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.
The CSTO Secretariat has prepared an encyclopedic publication "The Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945"
10.07.2025
As part of the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory of the Scientific Research Institute (Military History) of the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, together with the CSTO Secretariat, has prepared an encyclopedic edition “Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945”.
The encyclopedia presents modern ideas of military historical science about the main events, phenomena and actors of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 in a scientific reference form.
A significant place is devoted to the consideration of various aspects of the armed struggle on the Soviet-German front, the activities of government agencies and the military-industrial complex of the USSR.
The encyclopedia is addressed to specialists and a wide range of readers interested in the history of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.
The encyclopedia is freely available on the website of the information and analytical publication Allies.CSTO.
