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 newly appointed CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas got to work
09.01.2020
On January 9, this year, Stanislav V. ZAS, appointed by the CSTO Collective Security Council to the post of Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, got to work.
Given that in 2020 Russia presides over the CSTO, the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Alexander Pankin introduced the new Secretary General of the Organization to the CSTO Secretariat.
Addressing the Secretariat staff, Stanislav ZAS said that the appointment of the CSTO Secretary General is a great honor and great responsibility for him. “I see my main task in honestly and in good faith fulfilling my responsibilities, guided exclusively by the interests of ensuring collective security, so that the CSTO can serve its member states and their peoples even more effectively,” said the CSTO Secretary General Stanislav ZAS.
Brief biographical information
ZAS Stanislav Vasilievich
He was born in 1964 in the Chernihiv region in Ukraine. In 1985, he graduated with honors from the Baku Higher Combined Arms Command School, in 1996 graduated with honors and a gold medal from the Military Academy of the Republic of Belarus, in 2005 graduated with honors and a gold medal from the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. He is a Candidate of Military Sciences.
He served in various positions in the Armed Forces. The military rank is lieutenant general.
On August 29, 2008, by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus, he was appointed to the position of Deputy State Secretary of the Security Council of the Republic of Belarus. In November 2015, he was appointed to the position of State Secretary of the Security Council of the Republic of Belarus.
From January 1, 2020, by decision of the CSTO Collective Security Council, he was appointed to the post of Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization for a period of three years.
He was awarded the Order of the Fatherland III degree and many medals.
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