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.”
A working visit of the delegation of the CSTO Joint Staff to the Republic of Kazakhstan took place to discuss issues of information interaction between the CSTO Crisis Response Center and Military command authorities of Kazakhstan
14.06.2019
From June 10 to June 13, 2019, a joint working group of representatives of the CSTO Joint Staff and the National Center for Defense Management of the Russian Federation made a working visit to the Republic of Kazakhstan.
During the working meeting, the Central Command Post of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan information interaction between the CSTO Crisis Response Center and the defense authorities of the Organization's member states, as well as the procedure for conducting joint training with duty shifts and other organizational and technical issues were discussed.
The Chief of the Central Command Point of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan Major-General Fazolla Badenov told the event participants about the organization of the duty shift in their daily activities and in the event of crisis situations, as well as about interaction with regional commands.
Deputy Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff Major General Sergey Kuprik noted that the working meeting allowed to discuss actual issues and determine the directions for further work on the development of the system of interstate information interaction within the framework of the CSTO.
