23.10.2026

From October 18 to 23 this year, in accordance with the 2026 Plan for the Joint Training of Command and Control Bodies and Formations of Forces and Assets of the Collective Security System of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, the “Cobalt-2026” special exercise was held at the Magob training range of the Special Purpose Units Training Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan.

23.10.2026

An international scientific and practical conference entitled “Greater Eurasia: Institutions, Development, Cooperation” was held at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, jointly organized with the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICCA RAS). CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov took part in the conference.

23.10.2026

A working meeting between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Kazem Jalali, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Russian Federation, was held at the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Russian Federation.


21.10.2026

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).

21.10.2026

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.

In Dushanbe, the working group discussed the creation of a unified air defense system in the Central Asian region

13.02.2019

On February 12-13, a meeting of the working group was held in Dushanbe, under the leadership of the Deputy Chief of the Joint Staff of the CSTO Lieutenant-General of Aviation Nurlan Ormanbetov, to discuss the creation of a joint air defense system in the Central Asian region.

The meeting was attended by representatives of the defense ministries of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan, the CSTO Joint Staff and the basic research organizations of the CSTO in the field of air defense and missile defense research.

Head of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) Planning Directorate - Deputy Head of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) Planning and Training Center of the CSTO Lieutenant General Anatoly Yakovlev in his speech noted that the measures taken are aimed at finding ways to implement the decisions of the heads of state on organizing air defense CSTO, including the possibility of adapting the Joint Air Defense System of the CIS member states to solve problems in the interests of the CSTO.

Following the results of the joint work, the meeting participants discussed and found it advisable to recommend the CSTO Joint Headquarters together with the defense departments of the Organization's member states to continue work on this issue. The meeting participants also agreed on the need to conduct comprehensive research work involving the basic research organizations of the CSTO in the field of research on air defense and missile defense, the results of which will form the basis for the development of relevant regulatory legal documents.


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