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.
In the Russian Federation, at the Chebarkulsky training range, reconnaissance groups have begun practicing practical actions in designated areas as part of the CSTO special exercise with reconnaissance forces and assets “Search-2026”.
Today, a ceremony was held at the Chebarkulsky training range in the Russian Federation to open the command-and-staff exercise with the Collective Operational Reaction Forces of the Collective Security Treaty Organization “Interaction-2026” and the special exercises “Search-2026” and “Echelon-2026”.
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.
