From October 13 to 16, 2025, the 23rd International Combat Sambo Tournament for the Cup of the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, featuring law enforcement personnel from CSTO member states, was held at the Ognikovo Park Hotel (19 Ognikovo, Istra District, Moscow Region).
Today, the final stages of the command-and-staff exercise with the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces “Indestructible Brotherhood-2026” and the special exercise with the CSTO joint NBC protection and medical support formation “Barrier-2026” took place at the Losvido and Starodorozhsky training ranges in the Republic of Belarus.
On October 15–16, a CSTO, CIS and SCO conference on security issues in Central Asia and Afghanistan was held in Moscow as part of Russia’s CSTO chairmanship programme.
At the Losvido training range in the Republic of Belarus, peacekeeping units repelled a simulated enemy attack on a humanitarian convoy during the command-and-staff exercise with the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces “Indestructible Brotherhood-2026”.
These days, the 23rd International Combat Sambo Tournament for the Cup of the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, featuring law enforcement personnel from CSTO member states, is being held at the Ognikovo Park Hotel (19 Ognikovo, Istra District, Moscow Region).
Statement by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the CSTO member states on the need to counter threats posed by the use of information and communication technologies for sabotage and terrorist purposes
11.06.2026We, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the CSTO member states, referring to the resolutions of the UN General Assembly recognizing information and communication technologies (ICTs) as dual-use technologies,
noting that their unlawful use may contribute to destabilizing the domestic political and socio-economic situation of sovereign states, increasing tensions and creating risks of escalation of interstate conflicts,
recognizing the growing threats posed by the use of ICTs for sabotage and terrorist purposes, including for the propaganda and financing of terrorism, sabotage and extremist activities, as well as acts of international terrorism, the recruitment of new supporters and accomplices of terrorist activities, calls to engage in terrorist activities, the dissemination of extremist and hate rhetoric, and incitement of interethnic and interfaith hatred,
expressing concern over the possibility of incorporating hidden malicious functions into ICTs,
drawing attention to the fact that such use of ICTs is contrary to the spirit of the Constitution of the International Telecommunication Union, which calls for their use in the interests of developing peaceful interstate relations and international cooperation,
calling for compliance with the principles of responsible state behavior in the information space set out in the final report of the UN Group of Governmental Experts of June 26, 2015, as well as in UN General Assembly resolution 73/27 of December 5, 2018, including taking reasonable measures to ensure the integrity of supply chains so that end users can have confidence in the security of ICT products, and preventing the dissemination of malicious software and technical tools in the ICT sphere and the use of hidden malicious functions:
support the exclusively peaceful use of ICTs in accordance with the fundamental principles of the UN Charter;
condemn the use of ICTs for unlawful purposes;
recognize the need for international legal regulation to counter the use of ICTs for sabotage and terrorist purposes in order to prevent restrictions on sovereignty, undermining of security and interference in the internal affairs of states;
call for the signing of the UN Convention against Cybercrime and for facilitating its earliest possible entry into force, as well as for initiating the development of a protocol thereto on additional categories of offenses, including for the purpose of countering the use of ICTs for sabotage and terrorist purposes;
express concern over the use of digital currencies to finance sabotage and terrorist activities, as well as the growing practice of using the Internet for the trafficking of weapons that may be made available to perpetrators of terrorist and sabotage acts, particularly through its shadow segment and services providing anonymous registration on and use of digital resources;
call on states to prevent the dissemination of malicious software and technical tools in the ICT sphere and the use of hidden malicious functions, as well as to take measures to ensure the integrity of supply chains so that end users can have confidence in the security of ICT products;
express readiness to continue jointly developing fair standards and requirements for the secure use of ICTs within the framework of the International Telecommunication Union;
call for increased international cooperation among states, their competent authorities and national developers with a view to producing and safely using ICTs, including artificial intelligence as a form of ICT, to ensure international security and peaceful coexistence among states, for the benefit of all humanity.
