On 13 February, a traditional meeting was held in Moscow between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov and the chairs of the parliamentary committees (commissions) of the CSTO member states responsible for international relations, defense and security. CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and ambassadors of the Organization’s member states also took part in the event.
CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov addressed the Fifth meeting of the chairs of the parliamentary committees (commissions) of the CSTO member states responsible for international relations, defense and security.
Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the CSTO Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils (CSSC) Sergey Shoigu gave an extensive interview to the Interfax news agency, in which he commented on the key areas of the Organization’s activities in 2026.
On 12 February, a briefing was held at the CSTO Crisis Response Center by Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff Colonel General Andrey Nikolaevich Serdyukov on the topic “Results of the joint training of command and control bodies and forces of the CSTO collective security system in 2025 and tasks for 2026.”
The delegation of the CSTO Joint Staff took part in commemorative events dedicated to the Day of National Remembrance of the Victims of the Great Patriotic War in the Republic of Belarus
23.06.2025
A delegation of the CSTO Joint Staff consisting of representatives of the armed forces of the Organization's states (the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, and the Republic of Tajikistan) took part in commemorative events dedicated to the Day of National Remembrance of the Victims of the Great Patriotic War in the Republic of Belarus.
On June 20, a delegation led by Major General Arsen Rakhmanov paid tribute to the victims of the genocide of the Belarusian people at the “Khatyn” Memorial Complex.
On June 21, officers paid military honors to the fallen during the Great Patriotic War at the Victory Monument in Minsk.
On the night of June 21-22, a delegation of the CSTO Joint Staff took part in a flower-laying ceremony at the Eternal Flame at the Monument "Courage" at the “Brest Hero Fortress” Memorial Complex. The special tragic atmosphere of the heroic events of the first hours of the Great Patriotic War was demonstrated during the military historical reconstruction “On June 22, 1941. Brest Fortress", where the key episodes of the defense of the Brest fortress were recreated.
The CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov donated encyclopedic publications "The Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945", dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory, to the funds of the Museum of the Great Patriotic War, the Brest Fortress Defense Museum, and the “Khatyn” Memorial Complex.
In the year of the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory, the preservation of the memory of the immortal feat of the Soviet people, who forged a common Victory on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War, is of particular importance.
