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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.
Within the framework of improving crisis response, duty shifts have practiced joint actions in identifying sabotage, terrorist attacks and emergencies
23.12.2024
On 20 December, a joint training session was held between the duty shifts of the CSTO Crisis Response Center and the command posts of the defense and emergency ministries of the Organization's member states.
Representatives of the CSTO Crisis Response Center, the Command Post of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus, the National Defense Control Center of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Crisis Response Center of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic, the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation, the Command Post of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Tajikistan, as well as the operational duty shifts of ministries of emergency situations of the Republic of Kazakhstan participated in the event via videoconferencing.
In the course of the training, joint actions were practiced by the duty shifts in detecting sabotage at critical infrastructure facilities and incidents on the state border of one of the CSTO member states. In addition, according to the concept of the joint training, an emergency situation involving a large-scale spillage of a chemically hazardous substance developed at one of the facilities as a result of a terrorist act, the elimination of which required the prompt involvement of rescue units.
Colonel Evgeny Chernousov, Deputy Head of the CSTO Crisis Response Center, summarizing the results of the joint training, noted that the duty shifts had successfully worked out all the instructions and issues of interaction in the event of crisis (emergency) situations.
