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.”
The CSTO Courses started at the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia
03.04.2023
On April 3, 2023, at the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the next VIII Training Courses started for senior personnel and leading specialists of defense agencies, law enforcement agencies, apparatuses of security councils, security agencies and special services, as well as bodies authorized in the field of prevention and elimination of emergency situations, the CSTO member states with the status of military personnel in accordance with the national legislation.
The CSTO Deputy Secretary General Takhir Khairulloyev attended the opening ceremony.
The specialized training program provides for a course of lectures and practical exercises on politico-military issues, crisis response to contemporary challenges and threats, military cooperation in the CSTO format, as well as on military strategy, military governance and military economics. Staff of the CSTO Secretariat and servicemen from the CSTO Joint Staff are involved in conducting the lessons, along with the teaching staff of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
This year's training program has been significantly expanded, as a result of which the Course instead of 14 days will last for 20 days.
Courses held annually improve the necessary level of knowledge of senior staff and leading specialists of state authorities of the CSTO member states responsible for the development and strengthening of the collective security system, and contribute to strengthening allied relations within the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
