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).
Staff negotiations on the organization of a command and staff trainings with units of the CAR CRDF “Rubezh-2025” were held in Kyrgyzstan
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On June 24-26, the second staff negotiations were held in the Kyrgyz Republic on the organization and conduct an operational meeting with the Command of the Collective Rapid Deployment Forces of the Central Asian Region (CAR CRDF) and a command and staff training with units of the CAR CRDF "Rubezh-2025", conducted as part of the joint operational and strategic training "Combat Brotherhood-2025".
The negotiations were attended by representatives of interested ministries and departments of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan, the Organization's Secretariat and a group of officers of the CSTO Joint Staff headed by Colonel Azamat Dyushembekov.
During the staff negotiations, the procedure for conducting an operational meeting with the Command of the CAR CRDF and the plan of the training, the timing and procedure for the arrival of national contingents, the procedure for practical actions, as well as the organization of comprehensive support were agreed upon.
A reconnaissance of the training area was carried out on the territory of the “Edelweiss” training center and on the Issyk-Kul Lake water area.
The CAR CRDF are designed to carry out tasks to ensure the military security of the CSTO member states of the Central Asian region of collective security, including to participate in repelling external military aggression and conducting joint counter–terrorism operations. The CSTO member states allocate military units and permanent readiness units equipped with modern weapons, military and special equipment to the CRDF national contingents.
