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.
A meeting of the CSTO Council of Defense Ministers was held in Almaty
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On May 31, 2024, a meeting of the CSTO Council of Defense Ministers was held in Almaty under the chairmanship of the Kazakh side. The event was attended by the Secretary General of the Organization Imangali Tasmagambetov and the Chief of the Joint Staff, Colonel General Andrei Serdyukov.
The CSTO Secretary General made a report “On challenges and threats to military security in the collective security regions of the Collective Security Treaty Organization”. The meeting participants discussed the military-political situation in the collective security regions and its impact on the security of the member states.
Documents were also reviewed and signed regarding equipping the components of the CSTO Troops (Collective Forces) with modern and promising models of weapons and military equipment, planning joint operational and combat training, improving the methodology for training CSTO peacekeeping contingents, as well as the Targeted Interstate Program of the Collective Security Treaty Organization on strengthening the Tajik-Afghan border and a number of others.
On the same day, in the Park named after the 28 Panfilov Guardsmen, the meeting participants honored the memory of the legendary soldiers of the Great Patriotic War and laid a wreath at the Eternal Flame Memorial.
