Overview
- At the Strategic Development Council, Vladimir Putin outlined six cross‑cutting priorities for next year, including a rapid structural overhaul, stronger demographic support and technological leadership.
- The government and regions were told to begin at once implementing a plan through 2030 to create higher‑paid, high‑tech jobs and raise consumption of domestic goods.
- The “whitening” push targets illegal employment, tighter control of cash circulation and cleanup of illicit markets, with a warning to prevent VAT changes from pushing businesses into the shadow sector and an instruction to accelerate measures previously slated for late 2026.
- Ministries must secure funding for technology national projects, including extra‑budget sources, with success defined by original, globally competitive solutions and wide deployment of AI and other advanced systems.
- Productivity programs will expand to high‑employment industries and the public sector, the regional component of economic projects will be strengthened to reach all subjects of the federation, and Putin cited roughly 1% GDP growth, inflation near 6% and record‑low unemployment as a base to speed momentum.