From 6 to 8 April 2026, the 23rd International Seminar-Meeting on Comprehensive Combat with heads of combat and physical training of law enforcement ministries and agencies of the CSTO member states was held at the Ognikovo Park Hotel in the Istra District of the Moscow Region.
Nikolai Bordyuzha, President of the International Federation of Comprehensive Combat, addressed the event.
On 10 April 2026, a meeting was held in Dushanbe between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon.
On 10 April 2026, a meeting was held in Dushanbe between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan Sirojiddin Muhriddin.
On 8 April 2026, CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov took part in the 9th Regional Meeting of Heads of Border Agencies of the CIS member states, held in the city of Guliston (Republic of Tajikistan).
From 7 to 9 April, the first staff talks on the organization and conduct of joint exercises with the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) in 2026 were held at the CSTO Joint Staff.
“Indestructible Brotherhood-2024": The CSTO Collective Peacekeeping Forces began the active phase of the training in the Republic of Kazakhstan
02.10.2024
In Kazakhstan, a joint command-staff training with the CSTO Collective Peacekeeping Forces (CPF) began practicing combat training tasks at checkpoints, roadblocks and refugee reception points, escorting convoys and cargoes, and providing humanitarian assistance. On the eve of the training, Major General Almaz Dzhumakeyev, head of the training, presented the commander of the CPF with a mandate to prepare and conduct a peacekeeping operation.
The training scenario assumes a situation created by one of the options for applying peacekeeping forces and resolving an internal conflict on the territory of a CSTO member state.
According to the training legend, the Collective Peacekeeping Forces, in accordance with a decision of the CSTO Collective Security Council, carry out tasks to maintain a ceasefire between the warring parties. In the area of responsibility, the units carry out mobile and foot patrols, guard and reinforce checkpoints, clear explosive ordnance, escort and deliver humanitarian supplies, evacuate civilians and provide medical assistance. In addition, peacekeepers ensure compliance with the terms of the ceasefire and act as mediators in negotiations between the parties to the conflict.
During one episode of the training, the CSTO Collective Peacekeeping Forces repelled an attack on a base area and practiced blocking a simulated enemy.
A checkpoint of the Peacekeeping Forces base area was subjected to an armed “attack” by unknown persons. The combined peacekeeping unit, consisting of soldiers from Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan, made fire contact with the attackers and repelled the armed attack. The operators of strike drones identified escape routes and a settlement where the simulated enemy had concentrated.
The peacekeepers' unit, consisting of the special-purpose unit “Berkut” of the National Guard of the Republic of Kazakhstan, officers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tajikistan, moved out of the base area, surrounded the “enemy” and blocked him in a populated area. The unit ensured the work of a rapid response team, which detained a detachment of an illegal armed group.
The active phase of the command-staff training with the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces “Indestructible Brotherhood-2024” is taking place from October 1 to 5 on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan. National contingents of the peacekeeping forces of the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Russia and the Republic of Tajikistan, as well as operational groups of the CSTO Joint Staff and the CSTO Secretariat are taking part in the training. In total, the training involves more than 2,000 servicemen, 500 units of armored and motorized vehicles, Mi-17 and Mi-35 helicopters, Il-76 and Si-295 aircraft, and unmanned aviation.
The CSTO Joint Press Center of the training “Indestructible Brotherhood-2024”, Republic of Kazakhstan, “Bereg” training range
