On August 31, 2026, on the sidelines of the SCO Summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov met with CIS Secretary General Sergey Lebedev.
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.
An international integrated martial arts tournament for the CSTO Secretary General's Cup among the security forces of the Organization's member states was held
17.10.2025
In the period from October 12 to October 16, 2025, on the basis of the “Ognikovo” Park-Hotel (Moscow region, Istra district, village Ognikovo, house.19) The XXII International Combined Martial Arts Tournament for the Cup of the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization among the security forces of the CSTO member states was held, dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.
The international tournament was attended by teams from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Tajikistan and the Federation of Integrated Martial Arts of the Kyrgyz Republic.
From the Russian Federation, teams from the Ministry of Defense, the Federal Bailiff Service, the Federal Penitentiary Service, the Federal Service of the National Guard Troops and the Federal Customs Service were represented. The team of the Ministry of Public Security of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the Republic of South Ossetia also participated in the competition.
120 athletes took part in the competition, of which 84 were men and 36 were women.
According to the results of the international competition, the national team of the Republic of Belarus took the first place, the team of the Republic of Kazakhstan — the second place, and the team of the Russian Federation — the third place.
