From July 7 to 9, second staff talks were held in the Russian Federation on the organization and conduct of the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces (CRRF) command-and-staff exercise “Interaction-2026”, the special reconnaissance exercise “Poisk-2026”, and the logistics support exercise “Echelon-2026”.
In accordance with the 2026 Action Plan of the Coordinating Council of Heads of the Competent Authorities for Countering Illicit Drug Trafficking of the CSTO Member States, and as part of the Russian Federation's priorities during its 2026 CSTO Chairmanship, the sub-regional counter-narcotics operation “Kanal – Amber Coast” was conducted from June 29 to July 3, 2026. The operation was aimed at disrupting trafficking routes for narcotic drugs, their precursors and analogues, new psychoactive substances, and potent substances into the CSTO area of responsibility, neutralizing international transnational drug trafficking groups, dismantling clandestine drug production facilities, undermining the economic foundations of the drug trade, including the laundering of drug proceeds.
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.
The CSTO has launched its own Telegram channel
17.01.2022
On January 17, this year, the Collective Security Treaty Organization Secretariat is launching an official channel in the Telegram messenger. The resource contains up-to-date information about the situation in the CSTO area of responsibility and other important international issues related to the security interests of the Organization's member States.
The address of the Internet-resource is: https://t.me/odkb_csto
The official CSTO TELEGRAM channel is necessary for the Organization as a modern digital information resource for prompt distribution of objective and reliable information on the CSTO activities in the field of political, military, military-technical, military-economic cooperation, as well as on the work in countering contemporary challenges and threats to the CSTO member States – the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Russia and the Republic of Tajikistan.
Our subscribers get the opportunity to receive “first-hand” information about decisions made by the CSTO charter bodies: the Collective Security Council (CSC), the Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM), the Council of Defense Ministers (CMD), the Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils (CSSC), the Permanent Council, as well as the activities of the CSTO working and subsidiary bodies.
Also the Organization will have the ability to respond to events in a timely manner and quickly deliver the necessary content to the subscribers.
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The CSTO Press Secretary Valdimir Zaynetdinov
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