PhD Thesis “Identification of Military Change in Military Thought: Case Study of Russian Armed Forces”Some key observations from the thesis:1. Russian Military Doctrine has a unique structure that supports the culture of military mavericks.2. Russian Military Doctrine is the essence that shows how Russia is going to wage, but details are revealed only by its military thought.3. Russian Military Doctrine avoids Western military terminology, but it influences Russia’s military mindset and is institutionalized in the doctrine indirectly.4. The ideas of warfare identified in the Russian military thought, which aren’t part of the doctrine, are practically realized in the Syrian military campaign.

Military engineering senior instructor in Department of Military Studies at Military Academy of Lithuania.Specific competence:1) Use of antitank mines;2) Integration of constructed obstacles in the terrain;3) Preparation of fighting positions;4) Terrain analyses;5) Military load classification of bridges in accordance with NATO STANAG.