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 Secretariat hosted consultations of deputy foreign ministers of the CSTO member States on preparation for the meetings of the CSTO statutory bodies in Dushanbe on September 15-16
07.09.2021
On September 7, 2021, the CSTO Secretariat hosted consultations of deputy foreign ministers of Collective Security Treaty Organization member States (hereinafter referred to as the consultations).
The participants have discussed issues of preparation and conduct of upcoming meetings of the CSTO statutory bodies in Dushanbe on September 15-16, coordinated draft documents to be submitted to the session of the Collective Security Council and the joint meeting of the CSTO CFM, CMD and CSSC.
The CSTO Secretary General S.V. Zas informed the deputy heads of foreign affairs departments about the activities aimed at implementing the instructions given at the August 23, 2021 extraordinary session of the CSTO Collective Security Council devoted to the situation in Afghanistan.
At the conclusion of the Consultations, the Tajik side presented information on organizational issues of the upcoming meetings of the CSTO statutory bodies in Dushanbe.
