SARAFAN Alliance
A New Socio-Cultural Alliance of the “Primary Civilizational Belt” Countries
The Primary Belt of Civilizations represents the spatial and cultural core of the planet, encompassing Eastern Europe, Siberia, China, Central Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. It is here that the first settlements and states emerged, where writing and religions were born, and where the distinction between good and evil first took shape as a universal category of human existence. This belt is the zone of civilizational memory and conscience, preserving historical continuity and the capacity for renewal.
By contrast, the Fragmented Belt of Civilizations is the product of secondary migrations, colonial expansions, and imitative cultures. North America and modern Europe constitute this belt. It is built not on original memory but on copying and exploitation. Its logic is constant expansion at the expense of others, the substitution of the spiritual by the material, the conversion of creativity into consumption, and ethics into pragmatism.
Thus, if the Primary Belt represents civilization itself, the Fragmented Belt is its imitation, detached from its source.
The project introduces a new type of integrative initiative — a system of civilizational development uniting economy, culture, and the human being. It is neither a bloc nor a union, but a horizontal infrastructure of cooperation among countries, companies, and societies bound by principles of responsibility and creation.
The initiative envisions the establishment of a governance center for the international “SARAFAN Alliance” based on a social and infrastructural platform. The Corporation will serve as the operational core of the project, coordinating programs and developing cooperation among Alliance members. A key objective is the social integration of Siberian cities and regions, sustainable development, cooperation with international partners, and the formation of a new generation of human capital — preparing professionals capable of working across the cross-cutting competencies of the future: science, engineering, agro-industry, management, and international cooperation. This is not just about professional education but about creating an environment where young specialists, researchers, and entrepreneurs grow within real projects, mastering strategic thinking, cultural diplomacy, and responsible leadership.
• Culture – Annual international “SARAFAN Festival” in Krasnoyarsk, starting September 2026;
• Education – Development of a unified educational program and creation of an online university;
• Economy and Trade – Establishment of a dedicated International Organization of Agricultural Cooperatives of the Alliance countries and an independent forum for agro-cooperation; development of a unified digital platform for participants;
• International Cooperation – Establishment of an organizational structure addressing international security, coordinating member-state initiatives, and countering Western sanctions and discrimination;
• Intellectual & Strategic Development – Creation of a visionary institute shaping models of human development within the framework of the “RETHINK:2045” economic forum.
The SARAFAN Alliance thus becomes a framework through which this experience gains international continuity: from production contours to humanitarian domains, from national initiatives to inter-civilizational alliances.
In this sense, the SARAFAN Alliance is not merely a project but the operational logic of a new world, where balance replaces confrontation, cooperation replaces competition, and the development of cooperation becomes a form of peacemaking.
The Alliance defines a development vector grounded in a new logic of sustainability: industrial self-sufficiency, technological connectivity, human capital development, food security, and managed labor migration — all aimed at strengthening social and economic equilibrium in the regions of presence.
The SARAFAN Alliance combines vertical integration of production and infrastructure systems with horizontal integration of governance, science, and culture. The vertical models ensure resilience and predictability and form the material foundation of the Alliance. The horizontal structure provides flexibility, communication, and exchange of competencies between countries, regions, and institutions. This combination creates a matrix architecture of development in which industrial efficiency is supported by humanitarian and intellectual collaboration.
A key mark of maturity for such systems is their ability to connect production and social circuits: investing not only in technological infrastructure but also in human capital, education, and regional communities. These systems become the foundation of long-term food and energy security, forging an inseparable link between industry and society.
It is important that the launch and management of the project be based on corporate governance rather than a new artificially created institution detached from real life. Within the already functioning infrastructure, a dedicated division should be established to shape and implement projects.
General Objective: By 2030, to form a horizontally integrated system of cooperation among the countries of the Primary Civilizational Belt (Eurasia, Africa, Latin America), ensuring economic, cultural, and humanitarian interaction based on principles of balance, sustainable development, and mutual benefit.
Stage I: Formation of the operational management center based on the Social Corporation “Siberia”; approval of the cooperation architecture and roadmap; creation of the project’s digital social platform.
Stage II: Launch of three pilot areas — cultural (annual SARAFAN Festival in Krasnoyarsk), educational (unified program and online university), and economic (digital trade platform). Presentation of the institutional and humanitarian model of the Alliance at the “RETHINK:2045” Forum.
Stage III: Scaling of international partnerships; launch of joint projects in food security, logistics, energy, and technology exchange.
Stage IV (by 2030): Consolidation of the SARAFAN Alliance as a self-sustaining infrastructure for governance and cooperation among the countries of the Primary Belt.
The SARAFAN Alliance is not an alternative or competitor to BRICS but its project-based and operational extension. While BRICS forms a political-economic platform at the interstate level, SARAFAN creates a practical infrastructure for horizontal interaction: a system of project offices, cultural and educational initiatives, industrial and business projects that implement BRICS’ long-term goals at the level of societies, corporations, and regions. Within cooperation with BRICS, a dedicated SARAFAN Project Office is planned, working in coordination with relevant structures of the member states, while holding an independent mandate to implement integrative, cultural, and scientific-educational programs.
This institutional separation prevents contradictions and duplication while maintaining a shared strategic vector for the development of the Primary Civilizational Belt and a new model of international cooperation.
Preliminary consultations have confirmed the readiness of international development institutions and cultural foundations to participate in financing infrastructure projects and events implemented as part of the SARAFAN Alliance initiative.
The uniqueness of the project lies in its multilateral co-financing model, involving key participating countries (Russia, China, India, and Brazil).
An interdisciplinary working group has been formed to coordinate the preparation and implementation of the SARAFAN Alliance.
Business structures form the institutional basis for interaction with the Alliance in the areas of food security, technology exchange, and agro-industrial diplomacy.
Within the Alliance, a global cooperative framework for food security and business interaction will be created.
Thanks to its uniqueness and synthesis of various approaches and semantic layers, the SARAFAN project becomes a point of assembly for a new system of influence and coordination. It will unite industrial practice, cultural policy, and strategic planning, creating a format in which the economic, humanitarian, and technological environments begin to operate in synchrony. Such synthesis enables not only adaptation to changes but leadership in transformation, turning disparate initiatives into a managed ecosystem.
Amid global turbulence, SARAFAN will become an operational center of a new type, generating solutions that ensure a balance of interests and real mechanisms of international influence. Participation of the corporation and its leader in shaping and developing the SARAFAN Alliance — precisely now, at a moment of systemic disorganization of the world order — creates a unique window of opportunity, a tunnel toward a new level of influence and power. When traditional decision centers lose manageability and old institutions fail to coordinate processes, new forms of leadership emerge, built on the ability to connect economy, culture, and human capital into a unified logic of action.
The SARAFAN project will thus become an institutional platform of global scale, enabling not merely participation in processes but shaping new rules of interaction among countries, regions, and civilizations. For the leader of the corporation, this is not only a strategic step but also a symbolic transition — from industrial power to an architectural role in shaping the future world order.
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