An international scientific and practical conference entitled “The Situation in the Middle East, North Africa and the Sahara-Sahel Region: Development Forecasts for 2027” was held in Moscow, organized by the Center for Scientific and Analytical Information of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
On October 18, 2026, the “Cobalt-2026” special exercise opened in the Republic of Tajikistan, in accordance with the 2026 Plan for the Joint Training of Command and Control Bodies and Formations of Forces and Assets of the CSTO Collective Security System. The exercise involves special units of internal affairs and national security agencies, internal troops (National Guard), special services and anti-drug agencies, as well as rescue units incorporated into the Special Purpose Forces formations of the CSTO Collective Operational Reaction Forces (CORF).
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.
A regular meeting of the Interstate Working Group on the creation of a unified system of technical support for the railways of the CSTO member states was held in Dushanbe
23.06.2025
On June 18-19, 2025, in Dushanbe (Republic of Tajikistan), the VI meeting of the Interstate Working Group on the creation of a Unified system of technical cover for railways of the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization was held.
During the meeting, representatives of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, the CSTO Secretariat and the Joint Staff heard reports from the group members on the results of work on planning and organizing technical support measures for the railways of the CSTO member states. The members of the interstate working group exchanged views in a constructive manner on addressing the most important issues of railway maintenance and discussed the prospects for further close cooperation between the concerned ministries and departments of the CSTO member states in order to ensure the smooth operation of railway transport.
Following the meeting of the Interstate Working Group on the creation of a Unified system of technical cover for railways of the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, the Chairman of the Interstate Working Group signed the relevant Protocol.
