The Eurasian Group published the outcomes of its 43rd Plenary, electing Yury Chikhanchin of Russia as chair and Dmitry Zakharov of Belarus as deputy chair for 2026-2027 and approving chairmanship priorities centered on the third round of mutual evaluations. The plenary also approved a country-readiness monitoring mechanism based on key performance indicators to help members identify and address weaknesses in their anti-money laundering, counter-terrorist financing and counter-proliferation financing systems before those assessments. The group highlighted that 2025 money-laundering threats in the region increasingly involve multilayered schemes using professional launderers, cryptoassets and payment details of nominee individuals, while terrorist financing schemes increasingly use foreign crypto exchangers, in-game currencies and crypto wallets. In response, it approved new typology projects on the misuse of nominees and virtual asset service providers, led by Tajikistan, and on the use of artificial intelligence as a terrorist financing tool and in competent authorities' counter-terrorist financing work, led by India, Russia, the Commonwealth of Independent States Anti-Terrorism Center and the United Arab Emirates. Belarus also presented its second 2022-2025 progress report on remedial steps taken after the previous mutual evaluation round. To support implementation, the plenary agreed to create a technical assistance and development fund to help finance member states' preparation for the third evaluation round, updated the rules for coordinating technical assistance and approved a new international association of training centers from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. It also admitted the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism and the Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Group as new observers, approved a technical assistance plan for Iran and confirmed that the 44th plenary will be held in Turkmenistan in May 2026.

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