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.
On the XXIII International Seminar-Conference on Mixed Martial Arts with heads of combat and physical training from the law enforcement ministries and agencies of the CSTO member states
26.03.2026
From April 6 to 8 of this year, the Park Hotel “Ognikovo” (Moscow Region, Istrinsky District, Ognikovo settlement), the XXIII International Seminar-Conference on Mixed Martial Arts will be held with the heads of combat and physical training from the law enforcement ministries and agencies of the CSTO member states.
Participants will be briefed on the rules governing the organization and conduct of the XХIII International Mixed Martial Arts Tournament for the CSTO Secretary General’s Cup, which will take place in October of this year.
For questions regarding media accreditation, please contact the Russian Mixed Martial Arts Federation at 8 916 695 72 56 and ask for Elena Yuryevna Bobkova.
