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Russian manufacturers of prostheses began to work more closely with China

This made it possible to reduce dependence on the West. But it does not completely solve the problem with the shortage of components
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After the sanctions and the logistical difficulties that arose, domestic manufacturers of prostheses began to work much more closely with China. Chinese technology has made it possible to reduce dependence on the West. And although, in general, domestic companies are coping with the difficulties that arise, this leads to an increase in prices for components.

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, Russians who have received a serious injury are entitled to free prosthetics. There are enough companies in Russia that produce these means of rehabilitation. Cosmetic ones simply mask the defect, mechanical ones for the lower extremities allow you to restore lost functions and even run and swim. But for the upper limbs, such devices provide only the minimum necessary functionality: for example, to hold a glass or a spoon. The fingers of the prosthesis are clenched into a fist at the moment of bending the elbow. But you need to unclench with the help of a healthy hand.


But electronic prostheses allow a person to almost forget that he does not have a hand. The limb responds to impulses in the muscles, contracts and unclenches itself, the compression force is controlled. And even fingers can not bend all at once, but independently of each other.

And if the Russian manufacturer manufactures the first prostheses in large quantities, from materials mainly of domestic origin, then those who create bionic hands, even during the pandemic, faced a shortage of components, the need for contracts with additional, spare suppliers, new logistics routes. And now with sanctions. Skoltech professor Dmitry Kulish continues:


Dmitry Kulish
professor at Skoltech

“On the one hand, due to sanctions, there is a shortage of high-tech components, especially complex controllers and motors. On the other hand, most of the people I know have completely solved these problems. They lost either money or time. That is, now they have either replaced those nodes that fell under the sanctions with those that did not, mainly Chinese ones. Or they buy sanction nodes through the fourth hand, overpaying three times.

Some of the complex solutions that were produced by American, European and Japanese companies, as the expert notes, are now being created by domestic firms. So in the future, the situation may play into the hands of Russian production. But foreign aid is still indispensable. China is now in the top of foreign suppliers of components. In many units for prostheses, as market participants say, it turned out to be no worse than its Euro-American counterparts.

Well, there are some components in electronic devices that are still more expedient to purchase from “unfriendly” countries, says Ivan Krechetov, co-founder and general director of Klaiber Bionics LLC, a company that produces bionic hands:


Ivan Krechetov
co-founder and CEO of Klaiber bionics LLC

“As for our prosthesis, unfortunately, we don’t have any Russian analogues for our electromyographic sensors yet, since they use quite prosthetic analog components from American companies. And now while we are ready to overpay for the former cost. Prices rose anywhere from three to five times. We just checked in the last two weeks, updated the lists of components in order to understand what we strongly depend on - we do not depend. For the electrodes, fortunately, it is possible to keep the same elemental base for the time being, to get it without alteration. As for the electronic control module for the prosthesis itself, for the processor modules, the situation is more complicated, and we are now just rewiring printed circuit boards to adapt to the Chinese element base. If we talk about the Russian element base, we have quite specific high-performance processors,

If we talk about mechanical prostheses, then there are no problems with components, technologies or materials. Today, domestic companies have developed and are testing completely Russian knee modules, prosthetic feet and other components, said Ruslan Shaglamdzhyan, General Director of GlavOrto LLC.

Ruslan Shaglamdzhyan
General Director of GlavOrto LLC

“Foreign manufacturers are trying to cooperate with us so that we can change or repair [prostheses previously installed by Russians] under warranty. There are production sites in Russia, where they are also accepted and sent to be replaced under warranty. With some manufacturers, this is not possible, but we quickly switched to analog products and it turned out that the service is no worse. We switched primarily to the Russian market, and it turned out that the Russian market is no worse, and quickly, quickly created the same analogues that were taken from abroad.”

Market participants note that there is no shortage in the segment of primary rehabilitation means - crutches, walkers and wheelchairs.
 

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Russian airlines complained to the head of the Ministry of Transport about difficulties with flights to China


The carriers propose to hold face-to-face consultations with the aviation authorities of the two countries with the participation of the Russian Foreign Ministry until March 26, that is, before the start of the new summer flight schedule

Russian air carriers complained to the Ministry of Transport about problems when launching or operating flights to China.
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about this with reference to a letter from the President of the Association of Air Transport Operators (AEVT) Vladimir Tasun, sent to the head of the Ministry of Transport Vitaly Savelyev.


The document, in particular, notes that Russian airlines cannot operate flights to China on aircraft that are on the Bermuda registry (over 480 aircraft) or on the US Department of Commerce sanctions list (more than 170 aircraft). There are also problems with flights to China on Russian-made liners, primarily Superjet, which have not previously flown to this country. What kind of problems, Tasun does not specify.

In addition, due to the coronavirus pandemic, “historical” slots (time slots for flight arrivals and departures) were lost, which are extremely scarce at Chinese airports. This can lead to difficulties in restoring traffic.

In the letter, Vladimir Tasun emphasizes that before the pandemic, China was in the top 10 countries in terms of international traffic for Russian air carriers. Now Aeroflot operates flights from Moscow. Iraero and Aurora flights are operated from Irkutsk and Khabarovsk. The AEVT President proposes to hold face-to-face consultations between the aviation authorities of the two countries with the participation of the Russian Foreign Ministry until March 26, that is, before the start of the new summer flight schedule.

The Association of Air Transport Operators includes 22 Russian airlines, including Aeroflot, S7, Ural Airlines and Utair.
 

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Rostec and Rostelecom demand to introduce protective duties on the import of bank and SIM cards into Russia


Russian electronics manufacturers have proposed introducing duties on the import of Chinese bank and SIM cards into the country. They are afraid of market capture by manufacturers from China and the bankruptcy of Russian enterprises in this regard. This is due to the fact that Chinese chips are much cheaper. But banks and telecom operators do not support this idea, because they are interested in lowering product prices.

Import duties for smart cards


ANO Telecommunication Technologies (founded by Rostec, Element, and Rostelecom) proposed introducing duties on the import of Chinese bank and SIM cards. Kommersant writes about this with reference to a letter from the association sent to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

ANO asks to introduce protective duties in the amount of 50-100% on the import of imported chips into Russia. According to the association, Russian manufacturers are able to meet the needs of financial organizations and telecom operators in cards. This is confirmed by representatives of the Central Bank.

The conflict is that the import duty on ready-made smart cards is zero. But the import of components for their production at Russian enterprises is subject to a duty of 7% on average. These conditions put domestic producers at a disadvantage, ANO representatives say.

Russian manufacturers of smart cards are also paying attention to the fact that the issue of production of Mir cards at foreign factories is currently being considered. According to the association, this will lead to the bankruptcy of domestic enterprises. And this is fraught with the vulnerability of banks and telecom operators due to being tied to foreign industries.

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Russia proposes to impose duties on the import of Chinese smart cards
Representatives of the Ministry of Industry and Trade told the publication that the appeal of ANO Telecommunication Technologies is under consideration.

Where are smart cards manufactured?


According to Kommersant, most Russian banks buy smart cards from domestic manufacturers. The Aliot and Novacard companies purchase foreign microcircuits and package them in plastic already at their facilities. Mikron itself produces chips. Sberbank and Post Bank buy bank cards from him.

The interlocutor of the publication explains that the appeal of ANO is due to the fact that Chinese manufacturers can capture the Russian market of smart cards. According to him, domestic manufacturers of smart cards until 2022 purchased chips from European suppliers. They received certificates from the National Payment Card System (NSPK), which ensures the processing of transactions with Mir cards. This allows the use of foreign components in Russian bank cards.

In the spring of 2022, the supply of microcircuits from Europe was blocked. And domestic manufacturers began to look for Chinese counterparts. NSPK certified them, after which the chips were delivered to banks. According to the source, now Chinese companies want to enter the domestic market without intermediaries. He notes that the price difference between a domestic and a Chinese smart card can be as high as 500%. Therefore, the entry of manufacturers from China into the Russian market will “kill” domestic ones.

Alexey Gazin , commercial director of Aliot, agrees with this . In his opinion, this will lead to an increase in prices for products for end consumers.

Banks think differently


The Russian banks interviewed by the publication did not support the idea of introducing protective duties, as, on the contrary, they are interested in lowering prices for smart cards. So consider, for example, representatives of VTB.

According to Kommersant's source in one of the telecom operators, up to half of all SIM cards are purchased in China. The rest is produced by the Russian Novacard, Altair and Eastkompis. At the same time, he emphasizes that this is not about full-cycle production, because these sites only package microcircuits and personalize SIM cards.

As another telecom representative notes, in 2022, card prices increased from 20 rubles. up to 110 rubles This is confirmed by representatives of MTS, noting that they do not observe a shortage. Vimpelcom also confirms the increase in prices, but believes that protective duties will only increase the cost of communication services.
 

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It says study in following subject area encouraged. i think 10% of 350K Int students in Russia will be Chinese but not sure 2023 number.
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Under a joint programme between China and Russia, students who specialise in “leading subjects in Russia”, such as aviation and space, mechanical manufacturing and new material petroleum engineering will be given “priority in selection” when applying to study in Russia, according to a document published on the council’s website.
Full tuition will be paid by the Russian side while the Chinese government will fund travel and provide subsidies.

some background and difference between Turkey and Iran. I dont think Vietnam has Nuclear plant.
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Turkey is second only to Vietnam with 192 students, including nuclear physicists who are currently studying at the university and 60 students who graduated in 2017 and 2018, Georgy Tikhomirov, deputy director of the Institute of Nuclear Physics and Engineering, told Anadolu Agency.

The number of students rose sharply when Russia and Turkey signed an agreement on construction of the Akkuyu nuclear plant in Turkey's Black Sea region, said Tikhomirov.

This does not always happen, though, as some countries prefer to prepare nuclear specialists themselves, he said, referring to Iran, where Russia built several units of the Bushehr nuclear plant. But currently there are no future Iranian nuclear physicists studying in Russia, he explained.
 

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Refrigerators and microwave ovens could fall under anti-Russian sanctions​


he other day, the United States and partner countries want to approve a new set of sanctions against Russia. It is assumed that the target will be dual-use goods. This was said by US Treasury Undersecretary Wally Adeyemo.

The sanctions could limit Russia’s ability to purchase dual-use items such as household appliances, including refrigerators and microwave ovens. They can also prohibit the movement of goods to create conductors used in military technology. MK writes about this.

Adeyemo says the new restrictions will include a ban on the transport of banned goods, including oil, across border countries. However, he did not provide details.

Earlier it became known that during a meeting with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, Italian Prime Minister George Meloni said that Kiev will soon receive three types of air defense systems at once – SAMP-T air defense systems, Skyguard and Spada.
 

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The sanctions could limit Russia’s ability to purchase dual-use items such as household appliances, including refrigerators and microwave ovens. They can also prohibit the movement of goods to create conductors used in military technology.

Microwave ovens can be used to defeat missiles, as we already know. Refrigerators maybe to cool optics. Washing machines are a DIYer's dream machine.
 

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Refrigerators and microwave ovens could fall under anti-Russian sanctions​


he other day, the United States and partner countries want to approve a new set of sanctions against Russia. It is assumed that the target will be dual-use goods. This was said by US Treasury Undersecretary Wally Adeyemo.

The sanctions could limit Russia’s ability to purchase dual-use items such as household appliances, including refrigerators and microwave ovens. They can also prohibit the movement of goods to create conductors used in military technology. MK writes about this.

Adeyemo says the new restrictions will include a ban on the transport of banned goods, including oil, across border countries. However, he did not provide details.

Earlier it became known that during a meeting with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, Italian Prime Minister George Meloni said that Kiev will soon receive three types of air defense systems at once – SAMP-T air defense systems, Skyguard and Spada.
Well, guess what China manufactures a lot of
 

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in Swat police competition Russia got the first three medals on 4th day. most days Russian teams on top but this is first time all three teams. Its domestic team exposure to international events to see the quality of recruitment and funding.

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This how the competition look like. American SUVs used. as World divides into blocs. More and more competitions and events will shift to Mideast.
 
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