On August 17–19, at the invitation of Colonel General Alexander Manilov, Chairman of the Coordination Service of the Council of Border Troops Commanders of the CIS, a delegation of the CSTO Joint Staff headed by Colonel General Andrey Serdyukov took part in international events held in the area of responsibility of the Border Directorate of the Russian Federal Security Service for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region.
On August 14, consultations were held via videoconference at the CSTO Joint Staff with representatives of relevant ministries and agencies of the CSTO member states on organizing joint training activities for command and control bodies and formations of the CSTO collective security system in 2027.
On July 15, 2026, the High-Level Regional Meeting “Enhancing Capacities to Prevent the Supply of Weapons to Terrorists in Central Asia” was held in Moscow, organized by the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism with the participation of the Russian side.
On July 14, 2026, a working meeting was held at the CSTO Secretariat between CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov and UN Assistant Secretary-General Alexander Zuev.
The All-Russian Institute for Advanced Studies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia held a training seminar for representatives of the media of the CSTO member states on anti-terrorism topics
17.12.2018
From December 10 to December 14 of this year. On the basis of the All-Russian Institute for Advanced Studies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, a training seminar was held for representatives of the media of the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization specializing in the coverage of the fight against terrorism and extremism. The event was organized at the initiative of the CSTO Secretariat in accordance with the Protocol Decision of the Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils (CSSC) of the CSTO. The seminar was attended by journalists from TASS, Russia-Today news agency, RUSSIA TODAY TV channel, Belarus Today publishing house, Kazinform news agency, Kazakhstan TV channel and Kentron TV channel (Armenia).
During the event, representatives of the media listened to a course of lectures on the actions of journalists in covering the topic of combating terrorism and extremism, as well as on the issues of ensuring the personal safety of a journalist in emergency zones and took part in practical training on psychological preparation, mastering methods of survival in armed conflicts.
Handing over the course course certificates to students, Deputy Head of the Institute for Advanced Training of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for Police, Police Colonel Ilya Bondar noted that although the Institute first encountered training for such a specific audience, the first experience of teachers with representatives of the journalistic workshop should be recognized as very useful. He announced the intention of the WIPC administration to think about fixing this topic in the institute curriculum on an ongoing basis. This idea was supported by the seminar participants. They noted the high level of teaching skills of WIPC personnel and noted the undoubted benefit of the knowledge and skills they acquired during the training period.
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