On May 28, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov took part in the International Security Forum held under the auspices of the Security Council of the Russian Federation. More than 150 delegations from 120 countries participated in the event.
On May 26 of this year, a round table entitled “35 Years of the Commonwealth of Independent States: Results, Tasks, and Prospects” was held at the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. The event was attended by heads of integration structures in the post-Soviet space, representatives of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as representatives of the embassies of CIS countries in Russia. Opening remarks were delivered by the moderator, Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs Grigory Karasin.
On May 26, 2026, a regular meeting of the CSTO Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils (CSSC) was held in Moscow under the chairmanship of the Russian side, with the participation of CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov. The participants conducted a substantive exchange of views on issues related to strengthening security in the CSTO area of responsibility.
On May 25, 2026, a meeting was held at the CSTO Secretariat between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov, CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov, and Acting Director of the African Union Counter-Terrorism Centre Idriss Mounir Lallali.
On May 25, 2026, a meeting took place at the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Russian Federation, Kazem Jalali.
On the XVI Meeting of the Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization Consultative Coordination Centre for Responding to Computer Incidents
24.11.2023
On 13 November 2023, the XVI meeting of the Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization's Consultative Coordination Centre for Responding to Computer Incidents (CSTO CCC) was held in Moscow, with the participation of leading experts and representatives of the national authorized bodies for Responding to Computer Incidents of the CSTO member states.
The meeting was opened and addressed by Valery Semerikov, the CSTO Deputy Secretary General, who noted the need to step up measures to strengthen cyber security and practical cooperation between the CSTO member states, including with regard to the generalization of incoming information on computer attacks and incidents. The need for constant modernization and profiling of the means of protecting the information networks of the CSTO member states was noted.
During the meeting, members of the CSTO CCC Council, participants in the delegations of the CSTO member states and the CSTO Secretariat discussed current threats to information security and adequate approaches to identifying and countering them.
Speakers noted an increase in the skills of attackers, a massive increase in the number of attacks using the supply chain, and the intensive involvement of various interacting organizations and structures in carrying them out.
The meeting participants expressed particular concern about the threats posed by the leakage of significant amounts of data of individuals and legal entities.
During the event, delegates exchanged views on modern threats and the challenge of promptly communicating and responding to critical software vulnerabilities to the owners of vulnerable resources.
