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).
Today, the final stages of the command-and-staff exercise with the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces “Indestructible Brotherhood-2026” and the special exercise with the CSTO joint NBC protection and medical support formation “Barrier-2026” took place at the Losvido and Starodorozhsky training ranges in the Republic of Belarus.
On October 15–16, a CSTO, CIS and SCO conference on security issues in Central Asia and Afghanistan was held in Moscow as part of Russia’s CSTO chairmanship programme.
At the second stage of the joint business game proposals are developed on the use of the assets of the CSTO collective security system for the normalization of the situation in the Central Asian region
01.10.2021
The CSTO Crisis Response Center, under the general supervision of the CSTO Secretary General, hosts the final stage of a joint business game between the Secretariat, the Joint Staff, and national bodies of the CSTO member States to prepare proposals for the normalization of the situation in the Central Asian region, considering the situation in Afghanistan. The event is held using closed videoconferencing.
In the first stage, functional groups of the CSTO Crisis Response Center and operative groups of control points of national agencies of the Organization's member States were deployed.
Based on conclusions from the current military-political and military-strategic situation in the Central Asian region of collective security, consultations were held with the leadership of a simulated CSTO member State, on whose territory there are prerequisites for the emergence of a crisis situation. Proposals on priority (joint) political and diplomatic measures, rendering necessary humanitarian, material-technical and other assistance in conditions of growing threat of crisis situation were elaborated, which were considered in the course of meetings of the CFM, the CMD, the CSSC, as well as the CSC extraordinary session, "which took place online".
In accordance with the plan for the second stage, the crisis situation in the Central Asian region "continued to escalate" and could lead to an adverse development that threatened the security, stability, territorial integrity and sovereignty of a simulated state. The President of the country sent an appeal to the CSTO for military and military-technical assistance.
During the second stage, an algorithm was developed for actions by the Secretariat of the Organization, the CSTO Joint Staff, and national bodies of the CSTO member States to use the assets of the CSTO collective security system to resolve the crisis situation in the Central Asian region of collective security.
Game participants practiced CSC decisions to provide military and military-technical assistance, including the involvement of the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces and its special forces units. According to the game plan, the CRRF should be "redeployed" to a simulated country in the Central Asian region to carry out earmarked tasks.
This event is held in accordance with the Plan of joint training of command bodies and formations of the assets of collective security system of the CSTO for 2021.
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The CSTO Press Secretary Vladimir Zaynetdinov
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