On June 9, 2026, a delegation of the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, headed by CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov, took part in the 19th Meeting of Heads of Lead Counter-Terrorism Units of the Competent Authorities of the CIS Member States and Heads of National Structures Responsible for Coordinating Counter-Terrorism and Counter-Extremism Activities. The event was organized by the Anti-Terrorism Center of the CIS Member States.
A working meeting between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Director of the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences Kirill Babaev was held at the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
From June 2 to 4, the Republic of Belarus hosted the second staff talks on the organization and conduct of the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces command-and-staff exercise “Indestructible Brotherhood 2026” and the special exercise “Barrier 2026” involving the CSTO Joint CBRN Protection and Medical Support Formation.
On June 3, 2026, a regular meeting of the CSTO Council of Defense Ministers (CDM) was held at the Patriot Central Park of the Russian Ministry of Defense under the chairmanship of the Russian side. The meeting was attended by CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff Andrey Serdyukov.
From June 1 to 3, Saratov (Russian Federation) is hosting a series of events involving the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization aimed at strengthening the collective response system to biological threats.
“Indestructible Brotherhood-2024": Delegation of the CSTO member states laid flowers at the Memorial of Glory in the park named after 28 Panfilov Guardsmen in Almaty
04.10.2024
Today, in Almaty, a delegation of CSTO member states laid flowers at the Memorial of Glory in the park named after 28 Panfilov Guardsmen.
The ceremony was attended by Colonel General Ruslan Zhaksylykov, the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Taalatbek Masadykov, the CSTO Deputy Secretary General, Colonel General Andrei Serdyukov, Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, Hero of the Russian Federation, and representatives of the command of military contingents of the CSTO member states. They all arrived in the Republic of Kazakhstan to take part in a command-staff training with the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces entitled “Indestructible Brotherhood-2024”.
The ceremony traditionally began with a minute of silence and the solemn march of the honor guard company of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Paying tribute to the soldiers who heroically fell in the name of victory in the Great Patriotic War, the delegation visited a branch of the military-historical museum of the National Military-Patriotic Center, the head of which is the granddaughter of the legendary Major General Ivan Vasilyevich Panfilov - Alua Baikadamova.
She presented to the guests the exposition “History of the country - the history of the family”, which contains unique photos and personal belongings of the Hero of the Soviet Union Major General Ivan Panfilov. Alua Baikadamova told in detail the representatives of the CSTO member states about Kazakhstan's contribution to the common victory in the Great Patriotic War. The excursion ended with a tour of the hall dedicated to the feat of the 8th Guards Rifle Division under the command of Major General Ivan Panfilov, that showed bravery and heroism during the Great Patriotic War.
The CSTO Joint Press Center CSTO of the training “Indestructible Brotherhood-2024”, the Republic of Kazakhstan, “Bereg” training range
