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).
The first headquarters negotiations on the preparation and conduct of the Cobalt-2021 tactical-special training with the command and control bodies and special forces of the CSTO CRRF were held
20.05.2021On the basis of the CSTO Crisis Response Center, in the videoconference mode, the first headquarters negotiations were held on the preparation and conduct of the Cobalt-2021 tactical-special trainings with the command and control bodies and special forces of the CSTO CRRF.
The negotiations were attended by representatives of the command and control bodies and formations of the special forces of the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan, as well as the CSTO Secretariat.
In the course of the first headquarters negotiations, the fundamentals of the concept, the place and procedure for the trainings, the composition of the leadership of the trainings and the intermediary apparatus, the national contingents of the CSTO member states involved in the trainings, the timing and procedure for their arrival (departure) in the trainings area, the procedure for deployment and the composition of the Operational Headquarters of the CSTO CRRF special forces for conducting an independent special operation, issues of accommodation, food and comprehensive support for the trainings were considered and agreed.
