In 2019, the amount of funding for programs to support the Russian electronics industry amounted to slightly more than 10 billion rubles, and in 2024 this figure exceeded 200 billion rubles. Thus, the volume of state investments in this industry has increased more than 20 times, said Vasily Shpak, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation.
The volume of financing for the Russian electronics industry has increased 20-fold over the past five years: about 10 billion rubles in 2019 against more than 200 billion rubles in 2024. Such figures were cited by Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Vasily Shpak at the CNews FORUM Cases. The money is used to fully create a technological stack, starting with the means of production, materials and ending with the organization of full-fledged international cooperation in this area.
The deputy head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade admitted that this is "not an easy task", since the industry has not been engaged in the modern history of the country for 30 years, although the potential, according to him, has not yet been lost.
"The growth that the industry has been demonstrating over the past 3 years speaks for itself: in 2022, compared to 2021, we grew by more than 30% ,— Shpak said. — In 2023, we grew by almost 40% compared to 2022. The dynamics with which we are going with you in 2024 shows that there will also be at least 25% growth compared to the previous year. There has never been such a growth rate in the history of the industry."
Vasily Shpak added that electronics also developed at a serious pace in the Soviet Union, but comparison with this period, in his opinion, is incorrect.
The deputy minister spoke in more detail about the support of Russian electronics in an interview in April 2024.
The Deputy Minister also named the main economic challenge of recent times: increasing labor productivity, which should occur primarily through optimization of business processes and automation of production.
"It is clear that electronics, as a necessary condition for automation and digitalization, plays a key role here,— said Vasily Shpak. "Strategic documents have recently been approved in our country: the strategy for the development of the electronic industry and the foundations of state policy."
Shpak listed three main areas that need to be emphasized.
First, the entire necessary technological stack for end-to-end critical technologies should be taken under national control.
The second is the production capabilities to create the entire range of products for the needs of the Russian economy and those countries that will be part of its "currency and technological zone". Without the latter, the Deputy minister recalled, it is impossible to exchange innovations and return on investment in this area.
Finally, the third area is international cooperation. It is required, firstly, to market products that will be developed and produced in Russia, and secondly, to reduce the time for its development with the help of countries willing to participate in this process.
Shpak added that the country now has almost a full range of support measures for the development of these areas.
The deputy head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade also announced the appearance of new products in the field of microelectronics on the domestic market.
"Every time we meet, you ask the same questions: where is the Russian component electronic database, where are the Russian processors and everything else? Colleagues, I assure you: everything is there, everything is happening, everything is working. And there will be several new products coming soon. Testing is already underway somewhere, and it will begin somewhere in the near future. Therefore, do not worry," concluded Vasily Shpak.
Earlier, the Ministry of Industry and Trade decided on the directions in which landfills will be created for testing equipment and materials for the production of electronics. These sites should be used for testing in the fields of opto- and microwave electronics, for power and microelectronics, and for photomasks.
In the spring of 2024, it was reported that the turnover of Russian electronics manufacturers increased by 88% year—on-year - such figures are given in the Rosstat report.
In total, 274 billion rubles have been allocated from the state budget to support the Russian electronic industry over the past 8 years and almost 600 projects have been supported. The state funds were allocated within the framework of the 109th resolution "Subsidies to Russian organizations for financial support of part of the costs of creating scientific and technical groundwork for the development of basic technologies for the production of priority electronic components and electronic equipment."
