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 graduation ceremony for law enforcement officers of the CSTO member states took place at the AIPD of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, who completed an advanced training course on "Improving the Management of the CSTO Collective PF"
28.11.2022
On November 25, 2022 at the All-Russian Institute of Professional Development of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs a graduation ceremony was held for law enforcement officers of the CSTO member states who have completed an advanced training course on "Improving the Management of the CSTO Collective Peacekeeping Forces ".
The event was attended by: the Head of the All-Russian Institute of Professional Development of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia Police Major General A.A. Skivterist, the Deputy Head of Countering Challenges and Threats Department of the CSTO Secretariat S.A. Gonchar, representatives of the CSTO Secretariat and officials of the Institute.
Opening the graduation ceremony, Police Major General A.A. Skivterist, Head of the All-Russian Institute of Professional Development of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, greeted the students and expressed confidence that the knowledge and experience gained during the training will contribute to the effective performance of official tasks to ensure the safety of citizens and law and order.
The Deputy Head of the Department of counteraction to challenges and threats of the CSTO Secretariat S.A. Gonchar welcomed the graduating class and thanked the management of the Institute, the faculty for their work in preparing and conducting classes and congratulated the graduates with the end of training.
Representatives of the training group spoke on behalf of the graduates, who thanked the leadership of the All-Russian Institute of Professional Development of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, the faculty and course officers for the high organization of the educational process and professional activities.
At the end of the graduation ceremony, the officers of the law enforcement agencies of the CSTO member states were presented with certificates of training.
After the graduation, a working meeting was held between the management of the Institute, representatives of the CSTO and graduates. In the framework of the meeting, the current issues and prospects for further cooperation between the Institute and the CSTO Secretariat were discussed in detail.
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