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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 teachers and cadets of the Russian Military Medical Academy named after S.M. Kirov are involved for the first time in a CSTO training in Kazakhstan
01.10.2022
The faculty and graduating cadets of the Kirov Russian Military Medical Academy are involved for the first time in a joint training of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Collective Forces in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
The tasks facing the group include joint actions with NBC protection units to detect and eliminate a particularly dangerous infection. The specialists will perform clinical diagnostics, provide first aid to the conditionally injured and evacuate them to a military field infection hospital. They will also conduct sanitary-epidemiological reconnaissance of the contaminated area. Participate in the organization and conduct of anti-epidemic measures, including the introduction of quarantine and the transfer of an infectious disease hospital to work in conditions of strict anti-epidemic regime.
In the course of joint fulfillment of combat training tasks on liquidating nidus of especially dangerous infection they will use the experience, gained by Russian specialists during the fight against new coronavirus infection in Italy and Serbia.
Skills and elements of cohesion with units of radiation, chemical and biological protection of the CSTO member states will be used in the training process of the academy, as well as in countering biological threats.
Earlier it was reported that the CSTO trainings in the Republic of Kazakhstan for the first time will work out the elimination of emergency situations of a biological nature.
The active phase of command-staff training of the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces "Interaction-2022", the special training "Search-2022" with forces and means of intelligence and "Echelon-2022" with logistics units will be held from 3 to 7 October at Kazakhstan's training ground "Matybulak".
Military contingents of the CSTO member states, task forces of the Joint Staff and the CSTO Secretariat, special forces from special units of internal affairs bodies (police), security agencies and special services, as well as authorized bodies for prevention and liquidation of emergencies will participate in the training.
It is planned that the total number of participants in the trainings in Kazakhstan will be more than 6,500 people and more than 850 units of military and special equipment, including aircraft, helicopters, and unmanned aerial vehicles. The core of the Russian contingent will be subunits of the Central Military District.
