The active phase of the joint exercise with the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian Region (CRDF CAR) “Frontier-2026” has begun at the Koktal training range in the Republic of Kazakhstan. During the exercise, the participating forces are practicing the preparation and conduct of combat operations to destroy illegal armed formations that have invaded the territory of a CSTO member state.
On September 11, 2026, a round table entitled “Kazakhstan–Central Asia–Greater Eurasia: resilience and security amid new challenges” was held at the Center for Social Conservative Policy. The event was organized by the CSTO Secretariat jointly with the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICCA RAS) and the Center for Social Conservative Policy (CSCP).
The event was attended by CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov, Director of the ICCA RAS Kirill Babaev, members of the CSTO Permanent Council and representatives of the academic and expert communities of the member states. The discussion was moderated by Yuri Shuvalov, Head of the Information and Public Relations Department of the CSTO Secretariat.
On September 4 this year, a round table entitled “CSTO–SCO: Security Space” was held as part of the business program of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok. CSTO Secretariat representative Igor Panarin took part in the event.
A military-scientific conference on information security was held the CSTO Joint Staff
03.09.2022A military-scientific conference on information security was held the CSTO Joint Staff
In accordance with the Plan of joint training of command bodies and formations of forces and means of the CSTO Collective Security System for 2022, approved by the decisions of the CSTO Defense Ministers Council and the CSTO Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils, a military-scientific conference on the subject "Ensuring information security in the military sphere" was held in Moscow at the CSTO Joint Staff on September 2, this year.
The conference was attended by specialists in the field of information security of the defense departments of the CSTO member States, the CSTO basic training and methodological organizations, representatives of the CSTO Secretariat and the CSTO Joint Staff.
At the plenary session, conference participants considered issues related to threats to information security. They exchanged views on experience in ensuring information security in the national armed forces and improving the information security system of the CSTO member States.
As a result of the conference, its participants noted the high relevance of ensuring information security in the military sphere and developed proposals for improving cooperation in this area.
