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).
In Yerevan, staff negotiations on preparation for the CSTO training "Thunder-2021" with special forces were held
03.06.2021On 1 to 3 June, this year, in Yerevan, the Republic of Armenia, staff negotiations on the preparation of a special training with the formations of special forces of the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces, code-named "Thunder-2021", were held. The event took place in accordance with the Plan for joint training of the command and control bodies and formations of the assets of the CSTO collective security system for 2021.
The negotiations were attended by representatives of the Police and other interested ministries and agencies of the Republic of Armenia, Internal Troops of the Interior Ministry of the Republic of Belarus, the Interior Ministry of the Kyrgyz Republic, the Interior Ministry of Russia, the Drug Control Agency under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, and the CSTO Secretariat.
In the course of the staff negotiations, the following were considered and agreed upon:
- the basics of the concept and the procedure for conducting the training;
- the composition of the training leadership and the national contingents of CSTO member states involved in the training, the timing and procedure for their arrival in the training area;
- the procedure for the deployment and composition of the Operational Headquarters of the CSTO CRRF formations of special forces for a joint special operation, as well as issues of comprehensive support for the training.
In the course of the training, which is planned to be held in the territory of the Republic of Armenia, practical actions of the CSTO CRRF formations of special forces will be practiced in two stages with the use of armored vehicles, special purpose truck, aviation, strike drones and search dogs.
The parties have signed the relevant protocol.
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