On May 26 of this year, a round table entitled “35 Years of the Commonwealth of Independent States: Results, Tasks, and Prospects” was held at the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. The event was attended by heads of integration structures in the post-Soviet space, representatives of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as representatives of the embassies of CIS countries in Russia. Opening remarks were delivered by the moderator, Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs Grigory Karasin.
On May 26, 2026, a regular meeting of the CSTO Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils (CSSC) was held in Moscow under the chairmanship of the Russian side, with the participation of CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov. The participants conducted a substantive exchange of views on issues related to strengthening security in the CSTO area of responsibility.
On May 25, 2026, a meeting was held at the CSTO Secretariat between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov, CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov, and Acting Director of the African Union Counter-Terrorism Centre Idriss Mounir Lallali.
On May 25, 2026, a meeting took place at the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Russian Federation, Kazem Jalali.
On May 20, consultations of representatives (experts) of the defense agencies of the CSTO member states aimed at improving air defense and developing the CSTO Collective Aviation Forces were held via videoconference at the CSTO Joint Staff headquarters.
The final stage of the joint business game aimed at preventing and resolving crisis situations will be held at the CSTO Crisis Response Center
27.03.2019
On March 28, 2019, in the CSTO Crisis Response Center under the direction of the Acting Secretary General of the Organization, Valery Semerikov , the final stage of a joint business game to develop solutions aimed at preventing and resolving crisis situations in the Organization’s area of responsibility will be held.
Today, during the second stage, the proposals of the leaders of the Crisis Response Center working groups and the operational groups of the CSTO member states on the use of the CSTO peacekeeping potential to resolve the crisis situation in the conditional state that is a member of the Organization were heard. Draft documents on the elaboration of measures of a political, diplomatic, and military nature were presented, taking into account the need to conduct a peacekeeping operation, which envisages the separation of the conflicting parties, the reception, accommodation of a large number of refugees and the provision of humanitarian assistance to them.
One of the elements of the final stage will be the meeting of the CSTO Permanent Council, which will be held for the first time at the Organization's Crisis Response Center. During the meeting, the participants of the Business Game will present conclusions from the conditional military-political situation in the zone of escalation of tension. Based on them, the members of the Permanent Council will consider draft decisions of the Collective Security Council, as well as the Councils of Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Defense, the Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils of the Organization for Crisis Management in several regions of collective security.
Members of the CSTO Secretariat, representatives of the CSTO Joint Staff and operational groups of interested ministries and departments of the Organization's member states take part in the joint business game.
Spent during the game materials will serve as the basis for the preparation and holding a joint operational-strategic exercise "Combat Brotherhood - 2019", which is scheduled to be held this fall
