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.
“Channel One” - State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin holds a meeting of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly in Armenia
05.11.2019To actively defend the memory of those who during the years of World War II gave their lives for their homeland, the State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin called on. He reminded his colleagues that in some European countries today monuments to Soviet soldiers are being demolished, calling this situation unacceptable. The CSTO parliamentarians, according to Volodin, should join in the fight against such manifestations on the venues of the Council of Europe.
“This is about protecting history, about protecting those who cannot protect themselves today. They stayed in Europe, these are our grandfathers, great-grandfathers. Here we all represent the countries that participated in this war, fighting against fascism, the “brown plague”. And, dear colleagues, we must do everything in order to protect the memory of those who today allow us to live, ”said Vyacheslav Volodin.
