On July 15, 2026, the High-Level Regional Meeting “Enhancing Capacities to Prevent the Supply of Weapons to Terrorists in Central Asia” was held in Moscow, organized by the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism with the participation of the Russian side.
On July 14, 2026, a working meeting was held at the CSTO Secretariat between CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov and UN Assistant Secretary-General Alexander Zuev.
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 CSTO Secretariat hosted a meeting of the heads of the national staffs of the CSTO member states on the operation "PROXY", at which CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov spoke
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On March 13, 2020 the CSTO Secretariat held a meeting of the senior officers and representatives of the national staffs of the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization. This meeting was dedicated to the permanently performing operation to prevent hi-tech crimes (operation "PROXY"). The meeting was addressed by the CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov.
According to the reports, number and "complexity" of cyber-attacks are increasing. And number of people involved in such criminal activities also is increasing. Hi-tech crimes are being committed every second and are a permanent threat throughout the year. Such crimes are extending beyond national borders and affect not only CSTO member states, but are affecting all over the world - Valery Semerikov said.
