October 7 marks the 24th anniversary of the signing of the Charter of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, which formalized the establishment of the CSTO as an international regional organization. The goals set out in the document, including strengthening peace and stability and collectively protecting the independence, territorial integrity and sovereignty of the member states, remain the foundation for developing mutually beneficial, truly allied cooperation. On this basis, the Russian Federation is chairing the CSTO in 2026 under the motto “Collective security in a multipolar world: a common goal, shared responsibility.”
From October 18 to 23 this year, a special exercise codenamed “Cobalt-2026” will be held in the Republic of Tajikistan.
Today, the active phase of the command-and-staff exercise with the Collective Operational Reaction Forces (CORF) of the CSTO “Interaction-2026” and the special exercises “Search-2026” and “Echelon-2026” concluded in the Russian Federation.
In the Russian Federation, at the Chebarkulsky training range, particular attention is being paid to organizing the evacuation and repair of damaged equipment under the threat of enemy UAV attacks during the special exercise with the logistics forces and assets of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) “Echelon-2026”.
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.
