The role of the leadership of the Russian Federation in the development of foreign policy cooperation of the collective security treaty organization

The article highlights one of the essential factors determining the capacity of regional and international organizations, as well as their success in achieving their goals, that is close cooperation between members of the organizations and with external organizations. The necessity to reach common views on strengthening of peace, security and stability predetermined the active position of the government of the Russian Federation in the development of foreign policy cooperation of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). The author gives the definition of foreign policy cooperation of the CSTO, notes its basic mechanisms and the necessity of their formation, states the order of the formation of the foreign policy mechanisms that were identified by the basic acts of the CSTO, and identifies the role of the Russian leadership in their creation and development. The study gives the characteristic of the work of the State apparatus of the Russian Federation, implemented in the framework of the development of foreign cooperation of the CSTO, and notes the main challenges during the creation and development of mechanisms of foreign policy activity of the CSTO. The article evaluates the efficiency of the generated foreign policy mechanisms on the example of localization of the antigovernment protests that took place in Kyrgyzstan in 2010. The study notes the influence of the foreign policy positions of the CSTO member States on the effectiveness of cooperation in the format of the Organization. The author formulates the conclusions in which he states the role and place of foreign policy cooperation as one of the directions of interaction between the member countries of the CSTO, the necessity for the State apparatus of the Russian Federation to work on its development, and also indicates a possible way to overcome the limitations imposed by third-party organizations for the development of cooperation within the framework of security.