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.
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.
The CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas took part in the OSCE ministerial meeting in Stockholm and in the course of the discussion spoke on the situation in Afghanistan
03.12.2021
On December 2 to 3, 2021, by the invitation of the Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde, the CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas participated in the 28th meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council and in the Ministerial meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the CSTO member States held “as margin notes” of the OSCE CFM by the initiative of the Armenian Chairmanship.
In the course of the meeting, Stanislav Zas also spoke about the implications of development in Afghanistan for the OSCE region. "As margin notes” of the OSCE CFM, he had a working meeting with the OSCE Secretary General Helga Schmid, during which the two parties discussed prospects for interaction between the two regional organizations.
The CSTO Secretary General also discussed current issues of cooperation development in the CSTO format in a series of bilateral meetings with the foreign ministers of the CSTO member States.
