On July 15, 2026, the High-Level Regional Meeting “Enhancing Capacities to Prevent the Supply of Weapons to Terrorists in Central Asia” was held in Moscow, organized by the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism with the participation of the Russian side.
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.
Delegation of the CSTO Joint Staff servicemen took part in the events dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the defeat of the Nazi forces in the Battle of Stalingrad
03.02.2023
The victory in the Battle of Stalingrad was a watershed moment in the Great Patriotic War, one of the highest examples of heroism and unity of the people, which is why the delegation included generals and officers from all member states – the Republics of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and the Russian Federation.
On February 1, soldiers of the CSTO Joint Staff honored the heroes of the Great Patriotic War on the Square of Fallen Fighters in Volgograd and took part in the ceremony of laying flowers at the Eternal Flame on the common grave of the defenders of the Red Tsaritsyn and the soldiers of the 62nd and 64th armies who died defending Stalingrad.
On February 2, the Day of Military Glory of Russia, a delegation of the CSTO Joint Staff visited the memorial "To the Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad" on Mamayev Kurgan and laid flowers at the Eternal Flame in the Hall of Military Glory.
Soldiers of the CSTO Joint Staff attended the Parade of military units of the Volgograd territorial garrison, a solemn meeting and a festive concert dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Battle of Stalingrad.
Photo by the Volgograd Oblast Administration and the CSTO Joint Staff
