Meeting with Government members
Vladimir Putin held a videoconference meeting with members of the Government.
July 23, 2025
17:15
The Kremlin, Moscow
The main topic on the agenda was the development of the County Teacher, County Doctor, County Paramedic, Country Culture Worker and Country Coach programmes. Reports were delivered by deputy prime ministers Tatyana Golikova and Dmitry Chernyshenko.
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President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Good afternoon, colleagues,
Today we will talk about the development of the County Teacher, County Doctor, County Paramedic, Country Culture Worker and Country Coach programmes. But before that, I would like to greet you on behalf of the Prime Minister, who is currently on a trip and with whom I spoke a short while ago. And second, I would like to raise a number of current issues, starting with the results of the INNOPROM-2025 International Industrial Exhibition.
Mr [Anton] Alikhanov, how did it go?
Minister of Industry and Trade Anton Alikhanov: Mr President,
This year marks a milestone for the INNOPROM exhibition which has brought together over 50,000 participants from 66 countries in Yekaterinburg. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was the official partner country this year presenting a large national exposition alongside Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan.
INNOPROM continues to expand its presentation capabilities. This year, 390 exhibition booths were set up by participants, including 140 by foreign companies, as well as group expositions from 33 Russian regions. The scale of the event was further enhanced by the traditional 9th Russia-China EXPO held on the sidelines of INNOPROM, with over 300 Chinese companies showcasing their products.
Mr President, the goal of technological leadership set by you took centre stage at this year's INNOPROM. Most of the Russian breakthrough solutions presented at it were aligned with the objectives of the new national technological leadership projects. Industrial robotics, which are the key focus of the national system-wide Means of Production and Automation project, deserve special mention. The console-gantry all-purpose robots were of particular interest for our international guests. These systems can simultaneously deliver parts to multiple machines and processing centres, thus significantly reducing the number of robotic units at production facilities.
Equally important is the debut of Russia's innovative six-axel industrial and collaborative robotic manipulators. These robots enhance the precision and speed of operations such as welding, painting, and assembly. They are in high demand across various transport engineering sectors, primarily, the automotive industry.
In this sector, we continue building our own component base. For instance, the exhibition featured domestically developed anti-lock braking systems (ABS) and electronic stability control systems (ESC).
Our institute, NAMI, presented a secure autonomous driving system currently being tested on the Lada Vesta vehicle. NAMI also unveiled a pre-production prototype of the Atom electric vehicle, with full-scale production expected to begin later this year. The Atom's systems were tested in Arctic conditions after being delivered there by the 50 Let Pobedy nuclear icebreaker.
In other areas of the Transport Mobility national project, INNOPROM showcased a model of a high-speed rail train set. As I reported to you earlier, core components and systems of this train are undergoing testing. In September, production of the first train body will begin, and by the summer of 2027, two lead train sets will be delivered for infrastructure testing and certification.
In urban transit, in addition to modernising bus fleets, we manufacture trams using composite, stainless materials, and also modular trams with three to seven sections and dual-cab configurations eliminating the need for reversal rings.
In the aviation section of the exhibition, Mikhail Mishustin inspected the Ilyushin Il-114 regional passenger aircraft. Its certification is to be completed this year, and according to the schedule, serial deliveries to operators will start next August.
In the light aviation segment, a newly developed all-composite four-seat aircraft featuring a domestic engine designed last year was presented. It is intended for pilot training and tourist flights, with around nine pre-production samples expected to be manufactured this year.
Visitors were also able to take a look at the PD-8 engine for the fully import-substituted Superjet aircraft. Its certification is to be completed by the end of this year (all certification tests are currently underway), with serial deliveries planned for next spring.
Additionally, a new domestic 110-horsepower engine was showcased. Its production was launched at an enterprise based in Ufa, which is part of the United Engine Corporation. This engine will make small aviation independent from foreign manufacturers and will also be used on heavy civil unmanned aerial systems (UAS) developed under a dedicated national project.
Speaking of UAS, the exhibition had on display a serial helicopter-type UAV capable of delivering 100 kg of cargo over 600 km, and a unique amphibious UAV capable of taking off and landing on both water and land, with a 700 kg payload and a range of up to 1,500 km. A test batch of these UAVs is planned for August, with serial production scheduled to begin in 2028.
Today, significant developments are being carried out under the New Materials and Chemistry national project to ensure independence in raw materials. Among the most notable achievements presented at this exhibition I should mention metal powder sputting technology which can be used to create high-precision parts by pressing them in just one minute. The main consumers are the automotive industry and oil and gas sector; for oil-and-gas machine building this technology is in high demand.
The construction of the first sodium polyacrylate plant in Russia is another important project. Sodium polyacrylate is essential for producing medical items and personal hygiene products.
Another essential substance that our chemical complex can now produce is silica gel for polymerisation catalysts. It is a key raw material for the production of polypropylene and polyethylene which are widely used in various industries.
Special attention is also given to the catalyst industry, not only for the chemical and automotive sectors but also within the New Nuclear and Energy Technologies national project. Among the latest innovations for this essential sector, two models were demonstrated at INNOPROM: a centrifugal pump for continuous nuclear power plant operations, and a main line pump with an electric drive, which will eventually replace imported gas-turbine-powered units on pipelines.
The medical industry was also largely represented at the exhibition, showcasing laminar sterilisation units for laboratories and other controlled environments, the latest anaesthesia and respiratory devices, and portable diagnostic devices for detecting hearing issues in newborns.
All these developments will contribute to achieving technical sovereignty in healthcare under the New Health Saving Technologies national project.
One more national project supported by industry focuses on tourism development. Among the new types of technology and equipment used in this sector, where there are niches that we have to fill, we actually presented two new products at INNOPROM: the first Russian snow groomer (piste bashers) for ski resorts to undergo pilot operation at a resort this year, with serial deliveries planned for next year, and a ten-seat passenger cabin for cable cars.
All the developments I have mentioned are Russian-designed. However, there are several areas that involve cooperation with our Belarusian partners. This year, an INNOPROM exhibition was already held in Uzbekistan in April. For the first time this year, a similar travelling format exhibition will be held in Minsk, Belarus, at the end of September, where we will present promising areas of industrial cooperation between our two countries.
That is all. Thank you. The concludes my report.
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