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.
The Chiefs of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the CSTO member states will discuss development of military cooperation
08.11.2022
On November 10 this year, a meeting of the CSTO Military Committee will be held via videoconferencing to discuss the development of military cooperation among the Collective Security Treaty Organization member states. The event will be chaired by the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation – the First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Valery Gerasimov.
The meeting will be attended by the Chiefs of General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan, Colonel General Anatoly Sidorov, Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, as well as the CSTO Deputy Secretary General Takhir Khairulloyev.
In the course of the meeting It is planned to discuss challenges and threats to military security in the regions of the CSTO collective security and measures to counter them, development of the CSTO peacekeeping potential, including inclusion in the UN peacekeeping activities, improvement of the organization and provision of international flights of state (military) aviation of the CSTO member states, and a number of other topical issues.
