From June 24 to 26, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov paid a working visit to the Republic of Tajikistan at the personal invitation of President Emomali Rahmon.
From June 24 to 26, second staff talks were held in the Republic of Kazakhstan on the organization and conduct of the joint exercise “Rubezh-2026” with units of the Central Asian Collective Rapid Deployment Forces (CAR CRDF).
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.
Participants of the CSTO trainings "Interaction-2025", "Search-2025" and "Echelon-2025" are heading to the Republic of Belarus
26.08.2025
Participants in the joint trainings with the Collective Rapid Reaction Forces of the CSTO "Interaction-2025", special trainings "Search-2025" and "Echelon-2025" will regroup in the Republic of Belarus by August 29.
Contingents of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) are being sent from the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tajikistan to the areas of the trainings in accordance with the plan.
Trainings combining the preparation of various components of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) will be held on the territory of the Republic of Belarus at the “Losvido” and “Lepelsky” training grounds from August 31 to September 6.
The joint training with the Collective Rapid Reaction Forces of the CSTO "Interaction-2025" is aimed at working out the issues of preparing and conducting a joint operation to participate in resolving the crisis situation in the territory of the CSTO member state;
During the special training "Search-2025", issues of organizing and conducting reconnaissance in the interests of the CSTO CRRF will be worked out.;
The special training "Echelon-2025" provides for the elaboration of issues related to the organization of logistics.
The peculiarity of these trainings in 2025 is that their plans are closely linked to the plan of the joint strategic training of the armed forces of the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation “West-2025”.
The Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, Colonel-General Andrei Serdyukov, speaking at a briefing yesterday, emphasized that the trainings conducted in the CSTO format were planned, were not directed against third countries and were aimed at improving the coherence of command bodies and troops, as well as maintaining the readiness of formations of forces and means to carry out tasks in the interests of ensuring collective security.
