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).
CSTO Secretariat experts at the Vienna International Center participate in the 63rd session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs, which runs from March 2 to 6
02.03.2020The experts of the CSTO Secretariat at the Vienna International Center are taking part in the 63rd session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs, which is held here from March 2 to 6.
At the forum, on the initiative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and with the assistance of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, the CSTO Secretariat launched a photo exhibition and organized a presentation reflecting the progress and results of anti-drug activities within the Organization since 2017.
Information is also provided on training for anti-drug services in the basic educational institutions of the CSTO member states - the All-Russian Institute for Advanced Studies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia and the Siberian Law Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. (Decisions to give this high status were made by the heads of the CSTO member states at the session of the Collective Security Council on June 23, 2006 Minsk and Moscow on December 23, 2014)
The interaction of the two international structures is carried out within the framework of the Protocol on Cooperation between the CSTO Secretariat and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, signed in Vienna on 04/05/2006.
