28 April marks the Day of the CSTO Joint Staff. It should be recalled that on 28 April 2003, in Dushanbe, the Collective Security Council, guided by the need to establish a military staff body responsible for implementing the military component of the Collective Security Treaty, adopted the Decision “On the Establishment of the Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.”
On 27 April 2026, within the framework of the International Scientific and Practical Conference “Contours of a New Architecture of Collective Security: Current Issues of Information and Analytical Partnership within the CSTO,” held at MGIMO University of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, a round table entitled “Eurasian Analytical Platform: New Approaches in a New Geopolitical Reality” took place. During the event, Head of the Information and Public Relations Department of the CSTO Secretariat Yuriy Shuvalov delivered a presentation on “The Eurasian Analytical Network: A New Cognitive Architecture of Collective Security.”
At the “Russia Today” press center, a joint press conference was held by Valery Semerikov, the CSTO Deputy Secretary General, and Anatoly Vybornov, Chairman of the CSTO PA Standing Commission on Defense and Security and member of the Russian State Duma
09.12.2025
On December 9, 2025, at the “Russia Today” International Multimedia Press Center, a joint press conference was held by Valery Semerikov, the CSTO Deputy Secretary General, and Anatoly Vybornov, Chairman of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly's Standing Commission on Defense and Security, with studios in Astana, Bishkek, Yerevan, and Minsk connected. The Tajik correspondents worked from the Moscow studio. The main topic of the press conference was the results of the CSTO Collective Security Council (CSC) session held on November 27 in Bishkek.
Valery Semerikov elaborated on the main issues discussed during the meeting of heads of state. In particular, he reported on the high assessment given by the members of the CSC to Kyrgyzstan's chairmanship of the Organization. At the same time, through collective efforts, all the priorities presented by the Kyrgyz side at the 2024 session were successfully implemented. Based on the report of CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov, a wide range of issues and tasks related to challenges and threats to regional security were considered.
The CSTO Deputy Secretary General announced the adoption of a number of important documents aimed at comprehensively strengthening the Organization. Among the most important are the decisions “On the Collective Security Strategy of the Collective Security Treaty Organization” and “On the Anti-Drug Strategy of the Member States of the Collective Security Treaty Organization for 2026-2030.” In terms of the analytical component of the CSTO, he also highlighted the adoption of the Decision “On the Information and Analytical Department of the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.”
Valery Semerikov outlined the priorities of the Russian Federation's chairmanship of the CSTO in 2026, noting that Russia planned to focus primarily on consolidating the member states of the Organization and improving the activities of the CSTO bodies. Other priorities of the Russian Federation as chair include comprehensively strengthening the Organization's military component, including the military-medical aspect, as well as developing interparliamentary ties.
