Overview
- First Vice Premier Denis Manturov said the worked‑out project will be submitted in November to the presidium of the Presidential Council for Strategic Development.
- Budget documents earmark 754 million rubles in 2026, 2.1 billion in 2027, and 2.2 billion in 2028 for the federal project on technological support.
- The Kurchatov National Research Center was named lead implementer as officials cite existing strengths across 47 institutes and 89 universities and stress readiness for selective international cooperation.
- The national project’s structure includes three federal projects covering production and sales stimulation, scientific and technological support, and analytical, methodological and workforce development, with goals such as import substitution in cosmetics, perfumery and household chemicals.
- Scientific leadership outlined a long‑term projection that industrial “white” biotechnology could account for up to half of Russia’s chemical industry by 2050.