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Swedish Saab Gripen and Finnish Boeing F-18 fighters intercept Ilyushin Il-18 airliner with Russian MoD Public Council delegation over Baltics.

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"Shoigu and Gerasimov are now obvious lame ducks and they will be removed, I think," said СAST Director Ruslan Pukhov.

Vladimir Putin’s generals vulnerable despite surviving revolt

Defence minister and army chief seen as ‘lame ducks’ but could stay on as president’s loyalists

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Kazakhstan's 2022 Unrest: Causes & Consequences, Armored Vehicle Manufacturing Industry in Ukraine Since 2014, War in Yemen: The Use of Aviation & Air Defence Systems, Bulgarian Defence Industry, and more — №1'2022 of Eksport Vooruzheniy (Arms Exports) journal is released.

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“No Crimean port is safe any more for Russian warships,” said Ruslan Pukhov, director of the Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies in Moscow. Ukraine has “basically ejected the fleet from Crimea.”

Putin Forced to Relocate Ships in Crimea After Ukraine Strikes

Drone and missile attacks are enabling Ukraine to overcome Russian naval dominance in the Black Sea.

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Greatings from the Kotelny Island, one the Russia's northernmost miilitary bases!

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CAST Director Ruslan Pukhov in front of the 51P6E2 transporter erector launcher of the new non-strategic missile system Abakan designed by the Almaz – Antey Corporation and displayed at the #ForumArmy2020 #Army2020 #Армия2020

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CAST is pleased to announce that it has finalised the translation and editing of the landmark book in political science — Perception and Misperception in International Politics by Robert Jervis. The book is now in print.

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The pilot issue of Russia's first private Intelligence Studies journal is out now. The publication was prepared with the advisory assistance of CAST. Find out more and read the issue ➡️

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CAST's new book "Vojna sredi sten" ("The War Within the Walls") devoted to the modern urban warfare is released. CAST's official reseller in the U.S.:

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Russian government says T-14 Armata tanks are too expensive and it's cheaper to modernize T-72 MBTs. CAST's Andrey Frolov comments

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Armata, Kurganets-25, Bumerang - what happened to Russia’s new armoured vehicles? CAST's Andrey Frolov comments

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CAST has finalised its three-year project devoted to the world's best military intelligence services. The book will be available for purchase in August. Our deepest gratitude goes to Dr. Paul Robinson from @uOttawa for his valuable contribution and patience.

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CAST Director Ruslan Pukhov conducts a test drive of a trophy Ukrainian Kozak-2M MRAP-class armoured vehicle in Kaspiysk (Dagestan). The vehicle was captured in 2022 by the marines of the Caspian Flotilla of the Russian Navy.

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It is with deep regret and profound sadness that we announce the passing away of Konstantin Makienko, renowned military expert and the founder of the Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST).

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CAST Director Ruslan Pukhov said the emergence of a plethora of battalions at this stage of the war was “logical” given the desire to avoid a second mobilisation. “The Russian authorities are looking for some palliative solutions,” he added.

‘Stream’ and ‘Torch’: the Gazprom-backed militias fighting in Ukraine

Russia’s state gas company has recruited, equipped and paid security guards to join the invasion

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The current edition of Russia in Global Affairs journal showcases an article authored by CAST Director Ruslan Pukhov, titled "From 'Special' to 'Military': Lessons from Two Years of the Operation in Ukraine." Access the complete article here ⬇️

From “Special” to “Military”

Russia is unlikely to succeed using inexpensive and palliative political, military, and industrial solutions. The system will have to complete the radical “stress test” that…

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CAST publishes a new book "Storm over the Caucasus" (рус. «Буря на Кавказе») edited by Ruslan Pukhov. The book provides a thorough analysis of the 44-day war between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the autumn of 2020. You can download free PDF version here:

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CAST Director Ruslan Pukhov with the Chief General Manager (Market Promotion & Export) & Corporate IT HoD of BrahMos Aerospace Praveen Pathak at the MAKS-2021 International Aviation and Space Salon | #MAKS2021 #МАКС2021

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CAST's Mikhail Barabanov explains the future of PAK DA stealth bomber project @TheNatlInterest

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Minister of Defense Sergey Shoigu decorated CAST director Ruslan Pukhov with MoD medal

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"For Putin, these exercises are aimed at quickly concentrating forces,” said CAST Director Ruslan Pukhov. “NATO’s forces are much stronger than Russia’s but the side that can concentrate and move its forces faster has a greater chance."

Russia Mounts Wargames on NATO Border as Belarus Seeks Weapons

Russia is mobilizing as many as 200,000 troops in wargames with Belarus, including thousands along their borders with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, as Moscow tightens military links with...

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CAST Director Ruslan Pukhov visiting the exhibition at the Russian MoD's National Defense Control Center.

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CAST Director Ruslan Pukhov with Communications Director of Rostec State Corporation Ekaterina Baranova at #IDEX2021 defence exhibition, which is taking place in Abu Dhabi from February 21 to 25.

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"Perhaps it's too early to call the S-400 contract the swansong in the Russian-Indian arms trade, but India slowly moves away from us" - CAST director Ruslan Pukhov comments

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Ruslan Pukhov with the Designer General of Kronshtadt Nikolay Dolzhenkov discussing why Russia is still lagging behind in UAV production. In 2019 Mr. Dolzhenkov received the Ogarkov Award from CAST () #ForumArmy2020 #Army2020 #Армия2020

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Vladimir Putin successfully uses secret climate weapon against New York.

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@fleischer_p It looks like it is not Russian A-50 but Il-76 of Belarus.

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Russian Arms Exports in 2018, BrahMos Supersonic Cruise Missile Program in 2018–2019, Russian Wheeled MRAP Vehicles and more: CAST's Moscow Defense Brief (Special Issue) is released. Download full PDF version here:

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Dmitry Stefanovich ( @KomissarWhipla ) on nuclear weapons and warfare: over the last 75 years the role of nukes flactuated between warfighting and deterrence #OgarkovReadings

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CAST team in Zhukovsky, where the MAKS-2021 International Aviation and Space Salon opens today | #MAKS2021 #МАКС2021

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Ukraine wants to buy Jordaninan secondhand Osa SAMs (SA-8 Gecko). CAST director Ruslan Pukhov comments

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15 years have passed since the five-day war between Russia and Georgia. In 2010, CAST published a book dedicated to those events titled "The Tanks of August". A year later it was translated into several languages.

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The first 2024 issue of Nevidimoe Izmerenie (Invisible Dimension) almanac, Russia's premier private Intelligence Studies journal, is now available. This publication was prepared with advisory assistance from CAST. Find out more and read the issue ➡️

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The Second Karabakh War, Turkish Military Intelligence, Loitering Munition, Made in China 2025, and more — CAST's №5'2020 Eksport Vooruzheniy (Arms Exports) journal with is released.

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The Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies would like express its deepest condolences to family and colleagues on the passing of Robert Jervis. This is a huge loss for the entire International Relations academic community.

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CAST Research Fellow Timofey Borisov in front of the Yak-130 combat trainer presented for the first time at Dubai Airshow 2019.

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CAST Director Ruslan Pukhov flying from Tiksi to Kotelny Island to inspect Russian military base in the Arctic region.

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CAST is pleased to announce the release of the new book “The Soldiers of Undeclared Wars: Special Operations Forces” focused on the organisational structure, weapons & equipment, training and operational deployment of the different countries' SOFs.

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Ruslan Pukhov having a farewell dinner at @ChelseaMarketNY with an old friend of CAST @RALee85 .

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Sukhoi & MiG companies will be merged in 2018, sources say. CAST's Andrei Frolov explains why it's right

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CAST's new book "Chuzhie Vojny: Novaya Paradigma" ("Foreign Wars: the New Paradigm") edited by Mikhail Barabanov is released. The study is devoted to the confrontation between air defense systems and air attack weapons (primarily UAVs and missiles) in local conflicts.

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The Head of GRU Admiral Igor Kostyukov revealed the volume of the U.S. defense trade with Asia-Pacific countries during his presentation at the IX Moscow Conference on International Security | #MCIS #MCIS2021

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Turkey's TF-X Kaan Fighter Aircraft, Recent Trends in the Development of Hypersonic Weapons, Ammunition Production in Europe, and more — the Special Issue 2023 of Eksport Vooruzheniy (Arms Exports) journal is released.

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@olgatokariuk @FT It is unfair for Ukraine but life is unfair

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China's Arms Exports in 2015-2019, Chinese Military Intelligence, the Development of the Chinese Air Defense Systems and more — CAST's №4'2020 Eksport Vooruzheniy (Arms Exports) journal with focus on China is released.

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Problems with military steel may undermine Russia's State Armament Program 2027, warns CAST in its latest report

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Turkey pays $2.5B for Russian S-400 missile def system. Technology transfer will be limited, says CAST's K. Makienko

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Sergei Shoigu awarded CAST Director Ruslan Pukhov with the Russian MoD's medal after the annual final meeting of the Public Council (Ministry of Defence).

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CAST is pleased to announce the release of the new book "Robotization and military affairs of the future" (рус. "Роботизация и военное дело будущего") which provides the overlook and the in-depth analysis of the current battlefield robotization trends.

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Kurganets-25 platform has problems and probably to be revised, says ex-engineer of KMZ company. A. Frolov discusses

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The panel discussion on the Karabakh conflict begins. The participants are: the Editor-in-Chief of Arsenal Otechestva journal Viktor Murakhovsky, the author of the book ''Karabakh war 1991–1994'' Mamed Velimamedov and defence analyst Leonid Nersisyan | #OgarkovReadings

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Russia's defence industry amid the pandemic, the global arms market in Q1 2020, India's military intelligence and more — CAST's №2'2020 Eksport Vooruzheniy (Arms Exports) journal is released.

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More money for the Ground Forces, less for the Navy – CAST deputy director K.Makienko about Russia's rearmament 2025

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"Exactly because of the events of June 24th, it's impossible for Putin to get rid of Shoigu and Gerasimov in the near future," said Mikhail Barabanov, a senior research fellow at the Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST).

WSJ News Exclusive | Russia Detained Several Senior Military Officers in Wake of Wagner Mutiny

Hours after Yevgeny Prigozhin began a short-lived march on Moscow, the country’s domestic security service detained several high-ranking military officers, including Gen. Sergei Surovikin, who...

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CAST Director Ruslan Pukhov arrives in Istanbul for the IDEF'21 International Defence Industry Fair, which is set to start on 17 August 2021.

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The Bloomberg article which cites CAST's Moscow Defense Brief exclusive statistics on Russia's arms trade

Russia Wants to Sell Its Missiles to U.S. Allies

The S-400 has never been used in combat, but it’s already causing geopolitical turmoil.

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CAST director Ruslan Pukhov and @nasserbinnasser are having a business meeting in Amman & discussing Syria

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Ukraine tests locally made cruise missile. CAST director Ruslan Pukhov comments

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CAST director Russian Pukhov & Ambassador of France to Russia @SylvieBermann at the Ditchley Foundation seminar

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S-400, assembly of Kalashnikovs in Saudi Arabia, TOS-1A MRLS & more – R.Pukhov comments Putin-Salman negotiations

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The book hasn't lost its relevance – download The Tanks of August about the Russo-Georgian war of 2008

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CAST director Ruslan Pukhov discussing Iran-Russia relations with Henry Kissinger in New York.

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CAST Director Ruslan Pukhov is preparing for a series of upcoming business meetings in Istanbul by immersing himself in Turkey's military history.

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Russia's new Il-276 is based on the Rus-Indian MTA project. A.Frolov comments on its prospects in the world market

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. @DmitriTrenin emphasizes that the US military power became the major tool of their leadership on a global arena. US will always pursue military and technological superiority, thus fuelling the arms race. #OgarkovReadings

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CAST Director Ruslan Pukhov with the Minister of Defence of Belarus Viktor Khrenin discussing the role of the US military–industrial complex in fuelling the Ukraine conflict.

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“Since everything hasn’t gone according to plan, Russians are looking for ways of improvising and if Wagner works, why not increase the number of private military companies,” said CAST Director Ruslan Pukhov.

Russia’s Private Military Companies Expand at the Front as Moscow Seeks More Soldiers

Some of Russia’s biggest state companies have recruited fighters, as Moscow struggles with manpower shortages and Ukraine prepares a fresh offensive.

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General Sverre Diesen speaks about how modern technologies affect warfare. Smart munitions make the required launch platrforms simpler. Drones are the thing. Communications are important and vulnerable, so more efforts will be devoted to autonomy. #OgarkovReadings

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ELITE WARRIORS: Special Operations Forces From Around the World (ed Ruslan Pukhov & Christopher Marsh) – finally out

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CAST Director Ruslan Pukhov waiting for peace in New York hours before his return to Moscow.

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GLONASS, UAVs and SOF – reasons for Russia's military successes in Syria, according to CAST research (by A. Lavrov)

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@ian_matveev Справедливости ради стоит добавить, что ВСУ так же активно их приминяют.

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CAST's new book "Storm over the Caucasus" (рус. «Буря на Кавказе») is now available in different e-book formats. You can download it for free here:

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CAST Director Ruslan Pukhov told Defense News that by unveiling the drone, Sukhoi has "confirmed its status as the leading Russian design bureau."

Russia unveils upgraded S-70 Hunter drone, with plans for fielding in 2024

Developed by Chkalov’s Novosibirsk aviation plant in western Siberia, the drone is equipped with a flat nozzle to increase its stealth capability.

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"It was important as a symbol of trust, but because there is no longer any trust between the U.S. and Russia, this treaty dies", — said CAST Director Ruslan Pukhov regarding the Open Skies agreement.

Putin Moves to Quit Open Skies as Russia Looks to Biden Summit

President Vladimir Putin moved to withdraw from the Open Skies treaty already abandoned by the U.S., as Russia said it hopes summit talks with President Joe Biden will focus on strategic stability.

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Milkhail Barabanov and CAST’s new deputy director Polina Temerina - an old friend of the Centre

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@ElenaChernenko @AlexGabuev Apart from solidarity with Russia PRC authorities do remember how Zelensky cheated Chineese investors with Motor Sych shares

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Import Substitution in the Iranian Defence Industry, the Ukrainian Crisis and Nuclear Weapons, Robotization of Urban Warfare: the Revolution of Unmanned Systems, and more — the Special Issue of Eksport Vooruzheniy (Arms Exports) journal is released.

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CAST director Ruslan Pukhov takes part in @IISS_org workshop on Russian military modernization. In the first picture – together with @anais_auvray from IISS and @MatBoulegue from @ChathamHouse

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CAST is pleased to announce that it has finalised the translation and editing of the landmark book in political science — Perception and Misperception in International Politics by Robert Jervis. Its Russian edition will be released in early 2022.

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"Valery Gerasimov, the general with a doctrine for Russia", with CAST director Ruslan Pukhov's contribution

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CAST Director Ruslan Pukhov giving a lecture on the Russian SOF at the Estonian Military Academy in Tartu.

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Contemporary urban warfare, military and special equipment of ground forces for the Arctic region, Iranian military intelligence — the Special Issue of the CAST’s Eksport Vooruzheniy (Arms Exports) journal is released. Download the free PDF-version here: .

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CAST Director Ruslan Pukhov had a working lunch meeting with Karin Olofsdotter, Sweden's Ambassador to Russia, and U.S. Defence Attaché Colonel Stephanie A. Bagley, discussing prospects for peace in Ukraine.

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“If Russia decides to provide Iran with S-400, it will be direct challenge to Saudi Arabia and Israel, so it will be against Russia’s own national interests,” said CAST director Ruslan Pukhov.

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12% of Russian arms exports go to China, says defence minister Sergey Shoigu. CAST's Konstantin Makienko comments

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The Armenian edition of CAST's book "Storm over the Caucasus" is released. The book provides a thorough analysis of the 44-day war between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the autumn of 2020.

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"The main reason Prigozhin happened at all is because Russia . . . couldn’t create an effective army. They had to create an ersatz army instead, and it was obvious from the start that creating a parallel army has huge risks," said Ruslan Pukhov.

‘He went nuts’: how Putin’s caterer served a dish of high treason

Covert warfare, corruption and poor governance stoked the greatest threat to Russian president’s rule

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Donbass has become a battlefield of Western and Russian drones. CAST's Sergey Denisentsev comments

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CAST director Ruslan Pukhov discussing Soviet operational art & Marshal Ogarkov's legacy with David Glantz in Carlisle

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Today CAST organises the second #OgarkovReadings . The conference is devoted to the memory of Marshall Nikolay Ogarkov – the brightest Russian military thinker of the second half of the 20th century. Please follow our live text coverage here from ⏰ 9:30 a.m. (GMT+3).

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A detailed map of the Russo-Georgian war of 2008 made by CAST. Check out the book about the conflict

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CAST director Ruslan Pukhov taking part in the conference ‘Development of Military Strategy in Modern Context’ at the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia. In the pictures – renowned military thinkers M.A. Gareev, N.E. Makarov and A.A. Kokoshin

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Ruslan Pukhov with the Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov discussing CAST's recently published book on Iran titled “The Persian Bastion” (рус. “Персидский Бастион”) at @Russian_Council Members General Meeting.

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USA still may impose sanctions on India if it buys Russian weapons. CAST director Ruslan Pukhov comments

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CAST's new book Thunder Sky: Aviation in Modern Conflicts (рус. Грозное небо. Авиация в современных конфликтах). Edited by former Commander-in-chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces Colonel General Viktor Bondarev

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CAST Director Ruslan Pukhov heading to #IDEX2021 and #NAVDEX2021 land and naval defense exhibitions. First foreign visit since the last March.

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Today, CAST is organising the 6th edition of the #OgarkovReadings conference, honoring the memory of Marshall Nikolay Ogarkov, an exceptional Russian military thinker. The partners of the event are Rostec and United Engine Corporation, the official sponsor is PSB.

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