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 12th Southern Information Security Forum “Infoforum Sochi 2026” is taking place in Sochi, Russia, from June 30 to July 3. On July 1, the Forum's plenary session brought together representatives of federal and regional authorities, regulatory bodies, leading companies, and international organizations to discuss current challenges in the protection of critical infrastructure, the development of artificial intelligence, and international cooperation.
On June 30 – July 1, 2026, Saint Petersburg hosted a series of events chaired by Alexander Kurenkov, Minister of the Russian Federation for Civil Defence, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters, with the participation of heads of the competent authorities of the CSTO member states responsible for emergency prevention and response.
From June 24 to 26, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov paid a working visit to the Republic of Tajikistan at the personal invitation of President Emomali Rahmon.
The XII meeting of the Council of the CSTO Consultative Coordination Center for Computer Incident Response was held
09.12.2021On December 9, 2021, in Moscow, the CSTO Secretariat hosted the XII meeting of the Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Consultative Coordination Center for Computer Incident Response (CSTO CCC), which was attended by the delegations of representatives of the relevant national authorized bodies.
At the meeting, the CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov noted the need to increase efforts to ensure cyber security and improve cooperation among the CSTO member States in this regard.
The report of the Chairman of the Council on the activities of the CSTO CCC in 2021 presents the dynamics of joint measures taken to respond to computer incidents as an important component of ensuring the security of the information space of the CSTO member States.
Members of the CSTO CCC Council have discussed current issues related to the results of the past technical training on computer security of the CSTO contact points and the planned technical training on computer security. Delegates shared their positive experience in protecting national critical information infrastructure from cyber threats, information on computer incidents in the information space of the CSTO member States, and information and analytical materials provided by the national contact points.
At the meeting the order of the CSTO Secretary General S. Zas was presented on recognition of the most distinguished employees of authorized competent bodies of the CSTO member States on the results of coordinated activities of the CSTO CCC.
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