On May 26 of this year, a round table entitled “35 Years of the Commonwealth of Independent States: Results, Tasks, and Prospects” was held at the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. The event was attended by heads of integration structures in the post-Soviet space, representatives of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as representatives of the embassies of CIS countries in Russia. Opening remarks were delivered by the moderator, Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs Grigory Karasin.
On May 26, 2026, a regular meeting of the CSTO Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils (CSSC) was held in Moscow under the chairmanship of the Russian side, with the participation of CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov. The participants conducted a substantive exchange of views on issues related to strengthening security in the CSTO area of responsibility.
On May 25, 2026, a meeting was held at the CSTO Secretariat between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov, CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov, and Acting Director of the African Union Counter-Terrorism Centre Idriss Mounir Lallali.
On May 25, 2026, a meeting took place at the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Russian Federation, Kazem Jalali.
On May 20, consultations of representatives (experts) of the defense agencies of the CSTO member states aimed at improving air defense and developing the CSTO Collective Aviation Forces were held via videoconference at the CSTO Joint Staff headquarters.
The CSTO trainings in the Republic of Kazakhstan will practice the elimination of biological emergencies for the first time
29.09.2022
The CSTO Collective Forces trainings in the Republic of Kazakhstan, which began on September 26, will practice tasks and activities to deal with the consequences of a biological emergency for the first time.
A new unit within the CSTO Collective Forces will be involved in practical actions to counter a notional particularly dangerous infection of unknown origin - a joint CSTO defense and medical support unit.
The core of this unit is made up of Russian specialists from research units of the Russian Ministry of Defense using new samples of equipment. All samples have been exhibited at international exhibitions and forums.
The active phase of the command-staff training of the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces "Interaction-2022", special trainings "Search-2022" with forces and means of intelligence and "Echelon-2022" - with Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics units will be held at the Kazakh training ground "Matybulak" from 3 to 7 October.
Military contingents of the CSTO member states will practice preparation and conduct of joint operation on localization of armed conflict in the Central Asian region of collective security.
Military contingents of the CSTO member states, task forces of the Joint Staff and the CSTO Secretariat, special forces from special units of internal affairs bodies (police), security agencies and special services, as well as authorized bodies in the field of prevention and liquidation of emergency situations will participate in the
It is planned that the total number of training participants in the Republic of Kazakhstan will be more than 6,500 people and more than 850 units of military and special equipment, including aircraft, helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles will be involved.
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