From October 18 to 23 this year, in accordance with the 2026 Plan for the Joint Training of Command and Control Bodies and Formations of Forces and Assets of the Collective Security System of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, the “Cobalt-2026” special exercise was held at the Magob training range of the Special Purpose Units Training Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan.
An international scientific and practical conference entitled “Greater Eurasia: Institutions, Development, Cooperation” was held at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, jointly organized with the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICCA RAS). CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov took part in the conference.
A working meeting between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Kazem Jalali, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Russian Federation, was held at the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Russian Federation.
An international scientific and practical conference entitled “Transformation of the Global Security System and the Shaping of a Eurasian Security Framework” was held at Moscow State Linguistic University (MSLU).
Today, a conference entitled “The Role and Place of Media in CSTO Member States in Efforts to Contain Crisis (Emergency) Situations in Collective Security Regions” was held in Minsk.
Issues of providing military and military-technical assistance are being practiced during the CSTO strategic command-and-staff training
17.03.2026
From 16 to 19 March, the Collective Security Treaty Organization is conducting a strategic command-and-staff training of the Joint Staff, the Secretariat, and relevant ministries and agencies of the CSTO member states under the leadership of Chief of the Joint Staff Colonel General Andrey Serdyukov.
The event is aimed at working out issues related to preparing proposals for CSTO bodies on providing military and military-technical assistance to the Organization’s member states.
In his opening remarks, Chief of the Joint Staff Colonel General Andrey Serdyukov noted, in particular, that “the strategic command-and-staff training is being conducted in conditions where the military-political situation is characterized by increased confrontation at global and regional levels and by the approach of ‘zones of instability’ directly to the area of responsibility of the CSTO member states.”
According to the scenario, the strategic command-and-staff training is conducted in four stages, during which it is planned to sequentially practice issues related to preparing collective decisions on the formation and deployment of all components of the CSTO collective security system’s forces and assets, as well as a set of measures for responding to crisis situations in the Eastern European and Central Asian regions of collective security.
Upon the established signal, notification and assembly of the personnel of the Joint Staff and the Organization’s Secretariat were carried out. Measures were implemented to deploy the functional groups of the CSTO Crisis Response Center and the command posts of national authorities authorized to interact with it.
This year, representatives of the CSTO Permanent Council, the Secretariat of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly, the Anti-Terrorism Center of the CIS member states, and the Coordination Service of the Council of Commanders of the Border Troops are also taking part in the training.
During the first stage, issues related to preparing proposals and drafting decisions of the Organization’s bodies on the formation and operational deployment of the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces and on providing military-technical assistance to a member state of the Organization are being practiced.
During the second stage, tasks are envisaged for preparing proposals and drafting collective decisions on the formation and deployment of the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian region and on providing military-technical assistance.
During the third stage, it is planned to practice tasks related to preparing a peacekeeping operation on the territory of a hypothetical CSTO member state.
The fourth stage involves practicing issues related to the formation, deployment, and employment of the CSTO joint formation for radiation, chemical, and biological protection and medical support.
Each stage concludes with a review of the drafted decisions of the Organization’s bodies concerning the formation, deployment, and employment of the components of the CSTO troops (Collective Forces), the comprehensive support of force groupings, and the provision of military-technical assistance to member states.
Upon completion of the strategic command-and-staff training, all drafted decisions of CSTO bodies will be communicated to the member states as initial data for the development of planning documents for joint and special exercises conducted within the Organization’s framework in September–October of the current year on the territories of the Russian Federation, the Republic of Kazakhstan, and the Republic of Belarus.
