The CIS ATC delegation, led by its Head Evgeny Sysoev, took part in the 93rd meeting of the Council of Commanders of Border Troops held in Astana, Republic of Kazakhstan on October 29, 2026.

The event brought together delegations from nine border agencies (the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus. The Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation. The Republic of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and the Republic of Uzbekistan), CIS Executive Committee, the SKPV Coordination Service, the Bureau for Coordinating the Fight Against Organized Crime and Other Dangerous Types of Crimes on the Territory of the CIS Member States, the Coordination Council of the CIS Prosecutors General, the Committee of Heads of Law Enforcement Agencies of the Council of Heads of CIS Customs Services, the Joint Staff and the Secretariat of the CSTO, as well as the Executive Committee of the RATS SCO.

The meeting assessed the situation developing along the external borders of the Commonwealth and the trends in its development; multilateral cooperation and participation of the SKPV in implementing the Programme of Cooperation of the CIS member states in countering terrorism and extremism for 2026–2028 and the Interstate Programme of Joint Measures to Combat Crime for 2024–2028 were considered.

Evgeny Sysoev informed the Council members about the situation in the field of countering terrorism and extremism, highlighting the key factors having a negative impact on its development, including:

 active use of artificial intelligence to create and disseminate destructive content;

 intensive use of unmanned systems and advanced cyber technologies to attack infrastructure facilities;

 a shift in the sources and methods of financing terrorism and extremism towards digital assets;

 a decrease in the average age of participants in terrorist and extremist groups, with an increasing share of young people actively involved in committing crimes.

The Head of the CIS ATC emphasized the importance of uniting the efforts of all entities involved in countering terrorism in order to increase the efficiency of measures to strengthen collective security within the Commonwealth.