From July 7 to 9, second staff talks were held in the Russian Federation on the organization and conduct of the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces (CRRF) command-and-staff exercise “Interaction-2026”, the special reconnaissance exercise “Poisk-2026”, and the logistics support exercise “Echelon-2026”.
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The 12th Southern Information Security Forum “Infoforum Sochi 2026” is taking place in Sochi, Russia, from June 30 to July 3. On July 1, the Forum's plenary session brought together representatives of federal and regional authorities, regulatory bodies, leading companies, and international organizations to discuss current challenges in the protection of critical infrastructure, the development of artificial intelligence, and international cooperation.
On June 30 – July 1, 2026, Saint Petersburg hosted a series of events chaired by Alexander Kurenkov, Minister of the Russian Federation for Civil Defence, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters, with the participation of heads of the competent authorities of the CSTO member states responsible for emergency prevention and response.
From June 24 to 26, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov paid a working visit to the Republic of Tajikistan at the personal invitation of President Emomali Rahmon.
In the course of the trainings of the CSTO Collective Forces in the Republic of Kazakhstan, a combined NBC defense unit localized a nidus of infectious contamination
06.10.2022
In the course of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Collective Rapid Reaction Forces training “Interaction-2022”, the combined NBC defense unit accomplished the tasks of responding to an outbreak of a particularly dangerous infection. It is a new unit in the collective security system designed to respond to biological threats. The unit is equipped to conduct biological reconnaissance, analyze biological samples, decontaminate personnel and military equipment and disinfect facilities.
Personnel, military hardware and special equipment from the defense agencies of the CSTO member states participated in the practical activities. The activities also involved employees of the local bodies of sanitary-epidemiological well-being of the population and specialists of the Research Institute of Biological Safety Problems of the Ministry of Health of Kazakhstan.
According to the plan of the training, during a joint operation of the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces, a patient with symptoms of bubonic plague was detected in one of the units. Plague is a particularly dangerous infection and highly contagious, so the Commander of the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces decided during the training to quarantine this military unit and to activate the CSTO Combined NBC Defense Unit to eliminate an outbreak of a particularly dangerous infection in the contingent.
The infected person was hospitalized as soon as possible, the necessary biological tests were conducted, and a special quarantine regime was imposed in the area.
NBC Defense forces and facilities performed biological reconnaissance of the area and decontamination of the military camp facilities, the surrounding territory, access roads, personnel and military equipment. A military police unit was involved in quarantine measures: organizing access control and cordoning off the territory.
The medical and nursing team, after determining a preliminary diagnosis, placed the patient in a transport infectious disease box, in which he was taken by ambulance to the helipad, and then by helicopter to the mobile field hospital.
Deployed during the training Modular Field Infectious Disease Hospital MPIG-68 is a mobile medical unit of the operational-tactical level, which is equipped with the medical service of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan since 2022. The modular field infectious hospital is designed for simultaneous treatment of 68 infectious patients and is intended for use in the field at ambient temperatures from minus 40 degrees to plus 40 degrees. It is designed for repeated operational use in conditions where qualified medical care for infectious patients is not provided in hospitals.
After the admission of a patient with a particularly dangerous infection, the field hospital was transferred to a strict anti-epidemic regime. Biomaterial sampling and laboratory examination was repeated to establish the etiology of the disease. If necessary, the patient received emergency medical care at all stages of evacuation.
It should be noted that the combined formation of radiation, chemical and biological protection and medical support during the CSTO training was formed and worked out practical tasks for the first time.
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Joint Press Center of the CSTO trainings
“Matybulak” training ground
