The active phase of the joint exercise with the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian Region (CRDF CAR) “Frontier-2026” has begun at the Koktal training range in the Republic of Kazakhstan. During the exercise, the participating forces are practicing the preparation and conduct of combat operations to destroy illegal armed formations that have invaded the territory of a CSTO member state.
On September 11, 2026, a round table entitled “Kazakhstan–Central Asia–Greater Eurasia: resilience and security amid new challenges” was held at the Center for Social Conservative Policy. The event was organized by the CSTO Secretariat jointly with the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICCA RAS) and the Center for Social Conservative Policy (CSCP).
The event was attended by CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov, Director of the ICCA RAS Kirill Babaev, members of the CSTO Permanent Council and representatives of the academic and expert communities of the member states. The discussion was moderated by Yuri Shuvalov, Head of the Information and Public Relations Department of the CSTO Secretariat.
On September 4 this year, a round table entitled “CSTO–SCO: Security Space” was held as part of the business program of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok. CSTO Secretariat representative Igor Panarin took part in the event.
In the Astrakhan region, the "Echelon-2020" special training began with the assets of Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics of the CSTO CRRF
17.08.2020
At the opening ceremony of the training, the Deputy Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, Major General Mukhamedzhan Talasov noted that the training was being conducted despite the fact that a difficult sanitary and epidemic situation had developed in the Organization's member states caused by the spread of coronavirus infection.
In the course of the training, the issues of deploying Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics center, transporting military contingents, as well as organizing Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics in the interests of the Collective Rapid Reaction Forces of the CSTO upon a joint operation to localize a border armed conflict in the Caucasian region of collective security are being worked out. Subdivisions are improving the practice of loading and unloading military equipment in various ways, replenishing supplies in battle area, evacuating and repairing equipment damaged during a battle, mass refueling equipment, etc.
“One of the main goals of the training is to improve the coherence of joint actions on Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics in the interests of the CSTO CRRF, designed to respond promptly to challenges and threats to the security of our states,” Mukhamedzhan Talasov said.
The Deputy Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff expressed confidence that the command and control bodies and subdivisions participating in the “Echelon-2020” special training would demonstrate a high level of professional training and the ability to effectively operate as part of joint groupings of forces in various conditions.
Military personnel of the Organization's member states and an operational group of the CSTO Joint Staff are taking part in the training under the charge of the Deputy Commander of the Southern Military District of Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, Lieutenant General Viktor Voronov. In total, about one thousand servicemen and about 250 pieces of equipment are involved.
The Joint Press Center for the CSTO "Echelon-2020"special training
