What threats are the military CSTO preparing to repel. The CSTO countries will form a single list of organizations considered terrorist

07.03.2020

Russia and the CSTO countries intend to form a single list of organizations considered terrorist. Such a decision is planned to be taken at the CSTO summit in Yerevan on October 14, Yury Ushakov, aide to the President of the Russian Federation, told reporters.

According to him, the summit will adopt a document "On the regulation on the formation of a single list of organizations recognized as terrorist in the CSTO format." "That is, here the procedure for the formation and maintenance of a single list is determined, the interested party makes a proposal to recognize this or that organization as a terrorist organization, and the corresponding decision of the CSTO member states is made on the basis of a decision of the judiciary," the aide to the Russian leader explained. He stressed that it is planned to sign 24 documents following the results of the summit. The Kremlin spokesman called the decision on a collective security strategy until 2025 the first among them.

"Here, the priority of political means in ensuring security is fixed, it is noted that terrorism, extremism, recruitment into the ranks of these organizations, incitement of interethnic, interethnic and interfaith conflicts, the use of information technologies in order to have a destructive impact on the situation in states- members," he said.

According to Ushakov, the document "external threats include instability and unresolved conflicts in neighboring states, activities to undermine the balance of power, including the unilateral deployment of missile defense systems, building up the capabilities of global strike concepts, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, activities to disorganize state power and change the constitutional order in member states of the CSTO".

Ushakov also said that "tasks against the backdrop of these threats have been defined - greater coordination of positions on international and regional problems, improving the defense capability of member states, increasing the combat readiness and combat capability of the armed forces, building up military-technical cooperation, developing cooperation in countering terrorism, organized crime and illegal drug trafficking, improving cooperation on border protection".

Another document will be a list of additional measures to counter international terrorism and extremism in the CSTO format. "This document is important, but it is of a closed nature," Ushakov said.

According to him, it is planned to adopt a Statement of Heads of State at the summit, which reflects common approaches to the main challenges and threats of our time. "In particular, the readiness of the CSTO states to build relations with all members of the world community on the basis of equality is emphasized," the aide to the Russian leader said. He added that "most of the documents are devoted to Syria, the fight against terrorism, and the conviction is expressed that there is no alternative to the Minsk agreements (on a settlement in Ukraine)."

Ushakov noted that the CSTO leaders intend to adopt a separate Statement on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, a Statement on the impact of unilateral actions to deploy a global missile defense system on international security and stability, and a Statement on ensuring the security of state borders in the CSTO area of responsibility.

Ushakov said that the presidents of Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan would take part in the CSTO summit. The ill President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, according to him, will be replaced by the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Bakytzhan Sagintayev.

The summit will open with a closed session, followed by a plenary session and a document signing ceremony. The current CSTO Chairman, President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan and President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, who will assume the chairmanship of the CSTO, will tell journalists about the results of the summit.

The Kremlin spokesman said that at the meeting in a narrow format, the leaders would discuss "the international situation and topical issues of ensuring security." He added that Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, Secretary of the Security Council Nikolai Patrushev, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will take part in the plenary session from the Russian side. The focus will be on additional measures to counter international terrorism and on the priority areas of the CSTO activities during the presidency of Belarus in 2017.

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Development prospects

To strengthen the positions of the CSTO, the collective rapid deployment forces of the Central Asian region are being reformed. This force consists of ten battalions: three from Russia and Kazakhstan and one from Kyrgyzstan. The total number of personnel of the collective forces is about 7 thousand people. The aviation component (10 planes and 14 helicopters) is located at the Russian military airbase in Kyrgyzstan.

In connection with Uzbekistan's entry into the CSTO, it is noted that back in 2005, the Uzbek authorities came up with a project to create international "anti-revolutionary" punitive forces in the post-Soviet space within the framework of the CSTO. In preparation for joining this organization, Uzbekistan prepared a package of proposals for its improvement, including the creation of intelligence and counterintelligence structures within its framework, as well as the development of mechanisms that would allow the CSTO to give guarantees of internal security to the Central Asian states.

Targets and goals

CSTO members

Structure of the CSTO

The supreme body of the Organization is Collective Security Council (SKB). The Council consists of the heads of member states. The Council considers the fundamental issues of the Organization's activities and makes decisions aimed at the implementation of its goals and objectives, as well as ensures coordination and joint activities of the Member States to achieve these goals.

Council of Foreign Ministers (Council of Ministers) is a consultative and executive body of the Organization for the coordination of interaction between member states in the field of foreign policy.

Council of Ministers of Defense (CMO) is a consultative and executive body of the Organization for the coordination of interaction between member states in the field of military policy, military development and military-technical cooperation.

Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils (KSSB) is a consultative and executive body of the Organization for the coordination of interaction between member states in the field of ensuring their national security.

Secretary General of the Organization is the highest administrative officer of the Organization and manages the Secretariat of the Organization. Appointed by the decision of the CSC from among the citizens of the Member States and is accountable to the Council. Currently, he is Nikolai Bordyuzha.

Secretariat of the Organization- a permanent working body of the Organization for the implementation of organizational, informational, analytical and advisory support for the activities of the bodies of the Organization.

Joint Headquarters of the CSTO- a permanent working body of the Organization and the CMO of the CSTO, responsible for preparing proposals and implementing decisions on the military component of the CSTO. From December 1, 2006, it is planned to assign to the joint headquarters the tasks performed by the command and the permanent task force of the headquarters of the collective forces.

CSTO summit in September 2008

Literature

Nikolaenko V. D. Organization of the Collective Security Treaty (origins, formation, prospects) 2004 ISBN 5-94935-031-6

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The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is a military-political union created by the former Soviet republics on the basis of the Collective Security Treaty (CST), signed on May 15, 1992. The contract is renewed automatically every five years.

CSTO members

On May 15, 1992, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan signed a Collective Security Treaty (CST) in Tashkent. Azerbaijan signed the agreement on September 24, 1993, Georgia on September 9, 1993, Belarus on December 31, 1993.

The treaty entered into force on April 20, 1994. The contract was for 5 years and could be extended. On April 2, 1999, the presidents of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan signed a protocol on the extension of the agreement for the next five-year period, but Azerbaijan, Georgia and Uzbekistan refused to extend the agreement, in the same year Uzbekistan joined GUUAM.

At the Moscow session of the Collective Security Treaty on May 14, 2002, a decision was made to transform the Collective Security Treaty Organization into a full-fledged international organization - the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). On October 7, 2002, the Charter and the Agreement on the Legal Status of the CSTO were signed in Chisinau, which were ratified by all CSTO member states and entered into force on September 18, 2003.

On August 16, 2006, a decision was signed in Sochi on the full accession (restoration of membership) of Uzbekistan to the CSTO.

Russia has recently pinned great hopes on this organization, hoping to strengthen its strategic positions in Central Asia with its help. Russia considers this region a zone of its own strategic interests.

At the same time, the US Manas air base is located here on the territory of Kyrgyzstan, and Kyrgyzstan does not intend to do anything to close it. In early 2006, Tajikistan agreed to a significant increase in the French military group located on its territory, operating as part of coalition forces in Afghanistan.

To strengthen the position of the CSTO, Russia proposes to reform the collective rapid deployment forces of the Central Asian region. These forces consist of ten battalions: three each from Russia and Tajikistan, two each from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. The total number of personnel of the collective forces is about 4 thousand people. The aviation component (10 planes and 14 helicopters) is located at the Russian Kant airbase in Kyrgyzstan.

A proposal is being considered to expand the scope of activities of the collective forces - in particular, their use in Afghanistan is expected.

The organization is headed by its general secretary. Since 2003, this is Nikolai Bordyuzha. As is customary now, he comes from the "organs", Colonel General of the border troops. For the last couple of years before the collapse of the USSR, he worked as the head of the personnel department of the KGB. After 1991, he commanded the border troops, for a short time he was the head of the presidential administration under Boris Yeltsin, and the secretary of the Security Council. In short, an experienced friend.

All members of the G7, with the possible exception of Kazakhstan, are in strong political, economic and military dependence on Moscow and need its diplomatic cover.

- The tasks of the CSTO are directly interconnected with the integration processes in the post-Soviet space, and this relationship is growing stronger. The advancement of military-political integration in the CSTO format contributes to the deployment of integration processes, actually forms an "integration core" in the CIS, and contributes to an optimal "division of labor" in the Commonwealth. As for the place and role of the CSTO in the Eurasian Union, if one is formed, they can be very significant, since the Organization's area of responsibility covers vast expanses of Eurasia, and the Organization's activities are aimed at creating a system of collective security in Europe and Asia, - said Nikolai Bordyuzha, commenting on the goals of creating the CSTO for the press.

On September 5, at a summit in Moscow, the leaders of the member countries of the Collective Security Treaty Organization adopted a declaration in which they condemned Georgia for aggression, supported Russia's actions and advocated "ensuring lasting security for South Ossetia and Abkhazia." The CSTO countries warned NATO against expanding to the East and announced plans to strengthen the military component of the organization.

Like the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the CSTO called for Russia's active role in promoting peace and cooperation in the region. However, the main thing - the joint recognition by the members of the Organization of the two Transcaucasian republics - did not happen.

The Russian President reiterated the need to strengthen the military component of the CSTO. Actually, there is nothing unusual in this, because the CSTO is a military organization created to protect the member countries from external encroachments. There are also mutual obligations in case of an attack on one of the members of the organization. As Medvedev himself admitted, it was this topic that became the main one during his negotiations with his colleagues.

The main part of the document was devoted to the current situation in the world and the role of the CSTO itself in it. In the very first lines of the declaration, the leaders of the CSTO countries inform the world community that from now on they "are determined to adhere to close coordination of foreign policy interaction, a line towards the progressive development of military and military-technical cooperation, and improvement of the practice of joint work on all issues." At the same time, declaring its firm intention to ensure security in its zone of responsibility, the G7 warned against encroachments on this zone, frankly making it clear how it would cooperate: “Serious conflict potential is accumulating in the immediate vicinity of the CSTO zone of responsibility. The CSTO members call on the NATO countries to weigh all the possible consequences of expanding the alliance to the East and deploying new missile defense facilities near the borders of member states.

What is the CSTO (decoding)? Who is included in the organization, today often opposed to NATO? You, dear readers, will find answers to all these questions in this article.

A Brief History of the Creation of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO transcript)

In 2002, a meeting of the Collective Security Treaty Organization was held in Moscow on the basis of a similar agreement signed in Tashkent ten years earlier (1992), and in October 2002 the CSTO Charter was adopted. They discussed and adopted the main provisions of the association - the Charter and the Agreement, which determined the international. These documents became valid as early as next year.

Tasks of the CSTO, decoding. Who is in this organization?

In December 2004, the CSTO officially received observer status, which once again confirmed the respect of the international community for this organization.

The decoding of the CSTO was given above. What are the main tasks of this organization? It:

military-political cooperation;

solution of important international and regional issues;

creation of mechanisms for multilateral cooperation, including in the military component;

ensuring national and collective security;

counteraction to international terrorism, drug trafficking, illegal migration, transnational crime;

ensuring information security.

The main Collective Security Treaty (CSTO decoding) is to continue and strengthen relations in foreign policy, military, military-technical spheres, to coordinate joint efforts in the fight against international terrorism and other threats to security. Its position on the world stage is a large eastern influential military association.

Let's summarize the interpretation of the CSTO (decoding, composition):

The acronym stands for Collective Security Treaty Organization.

Today it consists of six permanent members - Russia, Tajikistan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia and Kazakhstan, as well as two observer states at the parliamentary assembly - Serbia and Afghanistan.

CSTO at present

The organization can provide comprehensive protection for member states, as well as quickly respond to a large number of pressing problems and threats both within the bloc and outside its competence.

The tough confrontation between East and West, the US and the Russian Federation, sanctions and the situation in Ukraine put on the agenda an interesting question of whether the CSTO is capable of becoming an eastern alternative to NATO, or is it nothing more than a cordon sanitaire , designed to create a buffer zone around Russia that serves as a vehicle for Russian hegemony in the region?

Key organizational issues

At present, the CSTO suffers from the same two problems as NATO. First, it is one dominant force that bears the entire financial and military burden, while many members contribute practically nothing to the alliance. Second, the organization struggles to find a legal basis for its existence. Unlike NATO, the CSTO has another fundamental problem - the members of the organization are never really secure and they have different visions, often quite conflicting, about how the CSTO should look like.

While Russia is content to build up military infrastructure and use the territories of CSTO member states to host troops, other countries often see the organization as a tool to maintain their authoritarian regimes or ease ethnic tensions left over from the collapse of the Soviet Union. Such a stark contrast in how participants see the organization creates an atmosphere of distrust.

CSTO and the Russian Federation

Russia is the successor state of the former superpower, and its single-handed leadership experience has ensured its importance on the world stage, which puts it several heads above all the participating powers and makes it a strong leader in the organization.

As a result of negotiations on a number of strategic military deals with CSTO allies, such as the construction of new air bases in Belarus, Kyrgyzstan and Armenia in 2016, Russia was able to strengthen its presence in these countries and their respective regions, as well as reduce the influence of NATO here. Despite economic difficulties, Russia is further increasing military spending and plans to complete an ambitious military modernization program by 2020, demonstrating its desire to play an increasingly important role on a global scale.

In the short term, Russia will achieve its goals and consolidate its influence using the resources of the CSTO. The deciphering of the leading country is simple: it wants to oppose NATO's aspirations in Central Asia and the Caucasus. By creating the conditions for deeper integration, Russia has opened the way for an effective collective security structure similar to that of its western neighbor.

We hope that now the decoding of the CSTO as a powerful regional organization has become clear to you.