28 April marks the Day of the CSTO Joint Staff. It should be recalled that on 28 April 2003, in Dushanbe, the Collective Security Council, guided by the need to establish a military staff body responsible for implementing the military component of the Collective Security Treaty, adopted the Decision “On the Establishment of the Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.”
On 27 April 2026, within the framework of the International Scientific and Practical Conference “Contours of a New Architecture of Collective Security: Current Issues of Information and Analytical Partnership within the CSTO,” held at MGIMO University of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, a round table entitled “Eurasian Analytical Platform: New Approaches in a New Geopolitical Reality” took place. During the event, Head of the Information and Public Relations Department of the CSTO Secretariat Yuriy Shuvalov delivered a presentation on “The Eurasian Analytical Network: A New Cognitive Architecture of Collective Security.”
A meeting was held between the CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Fyodor Voitlovsky, Director of the IMEMO RAS
26.03.2026
On March 26, 2026, at the CSTO Secretariat, a meeting was held between the CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Fyodor Voitlovsky, Director of the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) RAS. The event was the latest in a series of meetings between the CSTO Secretary General and representatives of the scientific and expert community of the Organization’s member states.
The participants held a thorough exchange of views on a wide range of pressing issues related to strengthening peace and stability in the CSTO area of responsibility. Particular attention was paid to contemporary non-military challenges – namely, issues related to ensuring water, energy, and food security.
In the context of prospects for cooperation between the CSTO Secretariat and the IMEMO RAS, discussions focused on the upcoming International Scientific and Practical Conference titled “The Outlines of a New Collective Security Architecture: Current Issues in the CSTO’s Information and Analytical Partnership,” which will be held on April 27 at MGIMO of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
