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 12th Southern Information Security Forum “Infoforum Sochi 2026” is taking place in Sochi, Russia, from June 30 to July 3. On July 1, the Forum's plenary session brought together representatives of federal and regional authorities, regulatory bodies, leading companies, and international organizations to discuss current challenges in the protection of critical infrastructure, the development of artificial intelligence, and international cooperation.
On June 30 – July 1, 2026, Saint Petersburg hosted a series of events chaired by Alexander Kurenkov, Minister of the Russian Federation for Civil Defence, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters, with the participation of heads of the competent authorities of the CSTO member states responsible for emergency prevention and response.
From June 24 to 26, 2026, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov paid a working visit to the Republic of Tajikistan at the personal invitation of President Emomali Rahmon.
Development of cooperation with military-industrial complex enterprises will be discussed at the meeting of the Business Council at the CSTO Interstate Commission for Military-Economic Cooperation in Yerevan
29.03.2022
A meeting of the Business Council of the Interstate Commission for Military-Economic Cooperation of the Collective Security Treaty Organization will be held in Yerevan on April 1, this year. The event will be held as part of the business program of the 3rd International Exhibition of Defense Technologies "ArmHighTech-2022", chaired by Alexander Nozdrachev.
David Sahakyan, the Acting Minister of High-Tech Industry of the Republic of Armenia and the Head of the Armenian National Part of the Interstate Commission for Military-Economic Cooperation, and Valery Semerikov, the CSTO Deputy Secretary General, will address the meeting.
The meeting, together with the heads and members of the national parts of the Business Council will be attended by members of the Board of the Military-Industrial Commission of the Russian Federation on military-economic (technical) cooperation in the CSTO format, led by Mikhail Osyko, Chairman of the Board, member of the Board of the Military-Industrial Commission of the Russian Federation, and Vladimir Drozhzhov, the Deputy Director of the Federal Service of Military-Technical Cooperation.
At the meeting the issue of using the production capacities of the enterprises of the military-industrial complex of the Republic of Armenia will be considered, promising directions of development of cooperation with the enterprises of the military-industrial complex of the CSTO member States will be reviewed. It is also planned to discuss further increase the level of military-economic cooperation, development of cooperation and integration ties of enterprises and organizations of the defense industries of the CSTO member States.
For reference: The Business Council of the Interstate Commission for Military-Economic Cooperation of the Collective Security Treaty Organization was formed in accordance with the decision of the CSTO Interstate Commission for Military-Economic Cooperation and is designed to analyze and develop proposals to solve the most important problems in the field of military-economic cooperation.
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