Nikolai Nikulin has been appointed to head the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) representative office in Tajikistan, replacing Rashid Kadyrov, who had served as head of the EBD office in Tajikistan for almost eight years.
The EDB office in Tajikistan is engaged in organizing financing of the EDB investment projects in the country.
Prior to joining the EDB, Nikolai Nikulin had worked at the Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation since 2001.
He had served as representative of the Russian Customs Service in Belarus and then in the same position in Tajikistan.
Nikolai Nikulin was born in 1964. He graduated from military flight school, Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers, Kaliningrad Frontier Institute of the Federal Security Service of Russia, and North-West Academy of Public Administration Service Academy.
The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) is an international financial institution promoting integration and development in its member countries – Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan. The EDB's charter capital totals US $7 billion. The Bank was established in January 2006 by Russia and Kazakhstan and is headquartered in Almaty.
The EDB’s portfolio mainly consists of transport infrastructure, energy, chemical, mining, and mechanical engineering projects with a high integration effect.
