Ruslan Pukhov is a prominent Russian defense analyst and director of the Moscow-based Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies

Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies

The Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies is an independent, noncommercial, nongovernmental organization, which carries out research and analysis on Russian conventional arms trade and defense trends both nationally and internationally...

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Overview

Pukhov graduated from the School of International Information of MGIMO University under the Russian Foreign Ministry in 1996. In 1996-1997 he was a post-graduate student at the Franco-Russian Master d'Etudes Internationales Sciences Po. In 1996-1997 he was a researcher on the Conventional Arms Project of the Center for Policy Studies in Russia. He is the author of a number of research articles on the conventional arms trade and the defense industries of Russia and France.

Pukhov has given many interviews on defense matters for major media sources such as United Press International

United Press International

United Press International is a once-major international news agency, whose newswires, photo, news film and audio services provided news material to thousands of newspapers, magazines and radio and television stations for most of the twentieth century...

, RIA Novosti, Nezavisimaya Gazeta

Nezavisimaya Gazeta

Nezavisimaya Gazeta is a Russian daily newspaper. Published since December 21, 1990.Information ranging from a wide variety of sources, such as reporters, political scientists, historians, art historians, as well as critics are published in the newspaper...

 and Reuters

Reuters

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