Today, at the Chebarkulsky training range in the Russian Federation, as part of the command-and-staff exercise with the CSTO Collective Operational Reaction Forces (CORF) “Interaction-2026”, joint actions to liberate a populated area captured by a simulated adversary were practiced.
On September 29–30, 2026, the 6th International Conference of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation on the spread of extremist ideology was held in Moscow. The CSTO delegation, comprising Umar Umarzoda, Head of the Department for Countering Challenges and Threats, and Igor Demchenko, Adviser to the Department, took part in the conference.
In the Russian Federation, at the Chebarkulsky training range, reconnaissance groups have begun practicing practical actions in designated areas as part of the CSTO special exercise with reconnaissance forces and assets “Search-2026”.
Today, a ceremony was held at the Chebarkulsky training range in the Russian Federation to open the command-and-staff exercise with the Collective Operational Reaction Forces of the Collective Security Treaty Organization “Interaction-2026” and the special exercises “Search-2026” and “Echelon-2026”.
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.
