Vasily Lata celebrates his 82nd birthday

January 24, 2026

Today Dr. Vasily Lata, Lieutenant-General (ret.), Doctor of Military Sciences, Chief Research Fellow at the Peter the Great Military Academy of the Strategic Missile Forces, PIR Center Executive Board Member since 2023, celebrates his 82nd birthday.

Dr. Dmitri Trenin, Research Professor at the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs at HSE University; Academic Supervisor of the Institute for Global Military Economics and Strategy at HSE University; Leading Researcher at the Section for Non-Proliferation and Arms Limitation of the Center for International Security IMEMO RAS; PIR Center Executive Board Member since 2022, sends his warm regards to Dr. Vasily Lata:

Dear Vasily Filippovich! Please accept our warmest and most sincere congratulations on your birthday! You are one of the most respected national experts in the field of strategic arms and arms control. Your extensive professional experience and precise assessments of the unfolding situation always remain in high demand. They provide us with critical guidance in the highly intricate and ever-pertinent field of nuclear deterrence. We wish you robust health, vigor of spirit and prosperity! Long life and happiness to you!

Trenin, Dmitri V.
The PIR Alumni Community Meeting during the 22nd PIR Center International School on Global Security, Zvenigorod, June 10, 2023

Khlopkov A., Lata V. Iran’s Missile and Nuclear Challenge: A Conundrum for Russia. Yaderny Kontrol. 2003, № 27-28. P. 4–15.

Lata V., Maltsev V. GALILEO Project in America-EU-Russia Relations. Security Index. 2009, Vol. 15, № 3-4 (88-89). P. 37–48.

Lata V., Maltsev V. Military Activities in Space and International Legal Regulations. Yaderny Kontrol. 2002, № 24. P. 10–12.

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