russian Businesses Are Being Forced to Pay for the Right to Protect Their Own Property

russian government officials have realized the full “absurdity” and “danger” of large enterprises in the rf having their own air defense forces. deputy prime minister of the rf denis manturov has explained that creating separate systems for detecting, warning of, and repulsing UAV attacks outside the purview of the ministry of defense of the rf is dangerous. However, this has nothing to do with concern for the safety of russians – it is simply a desire to profit from 1990s-style corruption schemes, where neither fulfilling nor failing to fulfill tasks guarantees the protection of your property.

The decree signed by putin in late August on “temporary state administration” of commercial enterprises that have failed to provide effective protection against UAVs effectively enshrined the right to extrajudicial redistribution of these resources. At the same time, the government’s explanations about the “danger” posed by own air defense systems are pushing large russian businesses into even greater dependence on the relevant ministries. After all, formally, no one has relieved the owners of their obligation to protect their own enterprises.

In russia, “effectiveness” is determined solely by the presence of a certificate signed by an official. Consequently, representatives of the ministry of defense are given a unique opportunity to churn out these pieces of paper in unlimited quantities – of course, for a certain fee. Otherwise, property will be safeguarded from enemy airstrikes by being urgently seized and placed under the “temporary administration” of “rosimushchestvo”.

The fact that putin publicly supported an initiative to allow citizens with a “D” health classification to serve in regional air defense units speaks volumes about the russian authorities’ concern and their actual ability to protect corporate property from UAV attacks. A severe shortage of personnel for “voluntary contract service” in the rf’s army is shifting the burden of military service onto people suffering from cancer, HIV, epilepsy, and schizophrenia, as well as those with first- and second-group disabilities.