At the meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Commonwealth of Independent States held on October 12 in Astana, the Regulations on the Interstate Program "Sports Capitals of the Commonwealth" were approved. The need to develop a document is due to the increased need in the CIS countries to hold joint sports and sports events of various kinds. This was also facilitated by the successful implementation of the Games of the CIS countries, which were first held in 2021 in Kazan. ECI reports, citing Khovar.