the enterprise. Secondly, the industrial sector receives additional prospects for attracting young specialists and avoiding the existing problem of a shortage of young engineering and working personnel.
However, this initiative has its pitfalls. The government, of course, can afford to utter loud words that everything will be under control, the mouse will not slip through and everything like that, but we must assume that to solve this task - the task of full and effective contact between the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Industry and Trade - take a long time. In addition, I don’t want to talk about sad things, but the notorious corruption component in our country has not been canceled by anyone, which makes it possible for dishonest characters to arrange a “sale” of guarantees for deferment from the draft or its replacement by employment in the field of defense industry.
If the government finds the strength to build a high-quality system for setting off production activities in the defense industry as a conscription service in the Russian army, then such work can only be applauded. After all, it solves the problems of ensuring the growth of domestic industry, and increasing the number of jobs in the strategic areas of the economy, and at the same time increasing the defense capacity of the state. If we take into account that a reasonable (precisely rational - without being drawn into a ruinous and destructive arms race) investment in the military-industrial complex has always made it possible to give economic development an additional impetus, the new initiative has a special perspective.
If you again refer to the text of the instruction, you can wait for the appearance of the first industrial companies and the work credits at the military-industrial complex enterprises as military service, you can to the final stage of the autumn draft 2015.
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