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Source: Ministry of Economic Development (Russia) – Ministry of Economic Development (Russia) –
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In 2026, the federal budget will allocate 7.8 billion rubles to the constituent entities of the Russian Federation to create infrastructure for business – industrial, technology and business parks. This was announced by the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin during a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers.
At the Eastern Economic Forum, Russian President Vladimir Putin noted that by 2030, at least 100 such parks with the necessary areas and communications will be opened in Russia. There should be all the infrastructure needed for small and medium-sized companies, Mikhail Mishustin recalled. The government helps the regions with its creation. To solve this problem, the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia is implementing a subsidy program, within the framework of which the regions can receive funds for the creation, reconstruction and additional equipment of infrastructure for business. The corresponding selection of applications from the regions was carried out at the agency's site.
"The selection of applications has been completed. 31 projects in 25 regions have been identified. We will allocate about 8 billion rubles from the federal budget for their implementation next year. The financing will create conditions so that small enterprises can implement their ideas, more quickly establish and develop joint production, and bring products to the market faster," the Prime Minister noted.
This mechanism of supporting private initiative has proven its relevance. More than 60 similar parks have already been built in the country's regions, where more than 900 SMEs operate, and about 15 thousand new jobs have been created, Mikhail Mishustin added.
"We have fundamentally changed the approach to providing support in this area: now all regions can participate in the program. The least well-off of them can receive up to 500 million rubles in federal subsidies. This allows us to direct resources exactly where they are most in demand. The key areas of the announced projects are mechanical engineering, metalworking and the production of high-tech equipment," commented Russian Minister of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov.
The program conditions for all regions included co-financing of projects in the amount of at least 20% of the subsidy amount. In addition, the key requirement was to attract private investment in the amount of at least 30% of the total cost of the project. The federal program of support for the creation of infrastructure for SMEs has undergone other changes. One of them was the preliminary assessment of projects in early 2025. This allowed the regions to receive feedback from experts on their application, refine it and thereby increase the chances of success in the main selection.
The industry approach is also changing. Now the opportunity to use the parks' infrastructure is also provided to creative businesses, which, for example, are engaged in the development of computer software. All these innovations are aimed at achieving the national goals set by the head of state to increase income per employee of an SME by 2030 and increase the share of creative industries to 6% of GDP, Mikhail Mishustin said.
"The experience of recent years has shown that the development of modern infrastructure for SMEs in the regions brings tangible results to the economy, primarily for companies from priority industries that create high-paying jobs, implement import substitution projects and generate a significant multiplier effect. At the same time, tax revenues from residents are several times higher than the state's costs of creating such infrastructure. We separately note the growing demand for a new support tool – the construction of business parks. Eight such projects will receive federal funding from 2026," explained Deputy Minister of Economic Development of Russia Tatyana Ilyushnikova.
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