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.
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.
Anatoly Sidorov, Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, gave a briefing
16.11.2023
On 16 November, at 11:00 a.m. (Moscow time), the International Multimedia Press Centre of the “Rossiya Segodnya” International Media Group hosted a briefing by Colonel-General Anatoly Alekseevich Sidorov, Chief of the Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, in the format of a videoconferencing between Moscow and Yerevan - Minsk - Astana - Bishkek on the main results of the “Combat Brotherhood-2023” joint operational-strategic training.
As part of this large-scale training in September-October 2023 in the Eastern European and Central Asian regions, a set of measures to prevent and resolve a military conflict and post-conflict settlement was practiced with the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces).
The Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff also spoke about the main results of the CSTO Joint Staff's activities to improve the military component of the Organization, including the development of the collective security system, the Crisis Response Centre, military-technical cooperation and coordination of personnel training for the armed forces of the CSTO member states.
