MOSCOW. April 22 (Interfax-AVN) - The Collective Security Treaty Organization's (CSTO) Collective Rapid Deployment Force will begin Rubezh-2010 exercises at the Chorukh-Dairon training center in Tajikistan on Thursday, a Russian Army spokesman told Interfax-AVN.
"A company from Russia's 201st military base in Tajikistan, a Kyrgyz platoon, a Kazakh platoon and a Tajik battalion will participate in the training," he said.
In all, the drill will involve about 600 servicemen from CSTO member countries, except Uzbekistan which will be represented by observers.
The exercises will take place on April 22-26.