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 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.
The XII-th meeting of the Coordination Council of Authorized Bodies of the CSTO Member States on advertising and exhibition activities was held within the framework of the “ARMY- 2020” Forum
25.08.2020
On August 25, 2020, at the “Patriot” Congress and Exhibition Center within the framework of the “ARMY-2020” Forum (Moscow region, Kubinka), the XII-th meeting of the Coordination Council of the Authorized Bodies of the CSTO member states on advertising and exhibition activities was held.
The meeting was chaired by the Head of the Coordination Council, the Advisor of the Department of Military Security Problems of the CSTO Secretariat Valery Faletorov. The meeting was attended by the representatives of the national parts of the Coordination Council of the Organization's member states.
In accordance with the Agenda, the participants of the Coordination Council discussed the draft Decision of the Interstate Commission on Military-Economic Cooperation "On the List of International Exhibitions held in 2021-2022, where it is possible to form expositions of military, dual use, special purpose products and technologies of the CSTO member states".
In the course of the meeting, reports were heard on the preparation of the International Exhibition of Arms and Defense Technologies "ArmHiTec 2020" (Yerevan), the International Exhibition of High Security Technologies "Arm-Security 2020" (Yerevan), the International Exhibition and Conference on Security "KAZAKHSTAN SECURITY SYSTEMS 2020 ”(Nur-Sultan), the International Exhibition of Arms and Technologies“ KADEX 2021 ”(Nur-Sultan), the International Military-Industrial Exhibition“ DEFINDEX 2021 ”(Bishkek), as well as the International Exhibition of state security means "INTERPOLITECH-2020" (Moscow) and the International Exhibition of Arms and Military Equipment "MILEX 2021" (Minsk).
A report by a representative of the Belarusian delegation on the preparation of the International Security Industry Exhibition “National Security. The Republic of Belarus - 2020 "(Minsk) and information from the representative of AO" Aviasalon "(Russia) on the preparation of the International Aviation and Space Show" MAKS - 2021 "(Zhukovsky, Moscow region).
The participants in the meeting of the Coordinating Council approved the draft business program in the CSTO format at the armament shows held in 2021. The Protocol adopted at the end of the meeting took into account the proposals of the organizers of the national expositions of the CSTO member states for the preparation of international armament shows to be held on the territory of the CSTO member states in 2020-2021.
Development of cooperation in the direction of advertising and exhibition activities is carried out in accordance with the Agreement on interaction in the field of advertising and exhibition activities in the area of military-economic cooperation between the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization of October 6, 2007.
