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The Open International Youth Sambo Festival of National Teams of the CSTO Member States was held at the International Sambo Center in Moscow.

20.08.2026

On August 17–19, at the invitation of Colonel General Alexander Manilov, Chairman of the Coordination Service of the Council of Border Troops Commanders of the CIS, a delegation of the CSTO Joint Staff headed by Colonel General Andrey Serdyukov took part in international events held in the area of responsibility of the Border Directorate of the Russian Federal Security Service for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region.

17.08.2026

On August 14, consultations were held via videoconference at the CSTO Joint Staff with representatives of relevant ministries and agencies of the CSTO member states on organizing joint training activities for command and control bodies and formations of the CSTO collective security system in 2027.

15.07.2026

On July 15, 2026, the High-Level Regional Meeting “Enhancing Capacities to Prevent the Supply of Weapons to Terrorists in Central Asia” was held in Moscow, organized by the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism with the participation of the Russian side.

A special training with the intelligence forces and means of the CSTO member states “Search-2019” has completed in the Republic of Belarus

A special training with the intelligence forces and means of the CSTO member states “Search-2019” has completed in the Republic of Belarus 18.10.2019
On October 18, this year, on the territory of the Republic of Belarus, under the leadership of the General Staff Deputy Chief of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus for Combat Command, Major General Igor S. Korol, the special "Search-2019" training was completed. Recall that it was held as a part of the joint operational-strategic training “Combat Brotherhood - 2019” on the topic: “Organization and conduct of intelligence in the interests of localizing the border armed conflict in the East European collective security region of the Collective Security Treaty Organization ”.

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For the training, the training grounds of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus were involved. The idea of the training envisaged that the enemy brought sabotage and reconnaissance forces to the territory of the country and intensified intelligence activities.

The Minister of Defense of the Republic of Belarus, Lieutenant General Ravkov A.A., who praised the events, attended the closing ceremony of the training on October 18, 2019. He further noted that the level of training of all the forces and means that participated in the training causes respect. “There is no doubt that the participants in the training are real professionals. Such trainings are necessary for reliable protection of our countries. This stage of the training was dynamic, eventful, which allowed its participants to demonstrate high military skill, professionalism, coordination and fieldcraft. The military intelligence officers of the Organization’s member states and the fighters of the Internal Troops and the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Belarus have completed the tasks,” said the Defense Minister of the Republic of Belarus.

Upon completion of the demonstration of practical actions, new and modernized at the enterprises of the Republic of Belarus military and specialized equipment samples were presented.

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The trainings showed the level of interaction between the forces and means of intelligence of the CSTO member states in the course of practical actions under performing intelligence missions.

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