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 results of the social networking contest "30 YEARS OF CSTO! TOGETHER WE ARE THE POWER!" are summed up
20.06.2022
The competition was held in social networks: "VKontakte", "Odnoklassniki", and "Telegram" messenger.
The aim of the Contest was to raise awareness of the target audience about the CSTO activities and to popularize its goals and principles. The participants of the Contest published materials telling about the history of the Organization, political and military cooperation, counteraction to modern challenges and threats, security of the information space, parliamentary cooperation.
Contest works were evaluated in accordance with the criteria specified in the Regulations of the Contest.
The jury of the Contest "CSTO-30 YEARS! UNITED WE ARE THE POWER!" decided to choose the winners of the Contest:
- 1st place - Oleg Nekalo, Republic of Belarus, Minsk; https://vk.com/wall243359764_418
- 2nd place - Sergey Venyavsky, Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation; https://vk.com/karpovprod
- 3rd place - Ruslan Akhmetshin, Kyrgyz Republic, Bishkek; https://vk.com/wall253657487_603
- Prize from the CSTO Joint Staff - Karimjon Salimzoda, Republic of Tajikistan, Dushanbe; https://vk.com/wall654334566_7
- Prize from the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly - CIS Club of MGIMO (NSO); https://vk.com/wall-190066643_466
- Incentive prize - Masha Kukol, 10 years old, (Vkontakte account - Ekaterina Kukol, mother), Moscow, Russian Federation; https://vk.com/wall618937_894
Thank you to all participants of the Contest and congratulations to the winners!
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Press Secretary of CSTO
Vladimir Zaynetdinov
+7495-795-27-10,
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