Overview
- The cabinet cleared second-reading changes that phase down the simplified-tax revenue threshold that triggers VAT to 20 million rubles in 2026, 15 million in 2027 and 10 million from 2028, with a proposed moratorium on penalties for first-time VAT payers.
- Finance Minister Anton Siluanov detailed extra allocations of 75.5 billion rubles for regional roads, 32 billion for public transport to buy more than 5,000 buses, and about 10 billion to eliminate emergency housing stock.
- Officials said national projects retain nearly 21 trillion rubles over 2026–2028, with Dmitry Medvedev citing budgeted growth in key indicators and continued funding for social priorities.
- The Economic Development Ministry reported SMEs attracted 459.4 billion rubles in state-backed financing in January–September 2025, with more than 36,000 entrepreneurs using the programs.
- The SME Corporation issued an additional 20 billion rubles in umbrella guarantees to spark at least 40 billion in Q4 bank lending, while support for science‑tech SMEs reached over 61 billion rubles, up 78% year on year.