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.
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.
The Republic of Kazakhstan will host a special training of the Collective Rapid Reaction Forces of the CSTO under the code name "Cobalt-2025"
25.09.2025
From September 29 to October 3, this year, in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the Almaty region, in accordance with the Plan of joint training of forces and means of the CSTO collective security system for 2025, a special training will be held with special forces of the internal affairs bodies, national security, internal troops (National Guard), special and anti-drug services, as well as emergency rescue and firefighting structures that are part of the special forces formations of the Collective Rapid Reaction Forces (CRRF FSSN), under the code name "Cobalt-2025".
Before the start of the training, a command and staff training session will be held with the operational staff of the Operational Headquarters of the CSTO CRRF FSSN on planning and conducting a special operation, as well as competitions in military-applied sports.
During the active phase of the training, combined special forces groups of the competent authorities of the Organization's member states will solve training and applied operational combat tasks in conditions as close to combat as possible.
In the process of working out the training tasks of the special operation, special forces from the CSTO member states will work out issues of interaction in neutralizing gangs and terrorist groups, suppressing the activities of drug producers and blocking drug trafficking channels, as well as eliminating the consequences of emergencies resulting from hostilities and terrorist acts.
Valery Anatolyevich Semerikov, the CSTO Deputy Secretary General, will take part in the active phase of the training and summarize its results.
Representatives of the relevant CIS and SCO structures have been invited to observe the training.
