28 April marks the Day of the CSTO Joint Staff. It should be recalled that on 28 April 2003, in Dushanbe, the Collective Security Council, guided by the need to establish a military staff body responsible for implementing the military component of the Collective Security Treaty, adopted the Decision “On the Establishment of the Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.”
On 27 April 2026, within the framework of the International Scientific and Practical Conference “Contours of a New Architecture of Collective Security: Current Issues of Information and Analytical Partnership within the CSTO,” held at MGIMO University of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, a round table entitled “Eurasian Analytical Platform: New Approaches in a New Geopolitical Reality” took place. During the event, Head of the Information and Public Relations Department of the CSTO Secretariat Yuriy Shuvalov delivered a presentation on “The Eurasian Analytical Network: A New Cognitive Architecture of Collective Security.”
The Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff familiarized himself with the organization of work at the control point of the CAR CRDF
19.09.2025
On 19 September, in the Kyrgyz Republic, at the “Edelweiss” training center, the Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, Colonel General Andrey Serdyukov, together with the First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Kyrgyz Republic, Major General Erlis Terdikbayev, familiarized themselves with the organization of work at the command post of the Collective Rapid Reaction Forces of the Central Asian region (CAR CRDF) deployed as part of the “Rubezh-2025” training.
Colonel Altynbek Tynaev, Commander of the CAR CRDF, reported on the main tasks assigned to military contingents and special forces units, as well as issues related to coordination, comprehensive support and management.
The CAR CRDF command worked through all the necessary issues and confirmed its readiness for the final stage of the training – commanding CAR CRDF units in blocking and destroying illegal armed groups, which will take place on 20 September.
The “Rubezh-2025” command and staff training is being held at the “Edelweiss” training center and in the waters of Lake Issyk-Kul under the supervision of Colonel Almaz Kozhoshev, head of the Main Directorate for Daily Activities of the Armed Forces of the Ministry of Defense of the Kyrgyz Republic. The training is aimed at practicing the preparation and conduct of combat operations by the CAR CRDF to destroy illegal armed groups that have invaded the territory of a CSTO member state.
Military contingents from the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Russia, the Republic of Tajikistan, operational groups from the Joint Staff and the CSTO Secretariat are participating in the “Rubezh-2025” training. The Russian contingent is mainly made up of servicemen from the Central Military District's 201st military base. The total number of training participants is about 1,200 people and 500 pieces of military and special equipment, including aircraft, helicopters, UAVs, and combat boats.
Joint press center of the CSTO trainings
