An international scientific and practical conference entitled “The Situation in the Middle East, North Africa and the Sahara-Sahel Region: Development Forecasts for 2027” was held in Moscow, organized by the Center for Scientific and Analytical Information of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
On October 18, 2026, the “Cobalt-2026” special exercise opened in the Republic of Tajikistan, in accordance with the 2026 Plan for the Joint Training of Command and Control Bodies and Formations of Forces and Assets of the CSTO Collective Security System. The exercise involves special units of internal affairs and national security agencies, internal troops (National Guard), special services and anti-drug agencies, as well as rescue units incorporated into the Special Purpose Forces formations of the CSTO Collective Operational Reaction Forces (CORF).
From October 13 to 16, 2025, the 23rd International Combat Sambo Tournament for the Cup of the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, featuring law enforcement personnel from CSTO member states, was held at the Ognikovo Park Hotel (19 Ognikovo, Istra District, Moscow Region).
Today, the final stages of the command-and-staff exercise with the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces “Indestructible Brotherhood-2026” and the special exercise with the CSTO joint NBC protection and medical support formation “Barrier-2026” took place at the Losvido and Starodorozhsky training ranges in the Republic of Belarus.
On October 15–16, a CSTO, CIS and SCO conference on security issues in Central Asia and Afghanistan was held in Moscow as part of Russia’s CSTO chairmanship programme.
CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov visits sections of the State Border of the Republic of Belarus with Poland and Lithuania
22.06.2026
On June 17–18, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov visited sections of the State Border of the Republic of Belarus with Poland and Lithuania.
The CSTO Secretary General familiarized himself with the situation along the external border of the CSTO member states in the Eastern European Collective Security Region of the Organization. He visited border outposts and border crossing points of the Grodno Border Group of the State Border Committee of Belarus. Talatbek Masadykov also held working meetings with Chairman of the State Border Committee of the Republic of Belarus Major General Konstantin Molostov and Chairman of the Grodno Regional Executive Committee Yuri Karayev.
During the working visit, the CSTO Secretary General was accompanied by Alexander Neverovsky, First Deputy State Secretary of the Security Council of the Republic of Belarus.
