In the russian federation, the implementation of covert measures of the so-called ‘industrial mobilization’ of companies and enterprises of the defence sector has begun. In particular, since the beginning of August, ‘Rostec’ has imposed a ban on vacations for all management personnel and a significant portion of the working staff. In some companies that are part of ‘Rostec’, the "postponement of vacations indefinitely" applies to 100% of employees.

Also, the military-industrial commission of the russian federation (putin is the Chairman of the Commission) is preparing amendments to the 2022 State Defence Order programme which would increase spending by 600-700 billion russian rubles. Approval of the changes is expected in early September.

The purpose of the hidden "industrial mobilization" is to ensure hostilities in the territory of Ukraine. At the same time, it is expected that similar measures will be introduced in other defence enterprises of the russian federation in the near future.

The campaign to cancel vacations is also connected with measures to establish full control over the movement of defence enterprise personnel. First and foremost, management personnel, against the backdrop of recent high-profile cases involving charges of treason against individual members of the russian scientific community.

At present, the ‘Rostec’ State Company includes more than 800 companies and enterprises in various sectors of production. The corporation's portfolio contains up to 40% of the total state defence order and priority civil programme.