On September 29–30, 2026, the 6th International Conference of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation on the spread of extremist ideology was held in Moscow. The CSTO delegation, comprising Umar Umarzoda, Head of the Department for Countering Challenges and Threats, and Igor Demchenko, Adviser to the Department, took part in the conference.
In the Russian Federation, at the Chebarkulsky training range, reconnaissance groups have begun practicing practical actions in designated areas as part of the CSTO special exercise with reconnaissance forces and assets “Search-2026”.
Today, a ceremony was held at the Chebarkulsky training range in the Russian Federation to open the command-and-staff exercise with the Collective Operational Reaction Forces of the Collective Security Treaty Organization “Interaction-2026” and the special exercises “Search-2026” and “Echelon-2026”.
Working group under the CSTO Council of Defense Ministers has discussed electronic warfare in the Republic of Kazakhstan
On June 19, in Astana, the capital of the Republic of Kazakhstan, a regular meeting of the Working Group under the CSTO Council of Defense Ministers on electronic warfare was held.
The event, chaired by Lieutenant General Yuri Lastochkin, Chief of the Electronic Warfare Troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, was attended by representatives of the defense agencies of the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan, the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation of the Russian Federation and a group of officers from the CSTO Joint Staff headed by Lieutenant General Anatoly Yakovlev, Head of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) Application Planning Department.
During the meeting, the participants discussed the experience of using electronic warfare forces and means in modern armed conflicts, the results of research into the organization of joint use of electronic warfare units within the framework of the joint training with the CSTO CRRF "Interaction-2023", as well as the prospects for the development of military-technical cooperation in the field of equipping with compatible samples of electronic warfare equipment.
Based on the results of the discussion, it was deemed advisable to further improve the Organization's regulatory legal framework in the area of electronic warfare.
Photo: Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan
