A meeting of the Working Group of the Coordination Council of Heads of Competent Authorities on Combating Illicit Drug Trafficking (CCHN) on organizing international anti-drug operations within the CSTO framework was held in Aktau, Republic of Kazakhstan.
The Open International Youth Sambo Festival of National Teams of the CSTO Member States was held at the International Sambo Center in Moscow.
On August 17–19, at the invitation of Colonel General Alexander Manilov, Chairman of the Coordination Service of the Council of Border Troops Commanders of the CIS, a delegation of the CSTO Joint Staff headed by Colonel General Andrey Serdyukov took part in international events held in the area of responsibility of the Border Directorate of the Russian Federal Security Service for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region.
On August 14, consultations were held via videoconference at the CSTO Joint Staff with representatives of relevant ministries and agencies of the CSTO member states on organizing joint training activities for command and control bodies and formations of the CSTO collective security system in 2027.
The CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov presented awards from the Organization's Collective Security Council
12.02.2025
On 11 February 2025, at the CSTO Secretariat, an award ceremony was held in accordance with the decision of the Collective Security Council of the Organization. For active and fruitful work to develop and deepen military and political cooperation within the Collective Security Treaty Organization, the CSTO Secretary General Imangali Tasmagambetov awarded:
Medal “For Strengthening Collective Security” to Oleg Krylov, First Deputy Director of the Federal Financial Monitoring Service;
Honorary sign of the Collective Security Treaty Organization II degree to Ivan Polyakov, General Director of the joint-stock company “Interstate Development Corporation”.