On October 30, 2026, the results of the “Channel-Caspian Lighthouse” subregional anti-drug operation were summed up as part of the implementation of the 2026 Plan of Key Activities of the Coordinating Council of Heads of Competent Drug Control Authorities of CSTO Member States (CCHCDCA).
From October 18 to 23 this year, in accordance with the 2026 Plan for the Joint Training of Command and Control Bodies and Formations of Forces and Assets of the Collective Security System of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, the “Cobalt-2026” special exercise was held at the Magob training range of the Special Purpose Units Training Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan.
An international scientific and practical conference entitled “Greater Eurasia: Institutions, Development, Cooperation” was held at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, jointly organized with the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICCA RAS). CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov took part in the conference.
A working meeting between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Kazem Jalali, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Russian Federation, was held at the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Russian Federation.
An international scientific and practical conference entitled “Transformation of the Global Security System and the Shaping of a Eurasian Security Framework” was held at Moscow State Linguistic University (MSLU).
Yuri Chikhanchin, the Head of Rosfinmonitoring, and Imangali Tasmagambetov, the CSTO Secretary General, have discussed problems, related to the prevention of crime
06.03.2023
On March 6 this year, in Moscow, the CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov met with the Director of the Federal Financial Monitoring Service, Yuri Chikhanchin.
Y.Chikhanchin and I.Tasmagambetov have discussed international cooperation in combating trans-border crime, including the financing of terrorism and extremism, money laundering, illegal migration, cybercrime and drug trafficking.
It was noted that the CSTO, together with the Eurasian Group on Combating Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism and the Council of Heads of Financial Intelligence Units of the member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States made a significant contribution to combating illicit manifestations at the supranational level.
"The Council brings together the efforts of the CIS financial intelligence units to integrate with the activities of the CSTO in order to increase the effectiveness of the implementation of the anti-drug operation “Channel”. Last year alone, Rosfinmonitoring's analysts detected financial transactions, presumably connected with the legalization of drug proceeds, worth more than 280 million rubles," Yuri Chikhanchin noted.
Imangali Tasmagambetov noted the fruitful joint work of the CSTO and Rosfinmonitoring, aimed at combating crimes in the field of high technology, ensuring information security of the CSTO member states. "According to the results of combating money laundering, more than 950 information resources were suspended in 2022 and more than a thousand criminal cases were initiated", - the CSTO Secretary General noted.
The Director of the Federal Financial Monitoring Service and the CSTO Secretary General expressed confidence that the relationship between the Federal Financial Monitoring Service and the CSTO would continue to be based on a constructive, trusting dialogue and aim at expanding the scope of joint work.
