On July 15, 2026, the High-Level Regional Meeting “Enhancing Capacities to Prevent the Supply of Weapons to Terrorists in Central Asia” was held in Moscow, organized by the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism with the participation of the Russian side.
On July 14, 2026, a working meeting was held at the CSTO Secretariat between CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov and UN Assistant Secretary-General Alexander Zuev.
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.
Issues related to the joint formation of NBC protection and medical support for the CSTO during the special training “Barrier-2026” were discussed
10.03.2026
A working meeting chaired by Lieutenant General Anatoly Yakovlev, Head of the CSTO Troop Deployment Planning Department (Collective Forces), was held with the participation of representatives of the defense ministries of the Republic of Belarus (via videoconferencing), the Russian Federation, and the CSTO Joint Staff.
During the event, issues related to the preparation and conduct of the special training “Barrier-2026”, which is scheduled for October in the Republic of Belarus, the implementation of priorities for expanding cooperation in the field of military medicine and protection against biological threats, announced by the President of the Russian Federation for the period of the Organization's chairmanship in 2026, as well as the organization of research work during the special training with a unique formation.
The joint formation of NBC protection and medical support for the CSTO was created in 2022, taking into account the experience of the Russian Ministry of Defense in involving military medics and chemists in measures to combat the pandemic caused by the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus infection, both in the Russian Federation and in providing assistance to other states.
If necessary, the formation may be deployed on the territory of one of the member states of the Organization in order to ensure the protection of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) and to create safe medical and biological conditions for their deployment and use, as well as to participate in ensuring a collective response in the event of a large-scale and rapid spread of dangerous infectious diseases. The joint formation includes specialists from all CSTO member states, with the Russian Federation playing a leading role in its equipment and organization.
