On May 28, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov took part in the International Security Forum held under the auspices of the Security Council of the Russian Federation. More than 150 delegations from 120 countries participated in the event.
On May 26 of this year, a round table entitled “35 Years of the Commonwealth of Independent States: Results, Tasks, and Prospects” was held at the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. The event was attended by heads of integration structures in the post-Soviet space, representatives of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as representatives of the embassies of CIS countries in Russia. Opening remarks were delivered by the moderator, Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs Grigory Karasin.
On May 26, 2026, a regular meeting of the CSTO Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils (CSSC) was held in Moscow under the chairmanship of the Russian side, with the participation of CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov. The participants conducted a substantive exchange of views on issues related to strengthening security in the CSTO area of responsibility.
On May 25, 2026, a meeting was held at the CSTO Secretariat between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov, CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov, and Acting Director of the African Union Counter-Terrorism Centre Idriss Mounir Lallali.
On May 25, 2026, a meeting took place at the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Russian Federation, Kazem Jalali.
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
