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.
A meeting took place between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Director of the Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander Savenkov
11.02.2026
On 11 February 2026, a meeting took place at the CSTO Secretariat between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Director of the Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander Savenkov. The meeting was also attended by Head of the Information and Public Relations Department of the CSTO Secretariat Yuri Shuvalov and Chief Research Fellow of the Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexey Alexandrov.
A substantive exchange of views was held on a wide range of pressing issues of international law and military-political developments. Among the key topics discussed were issues related to the legal support of the CSTO’s activities and the formation of a new security architecture in Eurasia.
