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).
On June 23, 2026, a ceremonial event was held at the Advanced Training Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation to mark the 20th anniversary of the CSTO Collective Security Council's decision granting the Institute the status of the Basic Educational Institution for Continuing Professional Education of law enforcement and special service personnel of the CSTO member states in the fields of counterterrorism, combating extremism, illicit drug trafficking, illegal migration, and other forms of transnational organized crime, as well as for the training of specialists for peacekeeping missions and teaching staff of educational institutions.
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On June 17–18, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov visited sections of the State Border of the Republic of Belarus with Poland and Lithuania.
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.
