On May 7, the CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov held a working meeting in Moscow at the CSTO Joint Staff aimed at improving issues related to crisis response and expert cooperation.
On May 6, 2026, a meeting was held at the CSTO Secretariat between the CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykovand newly appointed Permanent and Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Belarus to the CSTO Vladimir Bespaly.
28 April marks the Day of the CSTO Joint Staff. It should be recalled that on 28 April 2003, in Dushanbe, the Collective Security Council, guided by the need to establish a military staff body responsible for implementing the military component of the Collective Security Treaty, adopted the Decision “On the Establishment of the Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.”
CSTO Secretariat delegation took part in INFOFORUM-2026
29.01.2026
A delegation of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Secretariat, headed by CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov, took part in the 28th National Forum on Information Security “INFOFORUM-2026,” held on January 28–29 at the Lomonosov Innovation Cluster in Moscow.
The forum featured 12 thematic sessions, more than 150 presentations, an award ceremony for the professional “Silver Dagger” prize, and the exhibition “Cybersecurity Today.” Key topics of discussion included Russia’s updated Information Security Doctrine, issues of technological sovereignty, the role of artificial intelligence and quantum technologies, the protection of critical information infrastructure, countering hybrid threats, and personnel training.
More than 2,000 specialists from all regions of Russia participated in the forum. Participants included representatives of the State Duma, the Security Council Staff, the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media, FSTEC of Russia, the Bank of Russia, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, as well as regional authorities.
