Overview
- SMEs attracted 459.4 billion rubles in financing through state support over the first three quarters of 2025, with more than 36,000 entrepreneurs using the programs, the economy ministry reported.
- The SME Corporation set an extra 20 billion-ruble limit for Q4 umbrella guarantees, expected to unlock at least 40 billion rubles in bank lending across 16 partner banks.
- Scientific and technical SMEs received over 61 billion rubles in January–September, a 78% year-over-year increase under National Guarantee System tools, according to the SME Corporation.
- Businesses in Donbass and Novorossiya secured nearly 3 billion rubles for nine months, with about 440 companies supported and roughly half the volume provided via umbrella guarantees.
- Budget amendments for 2026–2028 propose 75.5 billion rubles for regional roads—targeting 700 km to standard and 22 projects—and nearly 10 billion rubles for eliminating unsafe housing, alongside regional plans such as 215 billion rubles for education in the Moscow region and 2.4 billion rubles in grants to restart seven enterprises in Kursk.