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.
Training and methodological meeting with heads of CSTO basic training and research organizations on coordinating joint training of military personnel and scientific work
02.06.2025
On 27-30 May, in the city of St. Petersburg, on the basis of the Mikhailovsky Military Artillery Academy, a training and methodological meeting was held with the heads of the CSTO basic training and research organizations to coordinate joint training of military personnel and scientific work.
The event was attended by heads of basic training and research organizations of military universities of the Russian Federation, representatives of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus, a group of officers of the CSTO Joint Staff headed by Lieutenant General Ruslan Shpekbayev, representatives of the CSTO Secretariat and invited persons.
The particular importance of joint training in the Organization's format was emphasized in a video message to the event participants by Colonel General Andrei Serdyukov, Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, in which he noted in particular: “The challenges of modernity require us to keep up with the times, to work ahead of the curve and to carry out targeted work to train highly qualified military personnel for the CSTO Collective Forces and to introduce best practices in the educational process”.
The Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff also noted: “The current global and regional military and political situation is tense and particularly dynamic. Negative trends affecting its development are increasing against the background of a fundamental transformation of the existing architecture of the world order. Fundamentally new types of high-tech weapons are emerging, including unmanned systems and robotic systems with artificial intelligence, and cyber security is becoming increasingly important”.
The training and methodological meeting was chaired by Lieutenant General Sergei Bakaneyev, Head of the Mikhailovsky Military Artillery Academy.
In the course of the event, there was a thorough exchange of views on the experience of organizing the training of military personnel and specialists. Proposals for enhancing mutually beneficial cooperation in the area of military training in the CSTO format were discussed.
The event participants prepared a number of forward-looking and conceptual proposals for improving the system of joint training of military personnel for CSTO member states.
Summarizing the results of the event, Lieutenant General Sergei Bakaneyev, Head of the Mikhailovsky Military Artillery Academy, noted the fruitful work of the participants of the training camp and thanked them for effective cooperation in the field of military education.
In Luga, the event participants also visited the training battalion of the Mikhailovsky Military Artillery Academy, where they were familiarized with practical training on military equipment and training facilities.
