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.
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.
A commemorable banner for the 75th anniversary of the Great Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 was installed in Moscow on Leningradsky Prospekt, 41, where the CSTO Joint Staff is currently located
08.05.2020
The commemorable banner for the 75th anniversary of the Great Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 was installed by the CSTO in Moscow on Leningradsky Prospekt. In this Moscow district, the “Act on Unconditional Surrender of Germany” was delivered 75 years ago from the capital of defeated fascist Germany.
On May 8, 1945, the military transport aircraft Li-2, which headed for Berlin, took off from the Central Aerodrome named after M. V. Frunze (currently the territory limited by Leningradsky Prospekt and Khoroshevsky Roadway).
On May 9, at 4 a.m., Li-2 aircraft captain, wing commander Aleksey Semenkov, received a packet sealed by wax seaboard and his crew performed a particularly important historical flight: they delivered the “Act on Unconditional Surrender of Germany” from Berlin to Moscow.
On the same day in the afternoon, the Act was received by the USSR Commander-in Chief Joseph Stalin.
Currently, the International Military Center is located in the building of the former airport of the Central Airdrome named after M. V. Frunze. In this center, in accordance with international agreements, the CSTO Joint Staff and the Secretariat of the Council of Defense Ministers of the CIS are stationed.
