On July 15, 2026, the High-Level Regional Meeting “Enhancing Capacities to Prevent the Supply of Weapons to Terrorists in Central Asia” was held in Moscow, organized by the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism with the participation of the Russian side.
On July 14, 2026, a working meeting was held at the CSTO Secretariat between CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov and UN Assistant Secretary-General Alexander Zuev.
From July 7 to 9, second staff talks were held in the Russian Federation on the organization and conduct of the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces (CRRF) command-and-staff exercise “Interaction-2026”, the special reconnaissance exercise “Poisk-2026”, and the logistics support exercise “Echelon-2026”.
In accordance with the 2026 Action Plan of the Coordinating Council of Heads of the Competent Authorities for Countering Illicit Drug Trafficking of the CSTO Member States, and as part of the Russian Federation's priorities during its 2026 CSTO Chairmanship, the sub-regional counter-narcotics operation “Kanal – Amber Coast” was conducted from June 29 to July 3, 2026. The operation was aimed at disrupting trafficking routes for narcotic drugs, their precursors and analogues, new psychoactive substances, and potent substances into the CSTO area of responsibility, neutralizing international transnational drug trafficking groups, dismantling clandestine drug production facilities, undermining the economic foundations of the drug trade, including the laundering of drug proceeds.
The CAR CRDF are tasked with "liquidation" of illegal armed groups as part of "Rubezh-2022" training in the Republic of Tajikistan
18.10.2022
On October 18 of this year, as part of the joint training “Rubezh-2022” at the “Harbmaidon” range, the decision to conduct a joint operation was approved at the CAR CRDF command post.
Major General Abdukhoshim Gulomzoda, the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Republic of Tajikistan, Major General Viktor Lisovsky, the Deputy Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, and representatives of defense ministries of the CSTO member states participated in the event.
Colonel Yevgeny Okhrimenko, commander of the CAR CRDF, reported on the decision to conduct joint operations, which was approved by the head of the training.
According to the legend of the training, illegal armed formations crossed the state border of a CSTO member state and seized border settlements. As part of the first stage of the training, an operational deployment of the CAR CRDF, which is tasked with eliminating illegal armed formations and restoring the situation along the state border, was carried out.
The CAR CRDF units have begun their missions in a difficult operational environment and in mountainous and desert terrain.
Military contingents of the member states of the Central Asian region and task forces from the CSTO Joint Staff and the CSTO Secretariat are taking part in practical operations at the “Harbmaidon” training range. The core of the Russian contingent consists of servicemen of the Central Military District from the 201st Military Base. The total number of the training participants is about 1,000 men and more than 300 pieces of military and special equipment, including aircraft, helicopters and strike drones.
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Joint press center of the CSTO trainings
