On May 26 of this year, a round table entitled “35 Years of the Commonwealth of Independent States: Results, Tasks, and Prospects” was held at the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. The event was attended by heads of integration structures in the post-Soviet space, representatives of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as representatives of the embassies of CIS countries in Russia. Opening remarks were delivered by the moderator, Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs Grigory Karasin.
On May 26, 2026, a regular meeting of the CSTO Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils (CSSC) was held in Moscow under the chairmanship of the Russian side, with the participation of CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov. The participants conducted a substantive exchange of views on issues related to strengthening security in the CSTO area of responsibility.
On May 25, 2026, a meeting was held at the CSTO Secretariat between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov, CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov, and Acting Director of the African Union Counter-Terrorism Centre Idriss Mounir Lallali.
On May 25, 2026, a meeting took place at the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Russian Federation, Kazem Jalali.
On May 20, consultations of representatives (experts) of the defense agencies of the CSTO member states aimed at improving air defense and developing the CSTO Collective Aviation Forces were held via videoconference at the CSTO Joint Staff headquarters.
Topical issues of medical support for the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) in armed conflicts have been discussed
07.11.2024
On 6-7 November, in St. Petersburg, the Kirov Military Medical Academy, which is the basic training, methodological and research organization of the CSTO, hosted a scientific and practical conference entitled “Topical Issues of Medical Support for the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) in Armed Conflicts”.
Representatives of the medical services of the armed forces of the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation and the CSTO Joint Staff discussed issues related to the organization of medical support, as well as the further development and improvement of medical support for the groupings of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) in modern conditions. Particular attention was paid to discussing the experience of conducting a special military operation, including the issues of modern combat surgical trauma, the rehabilitation and habilitation of patients with amputations, the provision of medical equipment and so on.
The Conference participants, having heard speeches and reports, discussed promising trends in the medical support of CSTO Troop groupings (Collective Forces). In particular, it was noted that in modern conditions, with the changing face of warfare, as a result of the use of high-tech firearms, the increase in the number of sanitary losses, characterized by a growing proportion of severe and extremely severe injuries, there are objective difficulties in carrying out treatment and evacuation measures, which makes it necessary to improve the organization of medical support.
An important step in the development of the medical support system for the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) was the signing by the heads of the CSTO member states in the city of Dushanbe on 16 September 2021 of an agreement on joint logistical and medical support for the Troops (Collective Forces) of the Collective Security Treaty Organization. The adoption of this document made it possible to settle issues of interaction between the Parties in organizing medical support for the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) groupings, including during the deployment and use of the groupings and the implementation of joint operational and combat training activities of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces), taking into account the peculiarities of national legislation in the field of health care and the different subordination of the medical services of the defense departments of the member states.
During the conference it was noted that the development of medical support for the groupings of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) in armed conflicts is based on close cooperation between the armed forces, other troops and military formations and the civilian health care sector and the training of medical personnel, investment in knowledge-intensive areas of production, and in-depth military-medical cooperation, which is the most important area of policy for the CSTO member states.
The Conference participants concluded that the main tasks in the development of military medicine, including medical support for the groupings of CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) in armed conflicts were:
- analysis and generalization of the experience of participation in the organization of medical support in joint training activities for command and control bodies and formations of the forces and means of the collective security system;
- further improvement of medical support issues, taking into account the organization of medical support during a special military operation;
- continued work on draft recommendations on first aid for servicemen of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) when carrying out task
