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.
On July 14, 2026, a working meeting was held at the CSTO Secretariat between CSTO Deputy Secretary General Valery Semerikov and UN Assistant Secretary-General Alexander Zuev.
From July 7 to 9, second staff talks were held in the Russian Federation on the organization and conduct of the CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces (CRRF) command-and-staff exercise “Interaction-2026”, the special reconnaissance exercise “Poisk-2026”, and the logistics support exercise “Echelon-2026”.
In accordance with the 2026 Action Plan of the Coordinating Council of Heads of the Competent Authorities for Countering Illicit Drug Trafficking of the CSTO Member States, and as part of the Russian Federation's priorities during its 2026 CSTO Chairmanship, the sub-regional counter-narcotics operation “Kanal – Amber Coast” was conducted from June 29 to July 3, 2026. The operation was aimed at disrupting trafficking routes for narcotic drugs, their precursors and analogues, new psychoactive substances, and potent substances into the CSTO area of responsibility, neutralizing international transnational drug trafficking groups, dismantling clandestine drug production facilities, undermining the economic foundations of the drug trade, including the laundering of drug proceeds.
The XXII International Seminar-Meeting on Combined Martial Arts with Heads of Combat and Physical Training of Security Ministries and Agencies of the CSTO member states was held
14.04.2025
From April 7 to 10, 2025 on the basis of the Park-Hotel “Ognikovo” of Istrinsky district of Moscow region, the XXII International seminar-meeting on complex martial arts with the heads of combat and physical training of power ministries and departments of the CSTO member states took place. Andrei Mordashov, Head of the Organizational and Planning Department of the CSTO Secretariat, and Oleg Ufimtsev, President of the Russian Federation of Combined Martial Arts, spoke at the event. The seminar was also attended by employees of the power ministries and departments of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan, as well as representatives of the “Dynamo” Society and the Ministry of Sport of Russia. The event participants familiarized themselves with the techniques and methodological basis of complex martial arts, with the rules of preparation and holding of the XXII International Tournament on complex martial arts for the Cup of the CSTO Secretary General dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory, discussed topical issues related to the strengthening of international and interdepartmental cooperation on the applied areas of this type of martial arts.
