Today, the active phase of the command-and-staff exercise with the Collective Operational Reaction Forces (CORF) of the CSTO “Interaction-2026” and the special exercises “Search-2026” and “Echelon-2026” concluded in the Russian Federation.
In the Russian Federation, at the Chebarkulsky training range, particular attention is being paid to organizing the evacuation and repair of damaged equipment under the threat of enemy UAV attacks during the special exercise with the logistics forces and assets of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) “Echelon-2026”.
Today, at the Chebarkulsky training range in the Russian Federation, as part of the command-and-staff exercise with the CSTO Collective Operational Reaction Forces (CORF) “Interaction-2026”, joint actions to liberate a populated area captured by a simulated adversary were practiced.
On September 29–30, 2026, the 6th International Conference of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation on the spread of extremist ideology was held in Moscow. The CSTO delegation, comprising Umar Umarzoda, Head of the Department for Countering Challenges and Threats, and Igor Demchenko, Adviser to the Department, took part in the conference.
The CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas took part in breakfast on behalf of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov, dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Great Victory in the Great Patriotic War
29.06.2020
On June 26, in Moscow a breakfast on behalf of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey V. Lavrov, dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Great Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, was held. In the breakfast the ambassadors of the CIS member states accredited in Russia, the CIS Executive Secretary S.N. Lebedev, the CSTO Secretary General S.V. Zas and the ECE Board Chairman M.V. Myasnikovich took part.
In the course of the meeting particular attention was paid to the importance of combining efforts to preserve the historical memory of the lessons of the war, in order to prevent such war recurrence in the future. An interchange of views took place on interaction and on pressing international and regional topics.
Expositions dedicated to the work of Soviet diplomats upon the years of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, the life of a foreign diplomatic corps during the evacuation period, and also the contribution of the Union Republics of the USSR (now the CSTO member states) to the Great Victory were deployed as margin notes of the event. The awards of the Second World War of the countries of the Anti-Hitler coalition and anniversary medals were presented.
The participants in the meeting were presented with the commemorative publication prepared for the 75th Anniversary of the Great Victory “On Diplomatic Fronts.1941-1945”, which included unique archival documents on the contribution of Soviet diplomacy to the defeat of fascism.
