Today, a briefing was held by Colonel General Andrey Nikolaevich Serdyukov, Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, on the topic “On the readiness of command and control bodies and formations of the CSTO collective security system forces and assets to conduct joint exercises.”
CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov holds a working meeting with Minister of Defense of the Kyrgyz Republic Ruslan Mukambetov
On September 1, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and UN Secretary-General António Guterres held a working meeting in Bishkek in the SCO+ format.
On August 31, 2026, on the sidelines of the SCO Summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov met with CIS Secretary General Sergey Lebedev.
The Plan for the CSTO regional training “Illegal-2026” has been approved
26.03.2026
On March 26, 2026, a meeting of the International Headquarters of the CSTO regional operation “Illegal-2026” was held via videoconferencing.
The meeting of the International Headquarters was chaired by Major General Andrey Makhsudovich Avezov, Deputy Head of the Migration Service of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The meeting was attended by Valery Semerikov, the CSTO Deputy Secretary General; representatives of ministries and agencies from the Organization’s member states; as well as representatives of the Coordination Service of the Council of Border Troop Commanders, the Council of Heads of Financial Intelligence Units, and the Anti-Terrorism Center of the CIS member states.
In his speech, Valery Semerikov highlighted the increasingly complex political situation within the CSTO’s area of responsibility and the conditions under which tasks will need to be addressed. He analyzed the results of Operation “Illegal” in 2025 and identified the issues on which efforts must be focused during Operation “Illegal-2026.”
The meeting participants agreed on the plan for the CSTO’s “Illegal” regional operation in 2026, specified the timelines for the operation’s active phases, and established communication channels and procedures for information exchange.
