The scientific-practical conference "To the 80th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War: Victory over Fascism in the Context of Modern Challenges to Russia," organized by the Academy of Military Science and MGIMO University, was held as part of the international forum "International Business Trends: Challenges or New Opportunities?" (IBT-2025), hosted by the Faculty of International Business. The event was a continuation of the military-scientific conference "80 Years of the Great Victory. For a World Without Nazism," held by the Research Institute of Military History of the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the Academy of Military Science.
In the year of the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, Russia is facing new challenges: a hybrid war is being waged against our country, in which Russia's opponents are using all means, from information-psychological influence and sanctions pressure to the support of a "hot war". In this context, the scientific field has seen the emergence of a need for a thorough study of the experience already accumulated by Russia during the Great Patriotic War in conducting combat operations, developing the military industry and military technology, diplomatic settlement and ideological counteraction to destructive hostile propaganda, as well as researching the possibilities of adapting this experience based on the demands of the present day.
Conference participants assessed the prospects for applying the experience of confrontation during the Great Patriotic War in the conditions of 21st-century warfare. Particular attention was paid to issues of historical memory: it was noted that the conflicting parties in the current conflict demonstrate differing perceptions of the lessons and outcomes of the Second World War. Researchers paid tribute to the memory of the heroes of the Great Patriotic War: soldiers and officers, military doctors, scientist-engineers, physicists, and power engineers.
The conference contributed to the deepening and detailing of scientific knowledge in the study of modern hybrid warfare and post-conflict settlement. The practice-oriented component of the conference was especially valuable: through their research, the participants demonstrated that the experience of the past is applicable in modern conditions, albeit with adjustments for objective changes in the world order and the entire way of life caused by the scientific and technological revolution, shifts in thinking paradigms, and the key political actors who now wage and sponsor wars and conflicts.