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).
The CSTO member states held consultations in Moscow on topical issues of arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation
21.05.2025
On 21 May 2025, the CSTO member states held consultations by videoconferencing using the communications channels of the CSTO Crisis Response Centre under the chairmanship of the Russian Federation on the theme “On topical issues of arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation” (CADN), in which delegations of the CSTO member states, the CSTO Acting Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabaev and members of the CSTO Secretariat took part.
There was a thorough discussion of topical issues and prospects for the development of the situation in the field of CADN. The participants compared approaches to specific aspects of compliance with and strengthening of existing international treaties and agreements in this area.
In discussing selected topical issues, the importance of cooperation and active joint steps to counter attempts to use outer space as a “battleground” was emphasized, as well as the need to maintain human control over weapons systems using artificial intelligence.
Interest was confirmed to continue regular reconciliation of positions on the issues of the CADN in order to coordinate actions at specialized international platforms.
