On October 30, 2025, the eighth annual Ogarkov Readings Conference was held in the Pillared Hall of the Museum of Military Uniforms in Moscow. The event was organized by the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST) with the support of the SME Bank and the Special Technology Center (STC). The official sponsor was Rostec State Corporation.
Ogarkov Readings - 2025 Conference (c) CAST / Natalia Gubernatorova
Gathering of the participants of the conference (c) CAST / Natalia Gubernatorova
The director of the CAST Ruslan Pukhov opened the event (with) CAST / Natalia Gubernatorova
General of the Army Yuri Baluyevsky, former Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces (2004-2008), addressed the audience with a welcoming speech (c) TSAST / Natalia Gubernatorova
CAST researcher Georgy Peikrishvili presented the report "Neo-Paganism as an echo of military magic" (c) CAST / Natalia Gubernatorova
Vakhtang Kipshidze, Deputy Chairman of the Synodal Department for Church-Society Relations and the Media of the Moscow Patriarchate, shared his thoughts on the stated topic (c) TSAST / Natalia Gubernatorova
Doctor of Political Sciences Arman Saghatelyan, editor of the Russian translation of Norman Dixon's book "On the Psychology of Military Incompetence", spoke about the significance and relevance of this work (with) TSAST / Natalia Gubernatorova
Guests of the CAST Conference / Natalia Gubernatorova
(c) CAST / Natalia Gubernatorova
Andrey Dutov, General Director of the Scientific Research Center "Zhukovsky Institute", outlined methodological approaches to the formation of modern weapons systems (c) CAST / Natalia Gubernatorova
Yuri Lyamin, Senior Researcher at the TSA, presented an analytical review of the twelve-day war between Iran and Israel and its lessons for Russia (c) TSA / Natalia Gubernatorova
Israeli military expert and public figure Yakov Kedmi shared his view on the course and outcome of the Iran-Israel conflict (c) TSA / Natalia Gubernatorova
The Ogarkov Award was presented to Alexey Chadaev, founder of the autonomous non-profit organization "Ushkuynik" and manufacturer of combat drones, as the winner of the Year (c) TSAST / Natalia Gubernatorova
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The award of the Decade was received by Andrey Pinchuk, a DPR politician and former commander of the Bars-13 volunteer detachment, executive director of the Union of Donbass Volunteers (c) TSAST / Natalia Gubernatorova
The conference concluded with a panel discussion "Lessons from a special military operation and future wars in Eurasia," in which the experts were joined by VEB's chief economist.Russian Federation Andrey Klepach (c) TSAST / Natalia Gubernatorova
TSAST would like to thank the partners of the conference, SME Bank and the Special Technology Center (STC), as well as the official sponsor, Rostec Group of Companies, for their support.
