Servicemen of the Combined Arms Army of the Central Military District (CMD) have arrived in the Republic of Belarus to take part in 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”.
On October 7, 2026, the Fourth Counter-Terrorism Forum opened in Minsk (Republic of Belarus), bringing together the CIS Conference on Countering Terrorism and Extremism, the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure international scientific and practical conference, and joint counter-terrorism exercises.
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.”
The meeting of the CSTO Working Group of Coordination Council of the Heads of Competent Authorities for Countering the Illicit Drug Trafficking took place in Yerevan
23.08.2019
In Yerevan, under the chairmanship of the First Deputy Head of the Main Directorate for Drug Trafficking Control of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Kirill Smurov, a meeting of the Working Group of the Coordinating Council of the Heads of the competent authorities on countering drug trafficking of the CSTO member states was held. The event was attended by representatives of law enforcement agencies of Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, as well as the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
The first deputy chief of the Police of the Republic of Armenia Arman Sargsyan delivered a welcoming speech. Then, the forum participants discussed the state and dynamics of the development of the drug situation in the CSTO member states. In addition, the results of the tactical and special exercises of the anti-drug special units “Thunder-2019” ("Grom-2019") held in Kyrgyzstan were summed up.
