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 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.
Sputnik Armenia: CSTO countries’ defense departments were provided with the information regarding the Russia’s experience on fighting against coronavirus in Italy
16.04.2020Sputnik Armenia: CSTO countries’ defense departments were provided with the information regarding the Russia’s experience on fighting against coronavirus in Italy.
The specialists discussed countermeasures to fight against the new coronavirus infection and provided the participants with the information related to the relevant experience of the Russian military service men in the Italy and Serbia.
YEREVAN, Apr 16 - Sputnik. The CSTO Spokesman's Service reports that the delegations of the defense departments of the CSTO member states have discussed the issues related to the countermeasures against the new type of coronavirus COVID-19 to prevent the further contagion.
The video-conference for the CSTO defense department representatives took place on the Thursday in the CSTO Crisis Response Center. Heads of the CSTO Military Medical Service departments conducted additional out-of-schedule consultations related to the countermeasures to fight the pandemic.
Participants of the consultations have paid special attention to the activity control issues related to the observation mode and tactics of managing serious patients.
Colonel-General Anatoly Sidorov, Head of the CSTO Joint Staff, noted that the experts had managed to discuss the prevention and control of a new coronavirus infection and to familiarize the consultation participants with the experience of the medical service of the Ministry of Defense of Russia, obtained through close cooperation with the civilian health of the Russian Federation, as well as during the provision of assistance by Russian troops in Italy and Serbia.
The meeting participants agreed to continue interaction in this format to analyze information on the situation related to the spread of coronavirus and to quickly exchange experience between specialists from the defense departments of the CSTO member states.
In addition to maintaining the health of service men and members of their families, the defense departments are responsible to maintain the survivability and military’s preparedness.
The meeting was also attended by representatives of the CSTO Secretariat and the Russian Foreign Ministry.
Russian specialists have cured 8 patients in Bergamo - video from the epicenter of the events
Starting on March 22 to the morning of March 25, 15 aircraft arrived only in Italy, which brought there about 100 Russian military virologists and specialists of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation in the field of epidemiology, eight medical and nursing teams, as well as equipment for diagnosis and disinfection. Russian specialists work in one of the most affected areas of the coronavirus pandemic in northern Italy - in the city of Bergamo and its suburbs.
Translators of the Russian Defense Ministry are constantly on duty with the medical staff of the medical and nursing teams that carry out the sanitization
