The CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov held an expert meeting with Kirill Babaev, Director of the Institute of China and Modern Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
The Novosibirsk Region hosted the CSTO training “COBALT-2024” led by the Rosgvardia
16.08.2024
From August 12 to 16, this year, at the “Gorny” firing range of the Siberian District of the Rosgvardia (Novosibirsk region), in accordance with the Plan of joint training of management bodies and formations of forces and means of the CSTO collective security system for 2024, a special training was held with special units of internal affairs, 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 Reaction Forces (CRRF FSSN) under code name “Cobalt-2024”.
Special forces from the CSTO member states, in conditions as close to combat as possible, perfected their skills in conducting an independent special operation, while the leadership staff, consisting of representatives of the CSTO member states, worked out the issues of planning the operation, making decisions on its conduct and organizing the management of the units' actions. A field command post was set up to manage the special operation.
Within the framework of the training, practical actions of combined task forces of special forces were practiced while solving earmarked tasks as well as competitions in tactical firing from combat weapons were held.
The training involved armored vehicles, special transport, strike drones and combat aviation.
Observers from the Anti-Terrorist Center of the CIS member states and the the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure attended the training.
Colonel General Vladislav Ershov, the Deputy Director of the Federal Service of the National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation, was in charge of the training.
The CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov took part in the active phase of the training. In summarizing the results, he noted the importance of such events in the overall training system for the units and subunits that are the part of the CSTO Collective Forces. He also praised the professional training and coaching of the officers and servicemen of the special units of all CSTO member states.
In his speech, the Deputy Head of the Rosgvardiya V. Ershov thanked all participants of the training for their high level of organization and responsibility in carrying out the assigned tasks. He noted the high coherence of the actions of the various forces and means involved in the training.
At the end of the training, a detailed review was conducted. The most distinguished officers and servicemen were rewarded.
On the eve of the training, an educational and methodological session was organized with the senior staff of the command and control bodies from among the interested ministries and departments of the CSTO member states, as well as the commanders of the units that make up the CRRF FSSN. The purpose of the training session was to improve the professional skills of its participants in the training of units, their combat coherence and the organization of cooperation in carrying out their earmarked tasks. The training sessions were both theoretical and practical in nature. Particular attention was paid to the organization of the management of special-purpose units during the preparation and conduct of joint and independent special operations to combat terrorism, extremism, transnational organized crime and drug trafficking.
