Concern PVO
In late 2001 Victor Ivanov, deputy head of the president of the Russian Federation administration, was elected the Chairman of the research-and-production association (RPA) "Almaz" board of directors. Earlier, V.Ivanov was elected the chairman of the concern " Antey " board of directors. The concern "Antey" and RPA "Almaz" are the largest Russian developers and manufacturers of antiaircraft defense systems. It was supposed that the concern "Antey " and "Almaz" will be a part of the newly created "Concern PVO (air defense)". Vice-premier Ilya Klebanov insisted on the prompt formation of the concern, but the developers and manufacturers - scientific and industrial enterprise "Almaz" and the concern " Antey " resisted these plans.
On 24 April 2002 Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an edict "On the Almaz-Antey air-defence concern" that provided for the integration of 40 enterprises engaged in the development and manufacturing of air-defence and anti-missile systems for all armed services. The integration is based on the industrial company Antey. A number of Belarusian companies affiliated with the international [Belarusian-Russian] financial and production group, Defence Systems, could become de-facto participants in the new corporation, which is being set up in Russia. Under the edict, all major Russian factories under Defence Systems are being handed over to the new concern. The creation of the new concern was a long-awaited event. The new concern will substantially expand the list of air-defence hardware manufactured in Russia with Belarus's participation and may increase exports of this equipment.
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