Regular meeting of the Working Group on Electronic Warfare under the CSTO Council of Defense Ministers held in Saint Petersburg
A working meeting between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Vasily Khristoforov, Director of the Institute of International Relations and Political Sciences of the Russian State University for the Humanities (RSUH) and Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, was held at the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
On June 12, 2026, a conference entitled “Central Asia – the Core of the SCO: A Space of Peace and Shared Development” was held in Dushanbe under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan. Acting CSTO Deputy Secretary General Samat Ordabayev took part in the event.
On June 10, 2026, a regular meeting of the CSTO Council of Foreign Ministers was held in Kazan (Russian Federation) under the chairmanship of the Russian side, with the participation of CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov. CIS Deputy Secretary General Denis Trefilov and SCO Deputy Secretary General Oleg Kopylov were also invited to attend the meeting.
Issues of improving crisis response and expert cooperation discussed in the CSTO
08.05.2026
On May 7, the CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov held a working meeting in Moscow at the CSTO Joint Staff aimed at improving issues related to crisis response and expert cooperation.
During the event, Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff Colonel General Andrey Serdyukov briefed the head of the Organization on the proposed areas for further improvement of the crisis response system.
The participants discussed in detail issues related to the interaction of the Crisis Response Center with the structures of international organizations, the operating algorithm of functional groups, as well as the mechanism for preparing proposals for CSTO bodies with a view to adopting decisions aimed at preventing and resolving crisis situations.
Special attention was paid to the unique capabilities of the expert-analytical platform designed to coordinate and strengthen collective security, which makes it possible to model and forecast scenarios for the development of situations, assess risks, and formulate recommendations for risk mitigation.
