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Russia has canceled its Army 2027 military-technical forum, its third straight year of cancellations, Kyiv Post reported on 13 November 2026. The forum was scheduled for August 2027 in Kubinka, outside Moscow, and follows cancellations in 2025 and 2026, which Kyiv Post said signal a scaling back of Kremlin military showpieces amid the war against Ukraine. TASS reported that a new government order removed the forum from the official list of international defense exhibitions for 2026-2027. The 2025 edition, planned for Patriot Park near Moscow, was scrapped by the Defense Ministry after the ministry had already cut its format, first to three days in 2024 and then to industry specialists only. The Army forum, first held in 2015 and promoted by the Defense Ministry as a showcase for Russian weapons and defense technology, once ran a full week and drew foreign delegations and contractors. Its permanent operator, International Congresses and Exhibitions (MKB), is a company tied to the family of former Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu, including his wife, Irina Shoigu, and his longtime associates. An investigation by the Russian outlet The System found that Shoigu's family profited from organizing the exhibition for years. The System also reported that MKB's revenue exceeded 1.5 billion rubles ($16 million) after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and climbed to 2.5 billion rubles ($27 million) in 2024.