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.
An operational meeting was held with the Command of the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian Region
15.09.2025
On 14 September, in the Kyrgyz Republic, at the “Edelweiss” training center, an operational meeting was held with the Command of the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian Region (CAR CRDF) on the topic “Fundamentals of training and conducting combat operations by the CAR CRDF to destroy illegal armed groups that have invaded the territory of a CSTO member state”.
Representatives of the Central Military District of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the CSTO Joint Staff briefed participants on the analysis of challenges and threats in the Central Asian region, the state and prospects of development of the military component of the CSTO, practical recommendations on the organization and conduct of combat operations, and current trends in the use of air defense, electronic warfare and UAV forces and means in armed conflicts. Command officers were also briefed on the development of command and control systems, the specifics of the use of engineering forces and means, NBC units, and the organization of technical and logistical support for the CAR CRDF.
The objectives of the meeting were to develop unified approaches to organizing the work of the operational staff of the CAR CRDF Command during the preparation and conduct of combat operations, as well as to coordinate the command and staff of the CAR CRDF ahead of the active phase of the “Rubezh-2025” command and staff training, which will be held on 17-20 September.
Joint press center of the CSTO trainings
