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”.
In accordance with the 2026 Action Plan of the Coordinating Council of Heads of the Competent Authorities for Countering Illicit Drug Trafficking of the CSTO Member States, and as part of the Russian Federation's priorities during its 2026 CSTO Chairmanship, the sub-regional counter-narcotics operation “Kanal – Amber Coast” was conducted from June 29 to July 3, 2026. The operation was aimed at disrupting trafficking routes for narcotic drugs, their precursors and analogues, new psychoactive substances, and potent substances into the CSTO area of responsibility, neutralizing international transnational drug trafficking groups, dismantling clandestine drug production facilities, undermining the economic foundations of the drug trade, including the laundering of drug proceeds.
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.
The Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff got acquainted with the actions of the units during the “Echelon-2025” training
04.09.2025
Today, in the Republic of Belarus, at the “Losvido” training ground, the Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, Colonel-General Andrei Serdyukov, got acquainted with the actions of the units during a special training with the forces and means of logistics "Echelon-2025".
Special attention was paid to the practical development of the transportation of material assets in the interests of the CSTO CRRF by a consolidated automotive unit. To protect vehicles from drone attacks, a corridor equipped with masks from nets and air surveillance posts was organized on their way. Multicopters were used to deliver supplies to units operating separately from the main forces.
The Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff inspected a variant of the equipment of the buried command post of the consolidated logistics support unit of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. This element of the training was aimed at improving the practical skills of technical and logistical support units to ensure the survivability of field control points in a difficult operational environment.
As part of the training, an exhibition of promising models of logistics equipment developed taking into account the experience of modern armed conflicts was organized. The presented samples demonstrate the desire of the defense departments to improve their technical equipment and introduce advanced technologies that effectively solve the tasks of technical and logistical support for the CSTO Collective Forces.
A joint training with the Collective Rapid Reaction Forces of the CSTO "Interaction-2025, aimed at working out the issues of preparing and conducting a joint operation to participate in resolving a crisis situation on the territory of a CSTO member state, a special training with forces and means of reconnaissance "Search-2025", a special training with forces and means of logistics support “Echelon-2025” " are being conducted on the territory of the Republic of Belarus.
Contingents of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) of the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tajikistan are taking part in the trainings. Among them are military contingents, special forces formations from among the special units of the internal affairs bodies (police), security agencies and special services, authorized bodies in the field of emergency prevention and response, as well as operational groups of the Joint Staff and the CSTO Secretariat. In total, more than 2,000 military personnel and 450 units of weapons, military and special equipment are involved, including 9 combat aircraft and helicopters, over 70 different types of UAVs.
Joint Press Center of the CSTO trainings
