An international scientific and practical conference entitled “Transformation of the Global Security System and the Shaping of a Eurasian Security Framework” was held at Moscow State Linguistic University (MSLU).
Today, a conference entitled “The Role and Place of Media in CSTO Member States in Efforts to Contain Crisis (Emergency) Situations in Collective Security Regions” was held in Minsk.
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).
The Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization congratulated officers of the CSTO Joint Staff on Defender of the Fatherland Day
21.02.2025
Today the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Imangali Tasmagambetov congratulated the personnel of the CSTO Joint Staff on the Defender of the Fatherland Day.
Imangali Tasmagambetov, congratulating the officers, said in particular: “In the CSTO, the key tasks in planning the use of the Collective Forces, preparing and conducting joint training activities, military-technical cooperation, coordinating the training of personnel and specialists, and organizing the functioning of the Crisis Response Centre are entrusted to the Joint Staff. And they are being successfully accomplished thanks to the professionalism, responsibility and determination of the servicemen of the armed forces of all the Organization's member states serving on the Joint Staff”.
“Accept sincere words of gratitude for diligent military labor, diligence and high sense of official duty. Good health, successes and new professional achievements. Happiness and well-being to you and your loved ones,” the Secretary-General of the Organization said.
Colonel General Andrei Serdyukov, Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, speaking at the solemn event, noted in particular that “February 23 has become a symbol of unity among the defenders of the Fatherland. We are proud of the heroic pages of this history, of the courage, fortitude and intrepid character of many generations of soldiers and officers, of all those who fought for the Motherland and ensured the security of the state”.
Colonel General Andrei Serdyukov said: “It is important to note that 2025 in Russia has been declared the Year of the Defender of the Fatherland. The decision was made by the President of the Russian Federation in order to preserve historical memory, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941 - 1945, in gratitude to veterans and recognizing the feat of the participants of the special military operation”.
“I wish veterans, servicemen and all those who are still preparing themselves for hard military work good health, peace, prosperity and further successes in strengthening the might of the Fatherland and increasing the military potential of
the Collective Security Treaty Organization,” the CSTO Chief of Joint Staff said.
