From 6 to 8 April 2026, the 23rd International Seminar-Meeting on Comprehensive Combat with heads of combat and physical training of law enforcement ministries and agencies of the CSTO member states was held at the Ognikovo Park Hotel in the Istra District of the Moscow Region.
Nikolai Bordyuzha, President of the International Federation of Comprehensive Combat, addressed the event.
On 10 April 2026, a meeting was held in Dushanbe between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon.
On 10 April 2026, a meeting was held in Dushanbe between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan Sirojiddin Muhriddin.
On 8 April 2026, CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov took part in the 9th Regional Meeting of Heads of Border Agencies of the CIS member states, held in the city of Guliston (Republic of Tajikistan).
From 7 to 9 April, the first staff talks on the organization and conduct of joint exercises with the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) in 2026 were held at the CSTO Joint Staff.
Special training "Search-2025": intelligence agencies continue to carry out tasks in designated areas
05.09.2025
In the Republic of Belarus, at the “Lepelsky” training ground, as part of a special training with the forces and intelligence assets of the CSTO member states, “Search–2025”, intelligence agencies continue to perform tasks in designated areas.
The topic of the special training "Search-2025" is the organization and conduct of intelligence by forces and means of intelligence agencies during the joint operation of the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces (CRRF) to participate in resolving the crisis situation on the territory of the CSTO member state.
The main purpose of the training is to conduct various types of intelligence in the interests of applying the CSTO CRRF, improving the practical skills of management bodies and personnel of intelligence units.
Pre-deployed intelligence agencies detect various targets of the simulated enemy, including illegal armed formations. When they are detected, reconnaissance groups adjust the fire of weapons and other special measures aimed at destroying the identified objects.
At the same time, the intelligence management bodies collect, analyze and summarize the intelligence information obtained and bring it to the Command of the CRRF, which makes it possible to implement the "discovered – struck" principle.
During the training, the scouts take into account the experience of conducting combat operations of modern armed conflicts in planning and ways of performing tasks.
The participants of “Search-2025” are actively using various types of UAVs, thermal imagers, and the latest intelligence and communications equipment.
As part of the training, issues of organizing complex intelligence, retargeting intelligence agencies to other intelligence facilities, performing reconnaissance tasks through surveillance, eavesdropping, conducting searches and ambushes are also being worked out.
A joint training with the Collective Rapid Reaction Forces of the CSTO "Interaction-2025", aimed at working out the issues of preparing and conducting a joint operation to participate in resolving a crisis situation on the territory of a CSTO member state, a special training with forces and means of reconnaissance "Search-2025", a special training with forces and means logistics support “Echelon-2025” are being conducted on the territory of the Republic of Belarus.
Contingents of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) of the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tajikistan are taking part in the trainings. Among them are military contingents, special forces formations from among the special units of the internal affairs bodies (police), security agencies and special services, authorized bodies in the field of emergency prevention and response, as well as operational groups of the Joint Staff and the CSTO Secretariat. In total, more than 2,000 military personnel and 450 units of weapons, military and special equipment are involved, including 9 combat aircraft and helicopters, over 70 different types of UAVs.
Joint Press Center of the CSTO trainings
