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 is holding a contest in social networks "CSTO. 30 YEARS - TOGETHER WE ARE STRONG!”
11.05.2022
On May 13, 2022, in accordance with the Plan of events dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Collective Security Treaty and the 20th anniversary of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, the contest in social networks "CSTO. 30 YEARS - TOGETHER WE ARE STRONG!" is starting.
The aim of the contest is to raise awareness of the CSTO activities among the target audience. Participants are encouraged to post photos, videos or texts about the CSTO activities in social networks with the hashtag #ОДКБВместеМыСила. Contest procedures are posted on the "ALLIES.CSTO” (https://odkb-info.org/news/tema-nomera/3049/)
Publications telling about the history of the Organization, about political, military cooperation, counteraction to modern challenges and threats, security of the information space, parliamentary interaction should be posted in one of the social networks (VKontakte, Odnoklassniki, Telegram channels). Posts with photo/video materials will be evaluated according to such criteria as novelty, originality and creativity of the video or photo, informative, idea, social significance, technical quality.
Participation in the contest is free, and the contest is public and open.
Information for the preparation of entries can be found on the CSTO official website https://odkb-csto.org/, on the Organization's social media accounts and on the Internet resource " ALLIES.CSTO" (https://odkb-info.org/).
Entries will be accepted from May 13 to 31, 2022 inclusive, and the winners will be announced by June 10, 2022.
According to the results of the contest 3 prizes will be determined. Winners of the contest will be awarded diplomas and valuable gifts. Authors of the best works, selected by the decision of the Jury of the contest, will also be awarded diplomas and souvenirs.
The best publications will be posted on the Organizer's websites:
- official website of the Organization (https://odkb-csto.org/);
- the website of the publication "Allies.CSTO" (https://odkb-info.org/).
Information about the winners of the Contest will also be posted on the official CSTO Telegram channel https://t.me/odkb_csto, as well as on the CSTO accounts in the social networks ВКонтакте and Одноклассники.
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The CSTO Press Secretary Vladimir Zaynetdinov
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