In accordance with the decision of the 28th meeting of the Coordination Council of Heads of Competent Authorities of CSTO Member States on Combating Illegal Migration, the CSTO official website has published information and reference material from the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs explaining the key changes in the procedure for foreign citizens staying in Russia.
An international subregional operation was conducted on the territory of the CSTO member states with the aim of disrupting the channels for the supply of drugs, their precursors and analogues, new psychoactive and potent substances to the CSTO's area of responsibility, neutralize international transnational drug trafficking groups, and eliminate underground drug production and undermine the economic foundations of the drug trade, an international subregional anti-drug operation called “Channel-Western Dvina” was conducted.
On September 25, 2025, in New York City, as part of the 80th session of the UN General Assembly, chaired by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic, Jeenbek Kulubaev, a working meeting of the ministers of foreign affairs of the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) was held.
On September 25, 2025, the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization hosted a round table discussion on “The Emerging Architecture of International Relations: Prospects for the Eurasian Security System.” The event brought together leading representatives of the analytical community and experts from the foreign ministries of the CSTO member states.
A special training of the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces, codenamed "Cobalt-2025," was held in Kazakhstan
06.10.2025
From September 29 to October 3 of this year, at the training ground of the National Guard of the Republic of Kazakhstan, in accordance with the Plan for joint training of command and control bodies and the formation of forces and means of the CSTO collective security system for 2025, a special training was held with special units of the internal affairs agencies, national security, internal troops (National Guard), special and anti-drug services, as well as emergency rescue and firefighting structures that are part of the special forces formations of the CSTO Collective Rapid Response Forces under the code name "Cobalt-2025".
Special forces from CSTO member states honed their skills in combat-like conditions while conducting an independent special operation. An operational headquarters composed of representatives from CSTO member states practiced planning, decision-making, and unit command and control. A field command post was established to lead the special operation.
As part of the training, combined special operations task groups practiced practical actions in carrying out their assigned missions, and tactical shooting competitions with live firearms were also held.
The training involved armored vehicles, special-purpose motor vehicles, unmanned aerial vehicles, and combat aviation.
Observers from the SCO RATS Executive Committee and the CIS ATC attended the exercise. Overall leadership was provided by the Commander-in-Chief of the National Guard, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Major General A. S. Baltabekov.
Upon completion of the exercise, during the final briefing, CSTO Deputy Secretary General V. Semerikov noted the high quality of the training’s organization by the Kazakh side, the coherence, efficiency, and effectiveness of the Training Operational Headquarters, as well as the high level of operational, combat, and special training of the participating personnel.
In general, the goals of the training were achieved and the objectives fulfilled, the CSTO Deputy Secretary General stated.
The successful conduct of the training was facilitated by a training and methodological session held the day before with the leadership of relevant ministries and agencies of the CSTO member states, as well as commanders of units forming part of the CSTO CRRF’s Collective Special Forces, organized by the CSTO Secretariat jointly with representatives of the National Guard of Kazakhstan.
At the end of the training, the most distinguished personnel and servicemen were commended.