On 13 February, a traditional meeting was held in Moscow between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov and the chairs of the parliamentary committees (commissions) of the CSTO member states responsible for international relations, defense and security. CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov and ambassadors of the Organization’s member states also took part in the event.
CSTO Secretary General Talatbek Masadykov addressed the Fifth meeting of the chairs of the parliamentary committees (commissions) of the CSTO member states responsible for international relations, defense and security.
Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the CSTO Committee of Secretaries of Security Councils (CSSC) Sergey Shoigu gave an extensive interview to the Interfax news agency, in which he commented on the key areas of the Organization’s activities in 2026.
On 12 February, a briefing was held at the CSTO Crisis Response Center by Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff Colonel General Andrey Nikolaevich Serdyukov on the topic “Results of the joint training of command and control bodies and forces of the CSTO collective security system in 2025 and tasks for 2026.”
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.
