On June 10, 2026, a regular meeting of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers was held in Kazan (Russian Federation) under the chairmanship of the Russian side, with the participation of CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov. CIS Deputy Secretary General Denis Trefilov and SCO Deputy Secretary General Oleg Kopylov were also invited to attend the meeting.
On June 9, 2026, a delegation of the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, headed by CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov, took part in the 19th Meeting of Heads of Lead Counter-Terrorism Units of the Competent Authorities of the CIS Member States and Heads of National Structures Responsible for Coordinating Counter-Terrorism and Counter-Extremism Activities. The event was organized by the Anti-Terrorism Center of the CIS Member States.
A working meeting between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Director of the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences Kirill Babaev was held at the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
From June 2 to 4, the Republic of Belarus hosted the second staff talks on the organization and conduct of the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces command-and-staff exercise “Indestructible Brotherhood 2026” and the special exercise “Barrier 2026” involving the CSTO Joint CBRN Protection and Medical Support Formation.
The issues of organizing the management and coordination of the CSTO CRRF Command were worked out during the trainings in the Republic of Belarus
28.08.2025
On August 28, in the Republic of Belarus, at the “Losvido” training ground, instructional and methodological classes were held with the Command of the CSTO CRRF on management, formation and coordination.
These trainings are aimed at implementing one of the most important goals of the upcoming joint trainings – improving the organization of management of the CSTO Collective Forces.
Officials of the CRRF Command, the CSTO Joint Staff, representatives of defense and other law enforcement agencies were involved in the events.
During the training, officers of the CSTO Joint Staff provided information on the deployment and organization of work at the CRRF control center, including the heads of the armed forces, services and other structural units. Special attention was paid to the organization and conduct of command coordination events, as well as the organization of counteraction to enemy UAVs at control points.
The materials of the training sessions were prepared taking into account the experience of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during a special military operation.
These events ended with a practical demonstration of the work of a visual surveillance post and a mobile fire group to counter enemy UAVs.
The Joint Press Center of the CSTO trainings
Photo by the press service of the CSTO Joint Staff
