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).
Experts from the CSTO Secretariat, the CSTO Crisis Response Center and the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure held consultations
09.06.2023
An expert meeting of representatives of the CSTO Secretariat, the CSTO Crisis Response Center and the Executive Committee of the SCO RATS took place on June 9, 2023 in Moscow as part of the cooperation between the Collective Security Treaty Organization and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure Executive Committee on the theme: "Using Information Technologies".
Representatives of the CSTO Secretariat shared their experience in this area.
They discussed the exchange of information and organization of interaction in the following areas:
- countering modern challenges and threats with a focus on ensuring information security;
- joint scientific and practical events (conferences, round tables, seminars and workshops).
