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.”
The 23rd International Seminar-Meeting on Comprehensive Combat with Heads of Combat and Physical Training of Law Enforcement Agencies of CSTO Member States Was Held
10.04.2026
From 6 to 8 April 2026, the 23rd International Seminar-Meeting on Comprehensive Combat with heads of combat and physical training of law enforcement ministries and agencies of the CSTO member states was held at the Ognikovo Park Hotel in the Istra District of the Moscow Region.
Nikolai Bordyuzha, President of the International Federation of Comprehensive Combat, addressed the event.
The seminar was also attended by representatives of law enforcement ministries and agencies of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Vietnam.
The participants familiarized themselves with the techniques and methodological framework of comprehensive combat, as well as with the rules for the preparation and conduct this year of the 23rd International Tournament in Comprehensive Combat for the CSTO Secretary General’s Cup, and discussed topical issues related to strengthening international and interagency cooperation in the applied areas of this type of combat.
