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 issues of organizing the management and coordination of the CSTO CRRF Command were worked out during the trainings in the Republic of Belarus
28.08.2025
On August 28, in the Republic of Belarus, at the “Losvido” training ground, instructional and methodological classes were held with the Command of the CSTO CRRF on management, formation and coordination.
These trainings are aimed at implementing one of the most important goals of the upcoming joint trainings – improving the organization of management of the CSTO Collective Forces.
Officials of the CRRF Command, the CSTO Joint Staff, representatives of defense and other law enforcement agencies were involved in the events.
During the training, officers of the CSTO Joint Staff provided information on the deployment and organization of work at the CRRF control center, including the heads of the armed forces, services and other structural units. Special attention was paid to the organization and conduct of command coordination events, as well as the organization of counteraction to enemy UAVs at control points.
The materials of the training sessions were prepared taking into account the experience of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during a special military operation.
These events ended with a practical demonstration of the work of a visual surveillance post and a mobile fire group to counter enemy UAVs.
The Joint Press Center of the CSTO trainings
Photo by the press service of the CSTO Joint Staff
