We review key developments in innovation, economic, and scientific progress in Russia and the regions of the Association. Arkhangelsk Region Governor Alexander Tsybulsky reported to Vladimir Putin on the region’s development and on the work of the State Council commission on “International Cooperation and Export,” which he chairs. Among the proposals voiced was a request from exporters to expand transport subsidies and reduce tariff barriers in promising foreign markets. The region is also a key participant in testing experimental legal regimes for unmanned systems on the Northern Sea Route and in the Arctic Zone; the relevant decree was signed by the Russian Ministry of Economic Development. The use of ice reconnaissance systems based on deck-based UAVs will be tested. Governor Alexander Tsybulsky said that Pomorye is strengthening its role in the development of the Northern Sea Route, improving the safety and predictability of navigation, and laying the groundwork for new logistics solutions and technological projects in the Arctic. Republic of Tatarstan Russian Energy Minister Sergey Tsivilev and Rais Rustam Minnikhanov opened the Kazan International Electric Power Forum “ENERGOPROM-2026.” Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) At the International “EnergoProm” Forum in Kazan, Head of Yakutia Aisen Nikolayev chaired a meeting of the State Council Commission on Energy. The meeting was attended by State Council Secretary Alexey Dyumin and Russian Energy Minister Sergey Tsivilev. The participants discussed technological sovereignty in the energy sector and the development of domestic power engineering. Lipetsk Region Governor Igor Artamonov showed Russian Minister of Agriculture Oksana Lut the introduction of innovative solutions in the region’s agro-industrial sector, including biotechnology, digitalization, precision farming, unmanned systems, and the training of highly skilled personnel. Using Yelets State University as an example, they demonstrated the linkage between school, college, university, and enterprise. Krasnoyarsk Krai Governor Mikhail Kotyukov and Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak discussed the implementation of measures to improve labor productivity in the economy, industry, and energy sector. He also described how cooperation between business and science is organized in the region: enterprises formulate their technology needs, research centers and universities find solutions, and the results are brought into production. Novosibirsk Region The region is addressing staffing needs by supporting young specialists at enterprises. Governor Andrey Travnikov visited one of the region’s most high-tech companies, the “Ekran FEP” plant, where unique technologies from optics, chemistry, and electronics are used. The company actively cooperates with Novosibirsk research institutes and universities. Novosibirsk State Technical University became one of two winners of a federal competition to establish regional centers for scientific and technological development in machine-tool engineering. The university will receive a grant of 9 million rubles. Kaluga Region For the first time, the region has developed a seven-year forecast of workforce demand based on a survey of around 2,600 employers, taking labor productivity growth into account. According to Governor Vladislav Shapsha, nearly 60 percent of the demand is for blue-collar occupations. The number of state-funded places in technical schools and colleges will be increased, and new in-demand training programs will be introduced. Republic of Mordovia The region became the national leader in the number of certified industrial tourism sites in Russia for the first time. Four sites — “Biokhimik,” the winery “Kemlya Distillery,” Ogarev Mordovia State University, and the tourism company “Edge of the Earth. Tourism” — received certification from Roskachestvo, as reported by Head of the Republic Artem Zdunov. Perm Krai Scientists at Perm Polytechnic University have developed a technology for extracting lithium — the key metal of the energy sector — from oilfield water (formation water). The new approach makes it possible to purify the water and obtain a strategically important metal at the same time.
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