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Nina Lesikhina

Nina Lesikhina

EBRD Policy officer

Email: ninalesikhina [at] bankwatch.org
Tel.: +420 777 995 515

Nina joined Bankwatch in 2019 as a Community Support Coordinator. She holds Master’s degrees in Environmental Science (Murmansk State Humanitarian University, Russia) and Environmental Policy (Central European University, Hungary). She has extensive experience in public advocacy campaigning on energy, climate change, waste, and chemicals management in Russia and globally.

More from Nina Lesikhina

The EBRD has set new human rights standards: Will they improve the lives of millions?

March 5, 2025 | Read more

This story explores the changes that the EBRD has made to its revised safeguards, with a particular focus on human rights due diligence. Strengthening this aspect, particularly the EBRD’s weak enforcement of client requirements, has long been a key priority for Bankwatch and has informed the collective advocacy efforts of many other civil society organisations.

EBRD’s Independent Project Accountability Mechanism investigates the Indorama Agro cotton project in Uzbekistan

January 16, 2025 | Read more

Following multiple allegations of human rights violations by Indorama Agro on a controversial cotton project funded by public development banks, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)’s Independent Project Accountability Mechanism (IPAM) has finally launched an investigation to determine whether the project adheres to the EBRD’s environmental and social standards.

The EBRD’s (ir)responsible exit from the Amulsar gold mine project in Armenia

May 29, 2024 | Read more

The engagement of the EBRD in supporting the Amulsar gold mine in Armenia in its early stages resulted in adverse environmental, social, economic, and human rights impacts. The EBRD terminated funding to the client and exited the project, but the harm remains unremedied.

Waste management in Uzbekistan: the high risks that the EBRD refuses to see

February 20, 2023 | Read more

People living in the settlements adjacent to landfills slated for expansion under an EBRD waste management project were not adequately consulted.

Balancing gender opportunities and risks: Gender impacts of the EBRD’s investments in Uzbekistan

March 2, 2022 | Read more

This report analyses the gender impact of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s (EBRD) portfolio in Uzbekistan.

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