During the “Conduct of combat operations” stage, two main training objectives are being practiced: the occupation by the national contingents of the CRDF CAR of the area of responsibility and the destruction of illegal armed formations that have invaded the territory of a CSTO member state.
The active phase of the joint exercise with the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian Region (CRDF CAR) “Frontier-2026” has begun at the Koktal training range in the Republic of Kazakhstan. During the exercise, the participating forces are practicing the preparation and conduct of combat operations to destroy illegal armed formations that have invaded the territory of a CSTO member state.
On September 11, 2026, a round table entitled “Kazakhstan–Central Asia–Greater Eurasia: resilience and security amid new challenges” was held at the Center for Social Conservative Policy. The event was organized by the CSTO Secretariat jointly with the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICCA RAS) and the Center for Social Conservative Policy (CSCP).
The event was attended by CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov, Director of the ICCA RAS Kirill Babaev, members of the CSTO Permanent Council and representatives of the academic and expert communities of the member states. The discussion was moderated by Yuri Shuvalov, Head of the Information and Public Relations Department of the CSTO Secretariat.
The CSTO Secretariat held consultations on adopting the Regulation on the organization and conduct of joint scientific-research and developmental works within the framework of the CSTO
24.10.2019In the CSTO Secretariat, under the leadership of CSTO Deputy Secretary General Piotr Tsikhanouski, on October 24, this year, Consultations were held with authorized officials of interested ministries and departments of the CSTO member states on adopting draft documents submitted for consideration by the statutory bodies of the Organization at the end of November this year.
The participants of the consultations, taking into account the results of previous intrastate coordination in the CSTO member states, finalized and agreed on the draft Decision of the CSTO Collective Security Council “On the Regulation on the organization and conduct of joint scientific-research and developmental works within the framework of the CSTO”.
This document defines the mechanism of interaction between the CSTO member states in organizing and conducting joint scientific-research and developmental works within the Organization in the field of development and modernization of military products.
The draft Decision of the CSTO Collective Security Council “On the typical bilateral intergovernmental agreement within the Organization on providing high-precision access to the GLONASS Russian global navigation satellite system” was also considered. Work on its preparation will continue.
Both documents are foreseen to be submitted for consideration by the CSTO Permanent Council for a decision on the procedure for their further processing.
