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.
On June 30 – July 1, 2026, Saint Petersburg hosted a series of events chaired by Alexander Kurenkov, Minister of the Russian Federation for Civil Defence, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters, with the participation of heads of the competent authorities of the CSTO member states responsible for emergency prevention and response.
From June 24 to 26, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov paid a working visit to the Republic of Tajikistan at the personal invitation of President Emomali Rahmon.
From June 24 to 26, second staff talks were held in the Republic of Kazakhstan on the organization and conduct of the joint exercise “Rubezh-2026” with units of the Central Asian Collective Rapid Deployment Forces (CAR CRDF).
Representatives of the defense departments of the CSTO member states have discussed the prevention and control of coronavirus infection COVID-19
16.04.2020
On April 16, the CSTO Crisis Response Center hosted out-of-schedule consultations of the heads of the military medical services of the defense departments of the CSTO member states on the prevention and control of the new coronavirus infection COVID-19.
Under the general supervision of the Head of the CSTO Joint Staff, Colonel General Anatoly Sidorov, the main military experts in the field of epidemiology, infectious diseases, anesthesiology-resuscitation of the defense departments of the CSTO member states participated in the event through video conferencing.
The reports were provided by the chief infectious disease specialist of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation - the Head of the Department of Infectious Diseases of the Military Medical Academy named after S.M. Kirov, Colonel of the Medical Service Konstantin Zhdanov, Chief Anaesthesiologist-Resuscitator of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation - Head of the Department of Military Anesthesiology and Resuscitation of the Military Medical Academy named after S.M. Kirov, Colonel of the Medical Service Aleksey Schegolev, Professor of the Department of General and Military Epidemiology of the Military Medical Academy named after S.M. Kirov, Colonel of the Medical Service Alexander Kuzin.
Participants of the consultations paid special attention to the discussion of issues related to the organization of work in the observation mode and tactics of managing serious patients.
Summing up the event, the Head of the CSTO Joint Staff noted that the specialists were able to discuss the prevention and control of the new coronavirus infection and familiarize the consultation participants with the experience of the medical service of the Ministry of Defense of Russia, obtained through close interaction with the civilian health care of the Russian Federation, as well as during the provision of assistance Russian troops in Italy and Serbia.
It was noted that in addition to maintaining the health of service men and members of their families, the defense departments are responsible to maintain the survivability and military’s preparedness.
Agreements were reached on continuing interaction in this format on the analysis of information on the situation related to the spread of the coronavirus infection COVID-19, and on the operational exchange of experience between specialists from the defense departments of the CSTO member states.
