Today, the active phase of the command-and-staff exercise with the Collective Operational Reaction Forces (CORF) of the CSTO “Interaction-2026” and the special exercises “Search-2026” and “Echelon-2026” concluded in the Russian Federation.
In the Russian Federation, at the Chebarkulsky training range, particular attention is being paid to organizing the evacuation and repair of damaged equipment under the threat of enemy UAV attacks during the special exercise with the logistics forces and assets of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) “Echelon-2026”.
Today, at the Chebarkulsky training range in the Russian Federation, as part of the command-and-staff exercise with the CSTO Collective Operational Reaction Forces (CORF) “Interaction-2026”, joint actions to liberate a populated area captured by a simulated adversary were practiced.
On September 29–30, 2026, the 6th International Conference of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation on the spread of extremist ideology was held in Moscow. The CSTO delegation, comprising Umar Umarzoda, Head of the Department for Countering Challenges and Threats, and Igor Demchenko, Adviser to the Department, took part in the conference.
As part of the improvement of crisis response, duty shifts practiced joint actions in identifying sabotage, terrorist attacks and emergencies
28.03.2025
On 28 March, the CSTO Joint Staff held a joint training session for the operational duty shift of the CSTO Crisis Response Centre, the duty shifts of the command post of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus and the National Defense Control Centre of the Russian Federation, with the involvement of representatives of the ministries of emergency situations of the CSTO member states.
The theme of the training: “Procedure of actions of duty shifts in case of identification of signs (preconditions) of a crisis, emergency situation in the East European region of collective security”.
The main objectives of the event were to improve practical skills in the actions of duty shifts during the formation of national contingents of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) and their regrouping in the area of a crisis situation, as well as to enhance the coherence of the work of duty shifts in carrying out joint tasks.
In the course of the training, the duty shifts practiced their actions, in particular, in identifying state border violators and in the course of destroying sabotage and reconnaissance groups.
In addition, in a single information space, joint actions with duty shifts of the Ministries of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation worked out issues of response to a terrorist act at a chemically hazardous facility.
Major General Arsen Rakhmanov, Head of the Crisis Response Centre, summarizing the results of the training, noted that all the issues of information exchange in accordance with the list of information subject to information exchange between the CSTO Crisis Response Centre and the authorized bodies of the CSTO member states were successfully worked out, and the duty shifts acted confidently.
Photo by the press service of the CSTO Joint Staff
