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.
An international scientific and practical conference entitled “The Situation in the Middle East, North Africa and the Sahara-Sahel Region: Development Forecasts for 2027” was held in Moscow, organized by the Center for Scientific and Analytical Information of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
On October 18, 2026, the “Cobalt-2026” special exercise opened in the Republic of Tajikistan, in accordance with the 2026 Plan for the Joint Training of Command and Control Bodies and Formations of Forces and Assets of the CSTO Collective Security System. The exercise involves special units of internal affairs and national security agencies, internal troops (National Guard), special services and anti-drug agencies, as well as rescue units incorporated into the Special Purpose Forces formations of the CSTO Collective Operational Reaction Forces (CORF).
From October 13 to 16, 2025, the 23rd International Combat Sambo Tournament for the Cup of the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, featuring law enforcement personnel from CSTO member states, was held at the Ognikovo Park Hotel (19 Ognikovo, Istra District, Moscow Region).
The Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov took part in the XIII Meeting of the Heads of National Anti-Terrorism Centers of the CIS Member States
18.02.2020
On February 18, 2020, the Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov took part in the XIII Meeting of Heads (Heads of Staff) of the National Anti-Terrorism Centers of the Member States of the Commonwealth of Independent States held in Moscow. The meeting addressed a wide range of issues of international cooperation in the fight against terrorism and extremism, factors affecting the security of states at the present stage, a forecast for the development of the situation in the short term, and priority areas for cooperation in the anti-terrorism sphere.
Addressing the meeting participants, Valery Semerikov assessed the level of terrorist threats in the CSTO area of responsibility, informed about the measures taken by the Organization to neutralize them as part of the relevant Decision of the CSTO Collective Security Council in October (2016). The CSTO Deputy Secretary General said that based on the assessment of terrorist threats emanating from foreign terrorist fighters, as well as the spread of terrorist ideology via the Internet, special attention should be paid to the category of CSTO citizens returning from combat zones, focusing on their rehabilitation. In addition, Mr.Semerikov pointed out, the implementation of preventive measures among convicted members of banned terrorist organizations in order to prevent the recruitment of new members of terrorist organizations in places of serving their sentences is of particular relevance.
The CSTO Deputy Secretary General emphasized the need to step up collective international efforts to counter terrorism and spread terrorist ideology based on the implementation of the UN Security Council anti-terrorism resolutions and the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. At the same time, he praised the CSTO's regional cooperation with the CIS ATC, carried out on the basis of the 2011 Memorandum and the 2018 Tripartite Memorandum between the CIS ATC, SCO RATS and the CSTO Secretariat, within which a permanent expert group was created and operates.
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