On 13 April 2026, meetings were held in Astana between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Secretary of the Security Council of Kazakhstan Gizat Nurdauletov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Yerlan Kosherbayev, and Minister of Defense of Kazakhstan Dauren Kosanov.
From 13 to 17 April, annual training courses for representatives of the CSTO member states who do not have the status of military personnel are being held at the CSTO Secretariat.
On 13 April 2026, a meeting was held in Astana between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
From 6 to 8 April 2026, the 23rd International Seminar-Meeting on Comprehensive Combat with heads of combat and physical training of law enforcement ministries and agencies of the CSTO member states was held at the Ognikovo Park Hotel in the Istra District of the Moscow Region.
Nikolai Bordyuzha, President of the International Federation of Comprehensive Combat, addressed the event.
On 10 April 2026, a meeting was held in Dushanbe between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon.
The final stage of the installation of the central figure of the Rzhev Memorial to the Soviet Soldier has begun
01.02.2020
The installation of the central figure has begun with the middle and upper parts of the bronze sculpture. The work was carried out under the supervision of the State Secretary of the Union State Grigory Rapota, Deputy Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation Nikolai Ovsienko, Tver Region Governor Igor Rudeni, Director of the Victory Museum Alexander Shkolnik, WWII veterans and numerous journalists.
According to the organizers, now on the territory of the memorial, the work continues on the creation of a museum branch and an entrance lobby, landscaping and the creation of road infrastructure are being carried out. According to the creators, the Rzhev memorial will be the first largest monument dedicated to the feat of Soviet soldiers that has been created in the modern Russia. In scale and significance, it will stand on a par with such memorial complexes as “To the Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad” on Mamaev Kurgan in Volgograd, “Defenders of the Soviet Arctic Circle during the Great Patriotic War” in the Murmansk Region, “Rear to the Front” in Magnitogorsk, “Monument to Sailor and Soldier " in Sevastopol," Poklonnaya Gora " in Moscow, Piskarev Memorial Cemetery in St. Petersburg and other iconic monuments. The created memorial will receive the status of a branch of the Victory Museum.
