From October 18 to 23 this year, in accordance with the 2026 Plan for the Joint Training of Command and Control Bodies and Formations of Forces and Assets of the Collective Security System of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, the “Cobalt-2026” special exercise was held at the Magob training range of the Special Purpose Units Training Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan.
An international scientific and practical conference entitled “Greater Eurasia: Institutions, Development, Cooperation” was held at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, jointly organized with the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICCA RAS). CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov took part in the conference.
A working meeting between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Kazem Jalali, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Russian Federation, was held at the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Russian Federation.
An international scientific and practical conference entitled “Transformation of the Global Security System and the Shaping of a Eurasian Security Framework” was held at Moscow State Linguistic University (MSLU).
Today, a conference entitled “The Role and Place of Media in CSTO Member States in Efforts to Contain Crisis (Emergency) Situations in Collective Security Regions” was held in Minsk.
A Coordination Meeting of Chief Narcologists of the CSTO member states was held in St. Petersburg
21.05.2026
On May 20–21, 2026, a Coordination Meeting of Chief Narcologists of the CSTO member states was held in St. Petersburg within the framework of the Russian Federation’s chairmanship in the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
The event, which was held in person with some delegations participating via videoconference, featured addresses by the Minister of Health of the Russian Federation, representatives of the CSTO Secretariat and the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly, as well as presentations by representatives of the Russian Foreign Ministry, the Russian Interior Ministry, the Russian Ministry of Education, the Military Medical Academy, the Coordination Council of Heads of Competent Authorities for Countering Illicit Drug Trafficking and the CSTO Secretariat, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, and heads of narcological services of the CSTO member states.
The meeting was moderated by Chief Freelance Specialist Psychiatrist-Narcologist of the Russian Ministry of Health Svetlana Shport.
During the meeting, the chief narcologists of the CSTO member states discussed the situation related to non-medical drug use in the CSTO member states, as well as trends in the drug situation. The participants analyzed issues related to prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of drug addicts, including those abusing new types of psychoactive substances, coordination of interaction and organization of cooperation with law enforcement agencies and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in the field of drug control and demand reduction.
The participants exchanged best practices and methodologies in the field of preventing the use of psychoactive substances and preventing narcological disorders.
Agreements were reached on mutual internships for профильных specialists and on the implementation by the medical community of the Anti-Drug Strategy of the CSTO member states for 2026–2030 in the relevant areas.
The participants of the meeting of chief narcologists of the CSTO member states visited the St. Petersburg State Budgetary Healthcare Institution “City Narcological Hospital” and familiarized themselves with the work of the narcological service units of St. Petersburg.
The next Coordination Meeting is planned to be held in Tajikistan in 2027.
The Coordination Meeting of Chief Narcologists of the CSTO member states was established by a decision of the CSTO Committee of Security Council Secretaries in 2013.
