From June 24 to 26, second staff talks were held in the Republic of Kazakhstan on the organization and conduct of the joint exercise “Rubezh-2026” with units of the Central Asian Collective Rapid Deployment Forces (CAR CRDF).
On June 23, 2026, a ceremonial event was held at the Advanced Training Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation to mark the 20th anniversary of the CSTO Collective Security Council's decision granting the Institute the status of the Basic Educational Institution for Continuing Professional Education of law enforcement and special service personnel of the CSTO member states in the fields of counterterrorism, combating extremism, illicit drug trafficking, illegal migration, and other forms of transnational organized crime, as well as for the training of specialists for peacekeeping missions and teaching staff of educational institutions.
85 years ago, the Great Patriotic War began. The war machine of Nazi Germany launched a treacherous attack against Soviet cities and villages and committed unprecedented atrocities against Soviet citizens. The peoples of the Soviet Union rose to defend their common Motherland and paid an enormous price for peace, freedom, and the right to live on their own land.
On June 17–18, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov visited sections of the State Border of the Republic of Belarus with Poland and Lithuania.
In the CSTO member states, the Agreement on cooperation in ensuring information security has entered into force.
02.04.2019The purpose of the Agreement is to further develop the interaction of member states in the interests of ensuring the information security of the CSTO.
Under the Agreement, Member States agreed:
- strengthen inter-agency collaboration;
- improve the mechanisms for countering threats in the information sphere;
- conduct joint practical activities aimed at strengthening information security and countering illegal activities in the information space of the CSTO member states;
- to promote the development and early adoption under the UN auspices of universal rules, norms and principles of responsible behavior of states in the information space;
- provide mutual assistance in order to develop the technological basis (base) for ensuring the information security of the member states.
