From October 13 to 16, 2025, the 23rd International Combat Sambo Tournament for the Cup of the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, featuring law enforcement personnel from CSTO member states, was held at the Ognikovo Park Hotel (19 Ognikovo, Istra District, Moscow Region).
Today, the final stages of 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” took place at the Losvido and Starodorozhsky training ranges in the Republic of Belarus.
On October 15–16, a CSTO, CIS and SCO conference on security issues in Central Asia and Afghanistan was held in Moscow as part of Russia’s CSTO chairmanship programme.
At the Losvido training range in the Republic of Belarus, peacekeeping units repelled a simulated enemy attack on a humanitarian convoy during the command-and-staff exercise with the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces “Indestructible Brotherhood-2026”.
These days, the 23rd International Combat Sambo Tournament for the Cup of the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, featuring law enforcement personnel from CSTO member states, is being held at the Ognikovo Park Hotel (19 Ognikovo, Istra District, Moscow Region).
Participants of the CSTO trainings “Interaction-2024”, “Search-2024” and “Echelon-2024” are heading to the Kyrgyz Republic
04.09.2024
From 3 to 6 September, participants in the command-staff training with the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces “Interaction-2024”, the special trainings “Search-2024” and “Echelon-2024” are regrouping in the Kyrgyz Republic.
Contingents of CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) are being sent from the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tajikistan to the training areas in accordance with the plan.
We recall that one of the priorities identified by Kazakhstan, which holds the chairmanship of the Organization in 2024, is to improve issues related to ensuring the operational deployment of Troops (Collective Forces), including the unimpeded transit of contingents.
Trainings combining the preparation of various components of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) are being conducted on the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic:
The “Interaction-2024” command-staff training with the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces is aimed at practicing the preparation and conduct of a joint operation to resolve an armed conflict;
The special training “Search-2024” will work on the organization and conduct of reconnaissance in the interests of the CSTO CRRF;
The “Echelon-2024” special training will work on the organization of logistical support.
