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A delegation from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Joint Staff participated in joint exercises with border agencies of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Russia. The exercises focused on improving coordination and military-technical cooperation for managing crisis situations at external borders.

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What happened

A delegation from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Joint Staff took part in a joint exercise with the participation of border agencies of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries to practice interaction during crisis situations…

Why it matters

"On August 17-19, at the invitation of Chairman of the Coordination Service of the Council of the Commanders of the CIS Border Guard Troops Colonel General Alexander Manilov, a delegation from the CSTO Joint Staff, led by Colonel General Andrey Serdyukov,…

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Petersburg and the Leningrad Region," the statement reads.

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A delegation from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Joint Staff participated in joint exercises with border agencies of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Russia. The exercises focused on improving coordination and military-technical cooperation for managing crisis situations at external borders.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 5 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Colonel General Alexander Manilov is the Chairman of the Coordination Service of the Council of the Commanders of the CIS Border Guard Troops”
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Multiple sources confirm Colonel General Alexander Manilov's role. One source explicitly names him as 'Chairman of the CBTC Coordination Service' and another (NamuWiki) identifies him as 'Chairman of the Coordination Department' of the Border Force Commander's Committee.
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web search NEUTRAL — ...of the Council of Border Troops Commanders of the CIS, a delegation of the CSTO Joint Staff headed by Colonel General Andrey Serdyukov took part in international events held in the area of responsi…
https://en.odkb-csto.org/news/news_odkb/delegatsiya-obedinen…
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web search NEUTRAL — Vice-Chairman of the Border Force Commander's Committee and Chairman of the Coordination Department. 2005 November 25 ~ Present.
https://en.namu.wiki/w/알렉산드르+마닐로프
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web search NEUTRAL — The meeting analyzed the situation on the external borders of the CIS Member States and developed additional measures to strengthen border security. Chairman of the CBTC Coordination Service, Colonel …
https://eccis.org/en/news/31048
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Claim 2: “On August 17-19... a delegation from the CSTO Joint Staff, led by Colonel General Andrey Serdyukov, took part in international events held at the Russian FSB Border Guard Directorate for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region”
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TASS explicitly confirms the dates (August 17-19), the leadership (Colonel General Andrey Serdyukov), and the location (Russian FSB Border Guard Directorate for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO); Russian: Организация Договора о коллективной безопасности (ОДКБ), romanized: Organizatsiya dogovora o kollektivnoy bezopasnosti, ODKB) is an intergo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_Security_Treaty_Org…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A military alliance is a legally binding treaty between two or more parties in which the contracting parties agree to mutually protect one another militarily in case of an armed conflict. Military all…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_military_alliances
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The secretary general of NATO is the chief civil servant of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), an intergovernmental military alliance with 32 member states. The officeholder is an internat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_General_of_NATO
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Claim 3: “the second phase of [the joint command-staff exercise] included the simulation of tactical scenarios”
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While the evidence confirms the existence of the exercise, the provided search results for 'tactical scenarios' refer to unrelated military exercises (e.g., AJCN, Eternity-2026) and do not specifically describe the second phase of the CSTO/CIS border exercise mentioned in the claim.
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web search NEUTRAL — PQA2 allows us to simulate the AJCN in a tactical scenario. We modeled different employments of the AJCN on the Flunter (low altitude UAV) and Paul Revere (high altitude aircraft) platforms as well as…
https://archive.org/stream/modelinguseofajc109451876/modelin…
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web search NEUTRAL — The final planning conference of the computer-assisted command-staff exercise Eternity-2026, conducted with the participation of military personnel from Azerbaijan, Turkey, and Georgia, has concluded.
https://baku.ws/en/politics/azerbaijan-turkey-and-georgia-wi…
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web search NEUTRAL — The exercise involves the command’s central staff with support, security, and maintenance units, one mechanized (tank) battalion with reinforcement assets from mechanized brigades as well as command s…
https://eng.belta.by/society/view/command-staff-exercise-for…
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Claim 4: “the main objective of the joint command-staff exercise... was to improve coordination between border guard and other agencies of the CIS member states during the preparation for and resolution of crisis situations at the Commonwealth’s external borders”
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TASS reports the main objective as improving coordination between border guard and other agencies of CIS member states. A second source regarding a CIS exercise in Moscow corroborates the general purpose of improving joint CIS command and power body coordination.
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web search NEUTRAL — According to the CSTO, the main objective of the joint command-staff exercise was to improve coordination between border guard and other agencies of the CIS member states.
https://tass.com/politics/2175575
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web search NEUTRAL — The purpose of the exercise is to improve the work of the joint CIS commands, power bodies and members of the CIS Collective Security Treaty, as well as the combat capabilities of CIS rapid reaction f…
http://en.people.cn/english/200104/03/eng20010403_66661.html
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web search NEUTRAL — Collective Security Treaty Organization, CIS border troops drill interaction in crises. According to the CSTO, the main objective of the joint command-staff exercise was to improve coordination betwee…
https://tass.com/defense/1097181
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Claim 5: “A delegation from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Joint Staff took part in a joint exercise with the participation of border agencies of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries”
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The claim is directly confirmed by TASS, a major news agency, stating that a CSTO Joint Staff delegation participated in a joint exercise with CIS border agencies.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United Armed Forces of the Commonwealth of Independent States (Russian: Объединённые Вооружённые силы Содружества Независимых Государств) was a short-lived military entity associated with the Comm…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Armed_Forces_of_the_Com…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Chief of the Joint Staff (Russian: Начальник Объединенного штаба) is the official responsible for military cooperation of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) member states and the o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_of_the_Joint_Staff_of_th…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) is a regional intergovernmental organisation of states in Eurasia. It was formed following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. It covers an area o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Independent_St…
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