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About the current price situation. September 10, 2025

10 September 2025 19:01

Date of publication: September 10, 2025

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Relevant order approved by the Russian Government. The document was developed by the Ministry of Economic Development to implement the new provisions of the law "On the Fundamentals of Tourist Activity in the Russian Federation", which were adopted by the State Duma and approved by the President in July. They appeared at the initiative of the tourism business. The list has been agreed upon with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and may be further expanded by decision of the Government.

According to the law, the same amount of financial security (tour operator civil liability insurance) applies to tour operators that specialize exclusively in trips to neighboring countries as for companies operating in the domestic market from September 1. Its amount is 500 thousand rubles instead of 50 million for operators sending tourists to other countries. In addition, such tour operators will be exempt from the obligation to pay contributions to personal liability funds, the purpose of which coincides with insurance.

Financial security is necessary to compensate tourists in the event of the tour operator's insolvency. Given the low risks and cost of travel to neighboring countries, tourists' interests will be protected even with a decrease in security, and the innovation may also have a positive effect on the cost of tourism products.

Tour operators in neighboring countries, like other outbound tour operators, will be required to participate in filling the reserve fund of the Tourpomoshch Association for the purpose of returning tourists from these countries in the event of crisis situations.

The new regulation stipulates that all tour operators in outbound tourism will be able to ignore the total cost of tours to neighboring countries when calculating the amount of financial support and contributions to personal liability funds.

"Reducing the financial burden on tour operators will allow us to more actively develop new destinations in neighboring countries and expand the range of available tours. For travelers, this means not only more attractive prices, but also an increased level of protection. Organized vacations provide insurance coverage, prompt assistance in unforeseen situations, and guaranteed organization of return to the homeland if necessary. We expect that the easing of regulatory requirements will also facilitate the transition of a significant part of the market from the gray zone to the legal field, which will increase the reliability and transparency of the industry in the interests of tourists," said Deputy Minister Dmitry Vakhrukov.

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Since the beginning of 2025, 21 new offices of the My Documents State Service Centers have opened in the territories of the new subjects of the Russian Federation: six in the Donetsk People's Republic, one in the Luhansk People's Republic, seven in the Zaporizhia region, and seven in the Kherson region. The development of the MFC network in the new regions is provided by the Single Customer State Service Center jointly with the Ministry of Economic Development and the Ministry of Construction of Russia, by the sponsor regions, and by the new regions independently.

"Currently, there are 140 My Documents State Service Centers operating in the new regions, which is 1,055 document acceptance and issuance windows. In total, this is 15% more than last year. We see a great interest from colleagues from the regions in the desire to make citizens' lives better. Already now, the indicators of population coverage in the DPR and LPR by state services exceed 90%. We expect that by the end of the year, the standard indicator of citizens' accessibility to receive state services in MFCs – at least 90% – will be ensured in all new regions. The plans include opening 33 more MFC offices by the end of the year," said State Secretary – Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Alexey Khersontsev.

According to a VTsIOM poll conducted in August 2025, 47% of respondents were satisfied with the work of the State Service Centers in the DPR, 53% in the LPR, 33% in the Zaporizhia region, and 41% in the Kherson region.

"In the first seven months of the year, the number of citizen requests to the MFCs of the new entities amounted to 2.9 million, of which 73% were requests for Rosreestr services for state cadastral registration and state registration of rights to real estate, which is due to the ongoing work in the new regions on the complete inventory of real estate. In addition, applicants also apply for services from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia (7%) and the Social Fund of Russia (6%)," commented Kirill Albychev, Director of the Department for Ensuring the Quality of Public Services to the Population and the Performance of State Functions of the Ministry of Economic Development of 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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The official opening of the 31st International Forum and Exhibition "Leisure-2025" took place in Moscow. As part of the business program of the forum, a plenary session "Tourism in a New Dimension" was held, moderated by Sangadzhi Tarbaev, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Tourism and Tourism Infrastructure Development. The session participants discussed the transformation of the market under the influence of digital innovations, as well as strategic vectors for the development of the industry. Particular attention in the discussion was paid to strengthening international cooperation, primarily with the People's Republic of China.

In his speech, Nikita Kondratyev, Director of the Department of Multilateral Economic Cooperation and Special Projects of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, told the participants in detail about the measures taken to increase the inbound flow from China to Russia.

"China, as you rightly noted, is Russia's most important partner on the world stage. The decision to abolish visa formalities announced last week at the EEF only emphasizes the friendly and trusting nature of bilateral relations. China is the main exporter of Russian tourism services, we have a common border, so the abolition of the visa regime is a significant opportunity for the country's economy and border regions in particular," noted Nikita Kondratyev.

He also stressed that the current mechanisms for visa-free group tourism, launched in August 2023, have already proven their effectiveness: almost 2 million tourists have taken advantage of this opportunity. In order to further intensify tourist exchanges, work is underway with the Chinese Foreign Ministry to modernize the current agreement: it is planned to reduce the minimum group size from five to three people and increase the length of stay from 15 to 21 days, which fully meets the demand for family and health holidays.

A significant part of the report was devoted to the comprehensive work on promoting Russia in the Chinese tourism market under the single brand Discover Russia. In this area, a catalog of 11 specialized tour routes has already been formed, six of which were created taking into account the preferences of Chinese travelers. Campaigns are being conducted in the social networks WeChat, Weibo, Douyin, as well as regular participation in key specialized exhibitions in the PRC.

A separate block of measures is aimed at adapting Russia's tourism infrastructure to the needs of guests from China. Within the framework of the national project "Tourism and Hospitality" by 2030 it is planned to build about 400 hotels and 50 large infrastructure facilities. Key attention is paid to certification according to the China Friendly standard, confirming that services meet the expectations of Chinese tourists. In parallel, work is underway to increase the availability of payment instruments for them.

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