❗️Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s statement on the beginning of Russia’s CSTO Presidency
On January 1, 2026, Russia assumed the presidency of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (#CSTO) and will hold it under the motto, Collective Security in a Multipolar World: Common Goal, Shared Responsibility.
Together with our CSTO allies, we are joining forces to uphold our common approaches to resolving international security issues.
The fundamental documents of the Organisation set forth the principles of peaceful co-existence of states, the priority of a political and diplomatic settlement, and compliance with the international law with the UN playing a leading role. This forms the foundation for working with our partners to forge mutually beneficial relations and to actively engage in shaping the contours of a future architecture of equal and indivisible security across the Eurasian space. The CSTO could become one of its pillars.
We would like the Eurasian states to take responsibility for resolving security issues and determine the future of the continent themselves, without any outside interference.
The Collective Security Treaty Organisation has emerged as a prominent and respected association of allied states, whose activities are not directed against anyone, do not contain any aggressive aspirations, and aim exclusively to maintain regional stability and ensure the wellbeing of its member states. Moreover, all decisions in the Organisation are made by consensus based on a balance of interests, and cooperation is based on the principles of respect for each other, good neighbourliness, genuine friendship and mutual support.
🤝Russia will ensure continuity in the development of main areas of cooperation, among other things, by continuing to work on implementing the initiatives of the presidency of the Kyrgyz Republic which has just finished.
In view of geopolitical tension, we will strive to further consolidate CSTO member states, strengthen allied ties, and deepen coordination on key international matters. We will continue our policy of expanding the CSTO’s network of contacts with the Eurasian states and their integration associations.
Our efforts will focus on effectively fulfilling the Organisation’s primary mission which consists of maintaining peace and stability in its area of responsibility, ensuring favourable conditions for safe development and prosperity of the CSTO member states. No one should have any doubts: we will not allow any chaos in our common home.
We attach great importance to the development of the enforcement dimension in the Organisation’s work. There are plans to focus on building up the capabilities of the Collective Forces of the CSTO, equipping them with up-to-date and compatible weapons and equipment. The work will be structured in accordance with the nature of current and potential challenges, taking into consideration the experience of present-day armed conflicts.
We will pay special attention to cooperation in protection against biological threats and information security. Ensuring technological leadership in the military sphere, developing military-industrial complexes of the CSTO countries and promoting their cooperation, and fulfilling the innovative potential will also be among our priorities.
We intend to use a wider range of tools for jointly countering international terrorism and extremism, money laundering and terrorist financing, as well as combating illicit drug and arms trafficking, transnational organised crime, and illegal migration.
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We are confident in the support of our partners in implementing the priorities of the Russian presidency, and ready to work closely together and productively in 2026.
I am convinced that through joint efforts we will bring cooperation within the CSTO to a new level to preserve and strengthen peace in the Organisation’s space.
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😀ЕАБР получил ESG-рейтинг «А-» от китайского агентства CCXGF
⚡Это высокая оценка по шкале агентства. Она подтверждает: практики Евразийского банка развития соответствуют международным стандартам и строгим требованиям китайского рынка.
China Chengxin Green Finance (CCXGF) — специализированное агентство в сфере устойчивого финансирования, входящее в группу CCXI, старейшего и крупнейшего кредитного рейтингового агентства Китая.
Агентство отметило:
🖋 Системную интеграцию ESG-принципов в стратегию Банка (к 2026 году не менее 25% проектов портфеля ЕАБР должны вносить значительный вклад в достижение Целей устойчивого развития)
📈 Комплексную оценку экологических и социальных рисков проектов
🤝 Стабильность управленческой команды и вклад в экономику стран-участниц (рабочие места, налоговые поступления)
🌱 Выдающиеся результаты в зеленом финансировании — совокупный объем зеленого портфеля ЕАБР на конец 2025 года превысил $2 млрд
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Деятельность ЕАБР проанализировали по 13 направлениям в трех измерениях (экологическое, социальное, корпоративное управление). Высокая оценка получена по всем трем.
#ЕАБР#EDB#ESG#CCXGF#устойчивое_развитие
⚡️Article by Mikael Agasandyan, Director of the First CIS Countries Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, published in Eurasian Dialogue(December 22, 2025)
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✍️A prosperous and dynamic business sector is undoubtedly one of the key system-forming drivers across a wide range of areas.
Creating the most favourable conditions for entrepreneurship, including in the external dimension, is a strategic priority. Supporting Russian participants in foreign economic activity through diplomatic and international-legal instruments has therefore become one of the core tasks of Russia's Foreign Ministry.
In practical terms, efforts are focused on the consistent advancement of economic integration processes, improving the legal and regulatory framework, strengthening interstate trade ties and technological sovereignty, and facilitating dialogue between regions and the business community.
The principal driving force behind dynamic progress on the economic track is joint work with partners within regional multilateral structures involving Russia – the #EAEU, the #CIS and, to a certain extent, taking into account its specific mandate, the CSTO.
#EAEU
The flagship project in this regard is the Eurasian Economic Union – not only as an economic organization, but also as the most deeply integrated interstate association with supranational regulation.
The #EAEU’s external trade activities open up broad opportunities for business, primarily through the conclusion of free trade agreements with third countries.
The Eurasian Development Bank (#EDB) has a substantial set of instruments to support and promote entrepreneurship. The EDB provides financing and/or technical assistance for projects that generate or strengthen an integration effect within the region.
Particular attention should also be paid to the EAEU Business Council. Its work is aimed at establishing direct links between entrepreneurs, fostering a favourable business environment, promoting trade-economic, industrial and investment cooperation, and supporting the EAEU’s external trade agenda.
#CIS
The economic dimension is likewise a key pillar of cooperation within the CIS. An extensive legal framework has been established, an integral component of which is the Free Trade Area Agreement of October 18, 2011, ensuring the functioning of a full-fledged free trade regime for goods.
According to the CIS Interstate Statistical Committee, the foreign trade turnover of CIS countries reached USD 1.1 trillion in 2024.
Special mention should be made of the statement on the inadmissibility of the use of unilateral restrictive measures in international relations, approved at the meeting of the CIS Council of Foreign Ministers on October 7, 2024. <…>
#CSTO
Within the CSTO framework, member states attach particular importance to military-economic and industrial cooperation, which is directly linked to the development of national defence-industrial complexes and the corresponding logistics and supply systems of the armed forces of the Organization’s member states.
In the spirit of alliance and commitment to shared objectives, and with due regard for the national interests of each member state, painstaking work continues to further integrate and consolidate the efforts and competencies of defence-sector enterprises and organizations across the CSTO area, as well as to create the necessary conditions for implementing joint projects in priority fields.
☝️ In conclusion, despite the progress achieved, considerable reserves for further economic development within our common space remain untapped.
The experience and resources of our regional structures are especially in high demand in the context of implementing the initiative of Russia's President Vladimir Putin to form a Greater Eurasian Partnership (#GEP).
#Eurasia4You
😀Как ЕАБР помогает модернизировать угольную генерацию в Казахстане
На прошлой неделе в Астане обсуждали будущее угольной генерации — ключевую тему для энергобезопасности страны. На круглом столе с участием министерства энрегетики Казахстана принимали участие и представители ЕАБР. В центре повестки было поручение Президента о Национальном проекте по «чистой» угольной генерации и модернизация 7,6 ГВт мощностей.
💰ЕАБР участвует в этой работе не только экспертно, но и финансово. В развитие темы банк совместно с АО «Евразийский банк» предоставил $180 млн на модернизацию Усть-Каменогорской ТЭЦ*. Это один из пилотных проектов Нацпрограммы.
Что важно: новый энергоблок будет оснащен современными энергетическими и экологическими системами, а высокий уровень пылеочистки и снижение выбросов сократят воздействие на окружающую среду.
💡Итог: Это не только тепло для более чем 300 многоквартирных домов, это вклад в развитие всего региона, ведь доступ к теплу - это и развитие инфраструктуры, бизнеса, появление новых рабочих мест и так далее. К том уже это экологичность и вклад в стратегию углеродной нейтральности до 2060 года.
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*ЕАБР предоставил кредит $90 млн и Евразийский банк также предоставил $90 млнпод гарантию от ЕАБР.
#ЕАБР#EDB#УгольнаяГенерация#ЧистыйУголь#ЭнергетикаКазахстана#УстьКаменогорск#ESG#Инвестиции