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.
A representative of the CSTO Secretariat took part in the International Scientific Conference “Central Eurasian States in the Process of “Integration of Integrations”: Priorities, Nature of Interconnection, Opportunities” in Dushanbe
19.12.2025
On December 17, 2025, the Russian-Tajik (Slavic) University (RTSU) in Dushanbe hosted an international scientific conference entitled “Central Eurasian States in the Process of “Integration of Integrations”: Priorities, Nature of Interconnection, Opportunities,” which was attended by representatives of expert communities from Central Asian countries and Russia.
The opening remarks were delivered by RTSU Rector Professor Ibrohimzoda Ilhomuddin Rajabali.
The CSTO Secretariat Consultant Pavel Sargsyan read out a welcome address from the CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov, delivered a presentation on “The Activities of the Collective Security Treaty Organization as a Factor in Eurasian Integration,” and took part in a thematic discussion.
On December 18, 2025, Pavel Sargsyan gave an open lecture to students of the Faculty of History and International Relations at RTSU, during which he spoke about the directions of development of the CSTO and answered questions from students.
