28 April marks the Day of the CSTO Joint Staff. It should be recalled that on 28 April 2003, in Dushanbe, the Collective Security Council, guided by the need to establish a military staff body responsible for implementing the military component of the Collective Security Treaty, adopted the Decision “On the Establishment of the Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.”
On 27 April 2026, within the framework of the International Scientific and Practical Conference “Contours of a New Architecture of Collective Security: Current Issues of Information and Analytical Partnership within the CSTO,” held at MGIMO University of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, a round table entitled “Eurasian Analytical Platform: New Approaches in a New Geopolitical Reality” took place. During the event, Head of the Information and Public Relations Department of the CSTO Secretariat Yuriy Shuvalov delivered a presentation on “The Eurasian Analytical Network: A New Cognitive Architecture of Collective Security.”
On the participation of the CSTO Secretariat delegation in international scientific and practical events at the Siberian Law Institute of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs
04.04.2025
On 3-4 April 2025, in the city of Krasnoyarsk, a delegation of the CSTO Secretariat headed by Valery Semerikov, Deputy Secretary General of the Organization, took part in the XXVIII International Scientific and Practical Conference “Current Problems in Combating Crime: Issues of Theory and Practice” and the International Scientific and Practical Seminar “Countering the Drug Threat at the Present Stage: Legal and Socio-Humanitarian Aspects” organized on the basis of the Siberian Law Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.
In his address to the participants, Valery Semerikov delivered a welcoming speech by the CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov, gave an overview of the CSTO's activities in countering security challenges and threats, emphasizing the importance of such events for the introduction of innovative approaches in the implementation of the CSTO tasks to combat the drug threat in its area of responsibility.
The high level of organization and effectiveness of the Siberian Law Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia as a basic educational institution for training specialists in drug trafficking control for the CSTO member states were noted.
During one of the sections of the conference, Vladimir Petrishchev, Consultant of the Legal Department of the CSTO Secretariat, made a report on “The CSTO and the Fight against Illicit Drug Trafficking: International Legal Aspect”.
