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).
A plan for the CSTO regional operation "Illegal" to counter illegal migration for 2021 has been agreed
31.03.2021On March 31, 2021, under the chairmanship of the Secretary of the Coordination Council of the Heads of the Competent Authorities of the CSTO Member States on Combating Illegal Migration, the Head of the Main Directorate for Migration of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, Police Lieutenant General Valentina Kazakova, a meeting of the International Headquarters of the CSTO regional operation "Illegal" was held.
The meeting was attended by representatives of all national headquarters of the CSTO member states involved in the "Illegal" operation and the CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov.
In the course of the event, representatives of the national headquarters of the Organization's member states substantively discussed the concept of the operation under the code name "Illegal-2021" and agreed on the timing of the stages of active measures in the current year.
In addition, in the course of the meeting, measures for coordinating interaction in the process of the operation were considered and agreed upon, communication channels and the procedure for exchanging information, as well as preparing and sending responses to possible requests from the interacting parties, were determined.
Based on the results of the work of the International Headquarters, it was decided to submit the agreed Plan of operation “Illegal-2021” for signature to the CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas and the Chairman of the Coordination Council of the Heads of the Competent Authorities of the CSTO Member States on Combating Illegal Migration, the First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Russia, Police Colonel-General Alexander Gorovoy.
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