Overview
- Vice Premier Tatyana Golikova reported that the number of donors in Russia has grown by more than 30% over the past five years.
- Eighty percent of donors return to give two or more times annually, and 99% of donations are voluntary.
- The national bone marrow registry, operating since 2023, has surpassed its 2025 target and receives over 230 million rubles each year for compatibility searches.
- FMBA chief Veronika Skvortsova said Russian citizens now account for about 70% of unrelated donors and that matches are found in 97% of cases.
- The 2025 Fire of Life relay yielded 88,000 blood donations and added 7,500 prospective bone marrow donors to the registry.