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.
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.
A regular Coordination Meeting of the chief narcologists of the CSTO member states was held
27.08.2025
On August 27-28, 2025, within the framework of the Kyrgyz Republic's chairmanship in the Collective Security Treaty Organization, a regular Coordination Meeting of the chief narcologists of the CSTO member states was held in the Issyk-Kul region.
The meeting was attended by the Minister of Health of the Kyrgyz Republic, heads of drug treatment services of the CSTO member states, specialized departments of ministries of education, internal affairs bodies of the CSTO member states, and employees of specialized international organizations.
The meeting participants have discussed trends in the development of the drug situation in the CSTO area of responsibility, as well as exchanged statistical and other information on the prevalence of drug–related morbidity and mortality, especially among young people.
We got acquainted with the draft Anti–Drug Strategy of the CSTO member states for 2026-2030, the preparation of this document for approval at the next session of the Organization's Collective Security Council, and the draft Statement of the CSTO Collective Security Council "On Strengthening cooperation in countering drug trafficking."
They agreed that preventive activities in the field of combating the threats posed by drug trafficking required further improvement of the level of interdepartmental and international cooperation.
They discussed positive experiences in the field of treatment and rehabilitation of drug addicts, new regulatory legal acts regulating drug treatment, problems of screening factors of substance use, motivational counseling and routing, as well as issues of preventive anti-drug work in the field of education.
The participants of the event got acquainted with the activities of the Republican Center for Psychiatry and Narcology, as well as other medical organizations that provide assistance to patients with drug addiction, highly appreciated the system of drug treatment in the Kyrgyz Republic, noted its comprehensive nature and preventive orientation, as well as the proper level of interaction between psychiatrists, narcologists and other organizations and departments for purposes of population health and prevention of non-medical drug use.
