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.
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.
The CSTO mission advance team visited several border areas between Armenia and Azerbaijan
17.09.2022
On September 17 of this year, the advance team of the CSTO mission in the Republic of Armenia, headed by Colonel General Anatoly Sidorov, conducted monitoring of the situation in several areas adjacent to the border with the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Representatives of the Armenian Armed Forces demonstrated the consequences of shelling on the territory of an air defense unit. The Mission also visited the town of Goris and the village of Akner in the Syunik region, where an artillery shell hit a residential building and caused damage.
"The main task of today was to visit the territories, the places where the clashes took place: areas, settlements, positions of the Armenian side units that were subjected to fire. We try to be as objective as possible, so we will work on the facts, it is too early to talk about any conclusions," Colonel General Anatoliy Sidorov said after the visit.
The CSTO Mission advance team also visited one of the units of the 102nd Russian military base. The command of the base briefed the group on the deployment procedures, the main tasks assigned to the unit and the organization of interaction with the military authorities of the Republic of Armenia Armed Forces and local administrations.
