28 April marks the Day of the CSTO Joint Staff. It should be recalled that on 28 April 2003, in Dushanbe, the Collective Security Council, guided by the need to establish a military staff body responsible for implementing the military component of the Collective Security Treaty, adopted the Decision “On the Establishment of the Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.”
On 27 April 2026, within the framework of the International Scientific and Practical Conference “Contours of a New Architecture of Collective Security: Current Issues of Information and Analytical Partnership within the CSTO,” held at MGIMO University of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, a round table entitled “Eurasian Analytical Platform: New Approaches in a New Geopolitical Reality” took place. During the event, Head of the Information and Public Relations Department of the CSTO Secretariat Yuriy Shuvalov delivered a presentation on “The Eurasian Analytical Network: A New Cognitive Architecture of Collective Security.”
A meeting of the heads of national headquarters regarding Operation “PROXY” was held at the CSTO Secretariat
18.03.2026
On March 18, 2026, in Moscow, at the CSTO Secretariat building, chaired by the head of the Russian National Headquarters, a meeting of the heads of the national headquarters for the Collective Security Treaty Organization’s (CSTO) ongoing operation to combat cybercrime (Operation “PROXY”), which was attended by delegations of representatives from the national competent authorities of the CSTO member states.
The meeting was opened by Valery Anatolyevich Semerikov, the CSTO Deputy Secretary General, who delivered a welcoming address and noted, in particular: “In 2025, against the backdrop of a complex situation and the increasing scale of unlawful actions against our states, units of the authorized competent authorities tackled complex, non-standard operational tasks, secured the information space, and actively combated cyberterrorism and organized crime, illicit drug trafficking, extremism, and illegal migration – all carried out through information technologies. The set of planned measures has been implemented.
“Personnel from law enforcement agencies, special services, and relevant ministries and agencies of the Organization’s member states who are directly involved in efforts to combat cybercrime acted effectively, in a coordinated manner, and professionally.”
During the meeting, the heads of the national operational headquarters discussed the results of the operation for 2025 and, taking into account the Russian Federation’s priorities for its CSTO chairmanship, identified priority areas for focusing collective efforts on combating criminal activity in the field of information technology both this year and in the future.
In 2026, the CSTO member states will focus their efforts on countering the dissemination of information that causes political harm to national and allied interests, as well as the incitement of interethnic and religious strife; combating recruitment to participate in armed conflicts on the side of terrorist and extremist organizations; countering the activities of criminal groups, including those with terrorist and extremist orientations; combating illicit drug trafficking via information and communication technologies; countering malicious software; identifying and blocking resources used for illegal activities; exposing criminal groups involved in electronic fraud.
The meeting participants unanimously noted that Operation “PROXY” remained an effective instrument of collective cooperation and is aimed at strengthening the collective security of the Organization’s member states.
