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.”
The first headquarters negotiations on the preparation and conduct of the Cobalt-2021 tactical-special training with the command and control bodies and special forces of the CSTO CRRF were held
20.05.2021On the basis of the CSTO Crisis Response Center, in the videoconference mode, the first headquarters negotiations were held on the preparation and conduct of the Cobalt-2021 tactical-special trainings with the command and control bodies and special forces of the CSTO CRRF.
The negotiations were attended by representatives of the command and control bodies and formations of the special forces of the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan, as well as the CSTO Secretariat.
In the course of the first headquarters negotiations, the fundamentals of the concept, the place and procedure for the trainings, the composition of the leadership of the trainings and the intermediary apparatus, the national contingents of the CSTO member states involved in the trainings, the timing and procedure for their arrival (departure) in the trainings area, the procedure for deployment and the composition of the Operational Headquarters of the CSTO CRRF special forces for conducting an independent special operation, issues of accommodation, food and comprehensive support for the trainings were considered and agreed.
