On June 10, 2026, a regular meeting of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers was held in Kazan (Russian Federation) under the chairmanship of the Russian side, with the participation of CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov. CIS Deputy Secretary General Denis Trefilov and SCO Deputy Secretary General Oleg Kopylov were also invited to attend the meeting.
On June 9, 2026, a delegation of the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, headed by CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov, took part in the 19th Meeting of Heads of Lead Counter-Terrorism Units of the Competent Authorities of the CIS Member States and Heads of National Structures Responsible for Coordinating Counter-Terrorism and Counter-Extremism Activities. The event was organized by the Anti-Terrorism Center of the CIS Member States.
A working meeting between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Director of the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences Kirill Babaev was held at the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
From June 2 to 4, the Republic of Belarus hosted the second staff talks on the organization and conduct of the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces command-and-staff exercise “Indestructible Brotherhood 2026” and the special exercise “Barrier 2026” involving the CSTO Joint CBRN Protection and Medical Support Formation.
The final stage of the installation of the central figure of the Rzhev Memorial to the Soviet Soldier has begun
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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.
