Pospelov: CSTO model laws help build legal foundation for Eurasian security
04.11.2026
MINSK (
BelTA) – Over 20 years, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) has prepared 104 model legal acts aimed at aligning the national legislations of member states and countering modern threats, Sergei Pospelov, Executive Secretary of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly, said at a thematic session titled “The CSTO in Greater Eurasia: State and Prospects” during the 4th Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security, BelTA has learned.
According to Sergei Pospelov, parliamentarians are working to bring the legal systems of member states closer together, relying on international law, the principles of consensus and a proactive approach. “Our task is to unite our legal systems in the name of the security not only of our organization but of Greater Eurasia as a whole,” he emphasized.
To this end, monitoring of the military-political situation in regions near the organization’s borders is carried out, along with comparative analysis of the situation and national legislations, and work on the regulatory framework. One key task, Sergei Pospelov said, is to make the concepts used in documents clearer and more precise, especially in strategic planning.
According to him, the use of common terminology helps bring national legislations closer together and becomes a tool for rebuilding trust. “Joint work and shared, widely accepted terminology not only help bring our national laws closer together but also serve as an effective tool for restoring trust and building Eurasian security,” the executive secretary of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly noted.
He attached particular importance to expert exchange at international scientific platforms. Such meetings make it possible to improve the reliability and scientific validity of the assessments and forecasts used in preparing documents on monitoring the military-political situation. The next such document is planned to be presented on 2 December at a meeting of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly Council in Moscow.
Speaking about current challenges, Sergei Pospelov drew attention to growing militarization in Europe and the expanding range of threats to collective security. Among them, he listed military, hybrid, cognitive, economic and information methods of pressure, cyberattacks, sabotage and subversion at critically important facilities, the use of artificial intelligence technologies, and the risks associated with cross-border crime and illegal migration.
In Sergei Pospelov’s assessment, these circumstances require the modernization of the collective security system, including its legal mechanisms. CSTO Parliamentary Assembly model legislation plays an important role in this work. Among the documents already adopted, he singled out model laws on countering terrorism, on information security and on the protection of critically important information structures.
Parliamentarians are currently working on draft documents in the spheres of biological security, demining, countering cyber fraud and illegal migration, artificial intelligence governance and protection against unmanned aerial vehicles. “Model acts help align our national laws across the entire range of threats,” Sergei Pospelov emphasized.
He proposed using the experience of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly in shaping the architecture of Eurasian security and in drafting the Eurasian Charter of Diversity and Multipolarity in the 21st Century.
According to Sergei Pospelov, parliamentarians are working to bring the legal systems of member states closer together, relying on international law, the principles of consensus and a proactive approach. “Our task is to unite our legal systems in the name of the security not only of our organization but of Greater Eurasia as a whole,” he emphasized.
To this end, monitoring of the military-political situation in regions near the organization’s borders is carried out, along with comparative analysis of the situation and national legislations, and work on the regulatory framework. One key task, Sergei Pospelov said, is to make the concepts used in documents clearer and more precise, especially in strategic planning.
According to him, the use of common terminology helps bring national legislations closer together and becomes a tool for rebuilding trust. “Joint work and shared, widely accepted terminology not only help bring our national laws closer together but also serve as an effective tool for restoring trust and building Eurasian security,” the executive secretary of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly noted.
He attached particular importance to expert exchange at international scientific platforms. Such meetings make it possible to improve the reliability and scientific validity of the assessments and forecasts used in preparing documents on monitoring the military-political situation. The next such document is planned to be presented on 2 December at a meeting of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly Council in Moscow.
Speaking about current challenges, Sergei Pospelov drew attention to growing militarization in Europe and the expanding range of threats to collective security. Among them, he listed military, hybrid, cognitive, economic and information methods of pressure, cyberattacks, sabotage and subversion at critically important facilities, the use of artificial intelligence technologies, and the risks associated with cross-border crime and illegal migration.
In Sergei Pospelov’s assessment, these circumstances require the modernization of the collective security system, including its legal mechanisms. CSTO Parliamentary Assembly model legislation plays an important role in this work. Among the documents already adopted, he singled out model laws on countering terrorism, on information security and on the protection of critically important information structures.
Parliamentarians are currently working on draft documents in the spheres of biological security, demining, countering cyber fraud and illegal migration, artificial intelligence governance and protection against unmanned aerial vehicles. “Model acts help align our national laws across the entire range of threats,” Sergei Pospelov emphasized.
He proposed using the experience of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly in shaping the architecture of Eurasian security and in drafting the Eurasian Charter of Diversity and Multipolarity in the 21st Century.