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.
From June 24 to 26, second staff talks were held in the Republic of Kazakhstan on the organization and conduct of the joint exercise “Rubezh-2026” with units of the Central Asian Collective Rapid Deployment Forces (CAR CRDF).
The results of operations on combating crime in the field of information technology "PROXY"
25.02.2019The meeting was opened by the Acting Secretary General of the CSTO Valery Semerikov, who in his speech highlighted the results of interaction of experts and representatives of the national headquarters of the operation "PROXI" in two directions. “The first direction is to promote the initiatives of the Russian side as co-authors of the Russian draft resolution“ Achievements in the field of informatization, telecommunications in the context of international security ”at the 71st session of the UN General Assembly and the draft UN Convention on Cooperation in the Field of Counteracting Information Crime on the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly. The second direction is the successful interaction of all CSTO members in solving the tasks of countering security threats in the information sphere, both at the national level and throughout the Organization, ”said Valery Semerikov.
During the meeting, the results of coordinated preventive measures to combat crime in the field of information technologies, conducted in the format of the Organization under the code name Operation PROXI-2018, were summarized and the priorities for cooperation in 2019 were determined.
The meeting participants exchanged views on improving cooperation in countering information crime in the information space of the CSTO member states and exchanging information on measures to counter the use of information technologies in the interests of international terrorist organizations.
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