Academy of Military Science (Russia)
Russian non-governmental research interregional public organization
Academy of Military Science (Russian: Академия военных наук Российской Федерации) is a Russian non-governmental research interregional public organization. Conducts basic and applied military research, and has headquarters in Moscow.
Public organization "Academy of Military Sciences" was registered in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation, June 3, 1994 (certificate of registration No.2278). Creation of an organization approved February 20, 1995, decree of the President of the Russian Federation. Since its founding, academic and Army General Makhmut Gareev served as its president until his death in 2019. Army General Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff and commander of all Russian forces in Ukraine, has served as its president since 2021.
Overview
Academy brings together scientists of the Armed Forces (AF), FSB, MVD, other security agencies and defense industries, as well as civilian scientists. By the end of 2005 the academy had 584 active members, 270 corresponding members, 38 honorary members, and 1,254 professors. About 30% of the members of the academy are serving members of the Russian Armed Forces and other security agencies.
The academy has relationships with Russian research centers and scientific organizations of the CIS countries, the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Russian Academy of Rocket and Artillery Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, the Military University of the Russian Defense Ministry, the Institute of Military History of the Ministry of Defense of Russia League for defense companies, MGIMO and other universities, research institutes, departmental and public research institutions.
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