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).
A joint meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers, the Council of Defense Ministers and the Committee of Secretaries of the Security Councils of the CSTO was held
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On 22 November 2023, in Minsk, a joint meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers, the Council of Defense Ministers and the Committee of Secretaries of the Security Councils of the CSTO was held. Representatives of the Republic of Armenia did not take part in the meeting.
The Secretary General of the Organization Imangali Tasmagambetov briefed on the military and political situation in the CSTO's collective security regions and the Organization’s activities in the intersessional period.
The draft Agenda for the session of the CSTO Collective Security Council scheduled for 23 November this year has been approved, the draft documents to be submitted for consideration by the Heads of State and also documents on topical areas of the Organization's activities that fall within the competence of the CSTO CFM, the CSTO CMD and the CSTO CSSC have been adopted. These included the draft Decision of the CSTO CFM and the CSTO CSSC “On the list of additional measures by the CSTO member states aimed at ensuring the information security of the Collective Security Treaty Organization”.
