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 release of the social-political multimedia publication "SOYUZNIKI. ODKB (ALLIES. CSTO)" has begun.
31.05.2019
On May 31, 2019, the release of the electronic version of the social-political publication "SOYUZNIKI. ODKB (ALLIES. CSTO)" has begun. The issue was supported by the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). Website https://odkb-info.org.
"SOYUZNIKI. ODKB (ALLIES. CSTO)" is a media resource telling about the activities of the CSTO, issues related to the provision of collective security, political cooperation, military-technical and military-economic cooperation, joint struggle against modern challenges and threats of Armenia and Belarus. Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan.
The publication plans to produce the content informing the reader about the CSTO news and about the impact of the Organization’s activities on various spheres of state, public and political life in the CSTO member states.
The readers will be able to get an information picture of the day through the prism of how the military-political space of the CSTO member states is changing, what actual problems of countering the challenges are currently being solved in the format of the Organization and at the national level.
It is expected that the leading politicians and military leaders, diplomats and economists, famous scientists, competent experts and observers of all CSTO member states will act as newsmakers and authors of publications.
The multimedia format of the publication will allow not only to use various advanced technologies to deliver the information on web pages, but also provide an opportunity to quickly publish important news and respond to significant events in accordance with the needs of modern audiences.
Journal in social networks: «Facebook», «Twitter», Instagram, VKontakte.
"SOYUZNIKI. ODKB (ALLIES. CSTO)" is a publication that actively and timely covers the activities of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, an effective resource that forms a unified media space of the CSTO member states, carrying out program informational support of their activities.
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