Today, at the Chebarkulsky training range in the Russian Federation, as part of the command-and-staff exercise with the CSTO Collective Operational Reaction Forces (CORF) “Interaction-2026”, joint actions to liberate a populated area captured by a simulated adversary were practiced.
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”.
The CSTO Deputy Secretary General Takhir Khairulloyev met with Boris Michel, Head of the International Committee of the Red Cross Regional Delegation to Russia and the Republic of Belarus.
16.08.2023
A working meeting between the CSTO Deputy Secretary General Takhir Khairulloyev and the Head of the Regional Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus, Boris Michel, was held at the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, on August 16.
The working meeting was also attended by members of the CSTO Secretariat and representatives of the ICRC Regional Delegation in the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus.
The sides exchanged views on the humanitarian situation in various regions amid growing international tension, on the participation of ICRC representatives in joint CSTO trainings, and on preparations for the VII Coordination Meeting of senior representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
The meeting participants noted the positive results of the joint work with the ICRC Regional Delegation in the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus in the current year and identified the main areas for further cooperation.
One of the important results of the meeting was the confirmation of mutual interest in carrying out joint work to develop cooperation between the CSTO Secretariat and the ICRC in key areas of international humanitarian law.
