October 7 marks the 24th anniversary of the signing of the Charter of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, which formalized the establishment of the CSTO as an international regional organization. The goals set out in the document, including strengthening peace and stability and collectively protecting the independence, territorial integrity and sovereignty of the member states, remain the foundation for developing mutually beneficial, truly allied cooperation. On this basis, the Russian Federation is chairing the CSTO in 2026 under the motto “Collective security in a multipolar world: a common goal, shared responsibility.”
From October 18 to 23 this year, a special exercise codenamed “Cobalt-2026” will be held in the Republic of Tajikistan.
Today, the active phase of the command-and-staff exercise with the Collective Operational Reaction Forces (CORF) of the CSTO “Interaction-2026” and the special exercises “Search-2026” and “Echelon-2026” concluded in the Russian Federation.
In the Russian Federation, at the Chebarkulsky training range, particular attention is being paid to organizing the evacuation and repair of damaged equipment under the threat of enemy UAV attacks during the special exercise with the logistics forces and assets of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) “Echelon-2026”.
Representatives of the national agencies of the CSTO member States have discussed interaction with the CSTO Crisis Response Center
19.03.2022
On March 18, this year, the CSTO Joint Staff held a meeting with representatives of the national agencies of the CSTO member States authorized to cooperate with the CSTO Crisis Response Center.
The Crisis Response Center, located in Moscow, had representatives of the Joint Staff and the Secretariat of the Organization, the Russian Ministry of Defense, the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation, the CIS Anti-Terrorist Center, and the Council of the Commanders of the CIS Border Guard Troops.
Heads of the Operational Command Center of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia, Central Command Center of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus, Central Command Center of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Crisis Response Center of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic and Operational Command Center of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan participated in the meeting by videoconferencing.
Reports were presented to participants about the military and political situation in the world and the CSTO area of responsibility, modern challenges and terrorist threats in the CIS space, the main directions of improvement of the CSTO crisis response system based on the experience of peacekeeping operations in the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as on the development of the CSTO communication system in the interests of the crisis responding.
As part of the meeting, representatives of the Scientific and Production Association "Real-Time Software Complexes" presented special software that allows to automate important areas in the work of the CSTO CRC.
The Head of the CSTO Crisis Response Center Major General Arsen Rakhmanov, summing up the event, noted that one of the key priorities during the Republic of Armenia's chairmanship in the Organization was to update crisis response mechanisms, including the organization of constant monitoring of the situation in the Organization's area of responsibility and working out mechanisms of forecasting and prevention of crisis situations.
He also noted that thanks to the active work of the meeting participants it was possible to discuss topical issues of the crisis response system and to outline the main directions of improvement of information interaction in the CSTO format.
