Overview
- President Vladimir Putin said Russia’s economic dynamics are modest but positive with GDP growth around 1%, and he described Ukrainian strikes on industrial and transport facilities as harmful but not capable of causing critical damage.
- He instructed the government to adopt a program to restore logistics and warehouse capacity damaged by attacks, specifying state involvement and reconstruction at a higher technological level.
- The Kremlin proposed at least 100 billion rubles in additional aid for the regions with the weakest budgets and asked officials to consider postponing some budget-loan repayments to ease regional fiscal strains.
- Putin ordered a shift in investment priorities toward projects that serve domestic demand and called for a new cycle of investment alongside strict, region-by-region implementation and monitoring of the 2030 structural reform plan.
- He urged a rapid expansion of digital tools in medicine, education and culture and a nationwide rollout of electronic assessments for social institutions, noting the service currently operates in 30 regions and that these steps remain policy directives pending government implementation details.