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 Minsk, a working session was held on the topic: “Prospects for collective security in Eurasia: the CSTO area of responsibility as a space for dialogue”
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On October 29, 2025, a working session on “Prospects for collective security in Eurasia: The CSTO area of responsibility as a space for dialogue” was held in the Belarusian capital as part of the III Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security. It was attended by representatives of expert communities from the CSTO member states, Uzbekistan, India, Vietnam, and a number of other countries.
The meeting was moderated by Yuri Shuvalov, Head of the Information and Public Relations Department of the CSTO Secretariat.
Igor Sekret, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, and Taalatbek Masadykov, Deputy Secretary General of the CSTO, addressed the participants with opening remarks.
An exchange of views took place on a wide range of issues related to ensuring regional security.
Particular attention was paid to the prospects for implementing the ideas of the Eurasian Charter of diversity and multipolarity in the 21st century. Representatives of expert communities recognized the significant potential of this draft document as an initiative capable of coordinating constructive interaction between countries in the region in the interests of security and development in Greater Eurasia.
The participants in the discussion noted the important role of the Issyk-Kul Initiative, adopted in June this year as part of an expert dialogue organized at the initiative of the CSTO Secretariat, in terms of establishing the ideological basis and format of the expert community.
Representatives of the CSTO Secretariat reported on work being done on a Conceptual Report entitled “The Great Eurasian Partnership: Shared Responsibility for a Secure Future,” which is scheduled for release in November of this year.
