On June 23, 2026, a ceremonial event was held at the Advanced Training Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation to mark the 20th anniversary of the CSTO Collective Security Council's decision granting the Institute the status of the Basic Educational Institution for Continuing Professional Education of law enforcement and special service personnel of the CSTO member states in the fields of counterterrorism, combating extremism, illicit drug trafficking, illegal migration, and other forms of transnational organized crime, as well as for the training of specialists for peacekeeping missions and teaching staff of educational institutions.
85 years ago, the Great Patriotic War began. The war machine of Nazi Germany launched a treacherous attack against Soviet cities and villages and committed unprecedented atrocities against Soviet citizens. The peoples of the Soviet Union rose to defend their common Motherland and paid an enormous price for peace, freedom, and the right to live on their own land.
On June 17–18, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov visited sections of the State Border of the Republic of Belarus with Poland and Lithuania.
On June 18, 2026, the 24th Meeting of the Interstate Commission for Military-Economic Cooperation of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (ICMEC CSTO) was held in Minsk on the sidelines of the 3rd International Security Industry Exhibition “National Security. Belarus 2026”. The meeting was chaired by Dmitry Stefanovich, Head of the Belarusian National Section of the ICMEC and Deputy Chairman of the State Authority for Military Industry of the Republic of Belarus.
On June 18, 2026, the 2nd Military-Economic Conference of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, entitled “Development of Cooperation among the Defense Industries (Military-Industrial Complexes) of the CSTO Member States: 20 Years of Practical Cooperation”, was held in Minsk on the sidelines of the 3rd International Security Industry Exhibition “National Security. Belarus 2026”. The event brought together representatives of relevant ministries, agencies, defense enterprises, and other institutions and organizations of the CSTO member states.
The special training "ECHELON-2020" with the forces and means of material and technical support of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) will be held at the “Kapustin Yar” training area in the Russian Federation
08.07.2020
The second staff negotiations on the organization and conduct of special training with the forces and means of material and technical support of the troops (Collective forces) of the CSTO “Echelon-2020” were held at the CSTO Crisis Response Center from July 7 to 8 via video-conferencing.
Representatives of the defense departments of the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tajikistan took part in the staff negotiations under the general supervision of the First Deputy Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff Lieutenant General Hassan Kaloev.
The parties reviewed and discussed the volume, essentials of the stages and areas of the joint training, as well as the organization of comprehensive support. The preliminary membership of the executive group of the training, operational groups and the involved national contingents of the CSTO member states were agreed.
The supervision over training process is assigned to the Deputy Commander of the troops of the Southern Military District of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation for the Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics.
A special training with the forces and means of material and technical support “Echelon-2020” is planned in order to practice the tasks of ensuring the actions of the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces. Subsequently, the military contingents, the formation of special forces and means of the CRRF CSTO will work out the issues of preparing and conducting a joint operation to localize the border armed conflict.
The organization and implementation measures are carried out in accordance with the Regulation on the procedure for the preparation and conduct of joint trainings in the CSTO format, approved by the Decision of the CSTO Collective Security Council of November 28, 2019.
