A working meeting between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Director of the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences Kirill Babaev was held at the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
From June 2 to 4, the Republic of Belarus hosted the second staff talks on the organization and conduct of the CSTO Peacekeeping Forces command-and-staff exercise “Indestructible Brotherhood 2026” and the special exercise “Barrier 2026” involving the CSTO Joint CBRN Protection and Medical Support Formation.
On June 3, 2026, a regular meeting of the CSTO Council of Defense Ministers (CDM) was held at the Patriot Central Park of the Russian Ministry of Defense under the chairmanship of the Russian side. The meeting was attended by CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff Andrey Serdyukov.
From June 1 to 3, Saratov (Russian Federation) is hosting a series of events involving the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization aimed at strengthening the collective response system to biological threats.
On June 1, 2026, consultations at the deputy foreign minister level of the CSTO member states were held in Moscow.
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”.
