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On July 14, 2026, a working meeting was held at the CSTO Secretariat between CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov and UN Assistant Secretary-General Alexander Zuev.
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.
The CSTO Secretariat delegation took part in the opening of the MAKS-2019 Aviation and Space Salon
27.08.2019The CSTO Secretariat delegation, headed by the CSTO Deputy Secretary General Piotr Tsikhanouski, took part in the opening ceremony of the 14th International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2019, which took place on August 27 in Zhukovsky near Moscow at Gromov test-flight institute airfield. The MAKS-2019 was opened by the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.
During a visit to MAKS-2019, Piotr Tsikhanouski held talks on military-technical cooperation in the CSTO format with the leaders of several enterprises and associations of CSTO member states that present their products at the Aviation and Space Salon, and also watched the demonstration flights of the latest 5th generation fighter planes SU-57 and 4 ++ - SU-35, military attack helicopters MI-28 NM "Night Hunter" ("Nochnoy okhotnik") and KA-52 "Alligator", the largest transport helicopter MI-26T2V and helicopter MI-38.
Along with that, the first flight of the new passenger midrange airliner MS-21 and the advanced SSJ-100-95B were demonstrated at MAKS-2019.
The Aviation Salon combining business, exhibition and flight programs takes place in Russia once every two years. This year the forum brings together more than 800 companies from 33 countries. Traditionally, MAKS is an exhibition of aviation industry achievements and an event at which major domestic and export contracts are signed. The work of MAKS 2019 will be completed on September 1.
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