On October 30, 2026, the results of the “Channel-Caspian Lighthouse” subregional anti-drug operation were summed up as part of the implementation of the 2026 Plan of Key Activities of the Coordinating Council of Heads of Competent Drug Control Authorities of CSTO Member States (CCHCDCA).
From October 18 to 23 this year, in accordance with the 2026 Plan for the Joint Training of Command and Control Bodies and Formations of Forces and Assets of the Collective Security System of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, the “Cobalt-2026” special exercise was held at the Magob training range of the Special Purpose Units Training Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan.
An international scientific and practical conference entitled “Greater Eurasia: Institutions, Development, Cooperation” was held at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, jointly organized with the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICCA RAS). CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov took part in the conference.
A working meeting between CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and Kazem Jalali, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Russian Federation, was held at the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Russian Federation.
An international scientific and practical conference entitled “Transformation of the Global Security System and the Shaping of a Eurasian Security Framework” was held at Moscow State Linguistic University (MSLU).
Russian sambo fighters won the IV International Youth Sambo Festival “For CSTO Prizes”, held in Moscow.
09.09.2019
From September 6 to 7, 2019, the 4th International Youth Sambo Festival for the prizes of the Collective Security Treaty Organization was held in Moscow. The event is timed to the 80th anniversary of the domestic sport of sambo. The organizers were the All-Russian Sambo Federation together and the CSTO Secretariat. The honored guests were the CSTO Deputy Secretary General Alymbay Sultanov and the Head of the Administration and Planning Division of the CSTO Secretariat Vladimir Nikishin.
The competitions brought together more than 90 sambo fighters from the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Republic of Belarus, Germany, the Republic of Moldova, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan as well as national teams of the federal districts of Russia.
Traditionally for young sportsmen, the festival is a kind of rehearsal for the world championship, which will be held this year in Tashkent (the Republic of Uzbekistan, October 10-14).
Sambo is the sport that unites the post-Soviet space. This festival has a unifying and preparatory orientation. And in this sport you can not only win, but also enter into the spirit of competition, meet new people from different sambo schools.
According to the results of the competition, sambo fighters of the Russian national team won eight medals: three gold, two silver and three bronze ones. The second place was taken by the Moscow team with seven medals. In third place with six awards is the Armenian team.
On September 7, in the morning, young sambo fighters held a training session where they had to fight in the standing position and ground fighting. After lunch, the athletes together went to the opening of the Sambo Square in Novo-Peredelkino.
The creation of the Square was the result of the joint work of the District Administration and the "Borets" ("Fighter") sports school, which is preparing to celebrate its 20th anniversary this year. The school is headed by Igor I. Kurinnoy, honored master of sports, three-time world champion in sambo.
On the granite carpet of sambo, a sculpture made by the famous master, a resident of Peredelkino Zurab K. Tsereteli, was solemnly opened. The sculpture refers the audience to the times of the birth of our domestic sport, which absorbed the best techniques stored both by national types of wrestling of the peoples of Russia and by martial arts systems of foreign countries.
The event was also attended by: the Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Rashid Nurgaliyev, the President of the European and All-Russian Sambo Federations Sergey Eliseev, the Head of the Novo-Peredelkino Administration, a pupil of the famous Kstovo Sambo School, Nikolai V. Bulygin, the Director of the "Borets" ("Fighter") sports school Igor I. Kurinnoy, the Head of the Commission All-Russian Sambo Federation on patriotic education Vladimir V. Gorshukov, residents of the district, public and sports figures of the capital.
