28 April marks the Day of the CSTO Joint Staff. It should be recalled that on 28 April 2003, in Dushanbe, the Collective Security Council, guided by the need to establish a military staff body responsible for implementing the military component of the Collective Security Treaty, adopted the Decision “On the Establishment of the Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.”
On 27 April 2026, within the framework of the International Scientific and Practical Conference “Contours of a New Architecture of Collective Security: Current Issues of Information and Analytical Partnership within the CSTO,” held at MGIMO University of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, a round table entitled “Eurasian Analytical Platform: New Approaches in a New Geopolitical Reality” took place. During the event, Head of the Information and Public Relations Department of the CSTO Secretariat Yuriy Shuvalov delivered a presentation on “The Eurasian Analytical Network: A New Cognitive Architecture of Collective Security.”
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.
