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 Secretariat has prepared an encyclopedic publication "The Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945"
10.07.2025
As part of the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory of the Scientific Research Institute (Military History) of the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, together with the CSTO Secretariat, has prepared an encyclopedic edition “Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945”.
The encyclopedia presents modern ideas of military historical science about the main events, phenomena and actors of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 in a scientific reference form.
A significant place is devoted to the consideration of various aspects of the armed struggle on the Soviet-German front, the activities of government agencies and the military-industrial complex of the USSR.
The encyclopedia is addressed to specialists and a wide range of readers interested in the history of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.
The encyclopedia is freely available on the website of the information and analytical publication Allies.CSTO.
