Today, at the Chebarkulsky training range in the Russian Federation, as part of the command-and-staff exercise with the CSTO Collective Operational Reaction Forces (CORF) “Interaction-2026”, joint actions to liberate a populated area captured by a simulated adversary were practiced.
On September 29–30, 2026, the 6th International Conference of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation on the spread of extremist ideology was held in Moscow. The CSTO delegation, comprising Umar Umarzoda, Head of the Department for Countering Challenges and Threats, and Igor Demchenko, Adviser to the Department, took part in the conference.
In the Russian Federation, at the Chebarkulsky training range, reconnaissance groups have begun practicing practical actions in designated areas as part of the CSTO special exercise with reconnaissance forces and assets “Search-2026”.
Today, a ceremony was held at the Chebarkulsky training range in the Russian Federation to open the command-and-staff exercise with the Collective Operational Reaction Forces of the Collective Security Treaty Organization “Interaction-2026” and the special exercises “Search-2026” and “Echelon-2026”.
The Republic of Kazakhstan hosts "Search-2022" training of reconnaissance units of the armed forces of the CSTO member states
05.10.2022
Intelligence agencies and units of the Collective Security Treaty Organization member states participate in a special training "Search-2022".
The joint training takes place at the “Matybulak” and “Gvardeysky” training ranges in Zhambyl Oblast.
According to the plan of the training "Search-2022" command bodies and contingent units will practice actions to localize an armed conflict in the CSTO region of collective security.
In the course of the training, in order to deploy a group of the Collective Rapid Reaction Forces and prepare for a joint operation, continuous reconnaissance was organized, taking into account the rapidly changing situation.
In implementing the decision taken by the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces commander, scouts will be tasked with identifying enemy detachments bypassing them using special reconnaissance equipment.
The purpose of the special training is to improve interaction between command and control bodies, increase the level of field training, interoperability and coherence of reconnaissance units.
