Russian President Vladimir Putin met with high-level delegations from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states in Moscow, signaling a major push to deepen economic and energy cooperation across the vast Eurasian region. This meeting, which took place as Russia assumed the SCO's rotating presidency, focused on implementing a new Action Plan (2026-2030) designed to boost trade, investment, and financial mechanisms—a move widely seen as an effort to build resilience against Western sanctions and global economic volatility.