Servicemen of the Combined Arms Army of the Central Military District (CMD) have arrived in the Republic of Belarus to take part in 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”.
On October 7, 2026, the Fourth Counter-Terrorism Forum opened in Minsk (Republic of Belarus), bringing together the CIS Conference on Countering Terrorism and Extremism, the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure international scientific and practical conference, and joint counter-terrorism exercises.
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.”
Representatives of concerned ministries and agencies of the CSTO member States have discussed issues of improving the Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces)
01.07.2022Consultations aimed at the development of the CSTO military component on the issues of Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) were held via videoconferencing on July 1, this year.
Representatives of interested ministries and agencies of the CSTO member States, officials from the Joint Staff and the CSTO Secretariat took part in the consultations under the general supervision of Lieutenant General Anatoly Yakovlev, Head of the CSTO Military (Collective Forces) Use Planning Department - Deputy Head of the CSTO Military (Collective Forces) Use and Train Planning Center.
Consultations’ participants paid special attention to the report of Major General Almaz Akhmadiev, Head of Logistics of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan, on the organization of Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics for the CSTO Collective Peacekeeping Forces during the peacekeeping operation in the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as the approval of the draft Regulation on Material Reserves to support the formations of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces).
In the course of consultations, the draft Agenda of the next meeting of the CSTO Defense Ministerial Council Working Group on the Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces), which is planned for the autumn of 2022, was also agreed.
