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.
From June 24 to 26, second staff talks were held in the Republic of Kazakhstan on the organization and conduct of the joint exercise “Rubezh-2026” with units of the Central Asian Collective Rapid Deployment Forces (CAR CRDF).
The Kyrgyz Republic hosted a meeting of the CSTO Coordination Council of the Heads of the Competent Authorities for Countering the Illicit Drug Trafficking Working Group with the participation of the GANC of the MIA of Russia
30.03.2022The Kyrgyz Republic hosted a meeting of the CSTO Coordination Council of the Heads of the Competent Authorities for Countering the Illicit Drug Trafficking Working Group with the participation of the GANC of the MIA of Russia
Website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, 29 March 18:00
Today, in Osh, the Kyrgyz Republic, under the chairmanship of Kirill Smurov, First Deputy Head of the General Administration of Narcotics Control of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, a meeting of the Working Group on the organization of anti-drug operations and other activities within the competence of Coordination Council of the Heads of the Competent Authorities for Countering the Illicit Drug Trafficking of the CSTO member States was held.
The event was attended by representatives of law enforcement agencies of Russia, the Republic of Armenia, the Republic Belarus, the Republic Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic Tajikistan, and the CSTO Secretariat.
The meeting participants have discussed issues of counteraction to illegal narcotics trafficking in regions of collective security. They noted the necessity of close coordination of efforts of competent bodies of CSTO member States in this sphere.
As a result of the meeting, it was decided to continue work on the implementation of the Plan of Coordination Council of the Heads of the Competent Authorities for Countering the Illicit Drug Trafficking Main Activities of the CSTO member States for 2022.
