News about Russian economy

The number of IT companies in Russia has grown by 14% since 2022. In January 2022 there were 190 thousand IT companies. In June 2024 there are 217 thousand, Mikhail Srodnykh, head of Kontur, told RIA Novosti.

Job Market Overview and Salary Survey 2023 Antal Russia _ Russian https://antaltalent.ru/wp-content/uploads/docs/Antal_Talent_Issledovanie_rynka_truda_i_obzor_zarabotnyh_plat_2023.pdf

MTS Link, Contur.Talk, Trueconf and Yandex Telemost overtook Zoom and Microsoft Teams in the rating of video communication services. Russian projects are gaining an audience faster than foreign projects are losing them, but so far this business requires investment

The Russian radiopharmaceutical market is expected to double by 2030. A new plant for their production is being built in Obninsk, and medical isotopes are being produced at the Leningrad NPP using a power reactor. A special report on the creation of isotopes for health on this video: https://dzen.ru/video/watch/6666f0454d0b900b3349088b

The number of Gazprom employees has approached half a million people. Last year it reached 498.1 thousand employees. The figure has been growing for the sixth year.

Flight certification tests of the SJ-100 have begun Today it performed the first flight within their framework, UAC reports. According to the aviation industry development program, the SJ-100 certification is to be completed in 2025.

More than a thousand agreements were signed as a result of SPIEF. Their total amount is almost 6.5 trillion rubles, according to Roscongress. The most expensive was the agreement between VEB.RF and RusHydro on cooperation on projects in the Far East. St. Petersburg took the first place by the number of signed agreements - 69 documents worth over 1.2 trillion rubles.

Moscow Exchange is considering holding trades on weekends. At the moment they are held only on weekdays. The platform is ready for such an innovation and is discussing it with the industry and market participants in order to work out the best offer for investors.

Three weeks ago I have moved to Kazan, Tatarstan, Central part of Russia from the South of Russia. Tatarstan takes the second place in Russia in terms of investment climate. On 2024 the national rating of the subjects of the Russian Federation was assessed by 67 indicators in 4 areas - regulatory environment, institutions for business, infrastructure and resources, support for small business. By the end of 2023, 1 trillion 1800 billion rubles of investments were attracted to the Tatarstan republic's economy. A lot of manufacturing enterprises are located in Tatarstan, new large production sites are in construction. Business faced a big problem with personnel. Unemployment in Russia is 2.6% and it has become a problem for the country. Companies are competing in ways to retain staff. Environment is very friendly for foreigners and new people. Visiting Kazan you understand in full what multicultural environment and hospitality is. Very nice place for people who wants to build career quickly. In the next post some photos of Kazan I made last weeks⬇️

Rosatom and Gazprom will jointly develop gas motor industry projects The companies signed an agreement at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. The parties plan to produce new-generation compressed natural gas storage systems to equip mobile gas refueling trucks. It is planned that carbon fiber produced by Rosatom's Composite Division will be used in the production of the storage systems. "Gazprom as a leader in the development of the domestic NGV market is definitely a priority partner for Rosatom in the implementation of projects in this area. Cooperation with such a strong player will allow Rosatom to increase volumes in terms of sales of products of its composite division, as well as to unite competences, including projects on creation of modern equipment for storage of compressed natural gas," noted Alexey Likhachev, Director General of the State Corporation. #PIEF2024

Soyuz-Agro Group (Krasnodar Region), specializing in crop and livestock farming, plans to build a breeding and seed production center in Krasnodar region. The agreement on the project realization was signed at the SPIEF. The production capacity of the plant will be 25 thousand tons of seeds per year. Import substitution in seed production is one of the key tasks for the agro-industrial complex at the federal and regional levels.

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Unemployment in Russia is at a record low level - in April the figure amounted to 2.6%. "Now the main question is not 'where to find a job', but 'where to find personnel'," - Putin said. In these conditions, it is important for the country to reconfigure the system of education and second education. In particular, it is necessary to update educational programs and train specialists for aviation, shipbuilding, defense industry and pharmaceuticals, - SPIEF.

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Russia will have a 100% domestic elevator Now the Russian elevator manufacturer Meteor (former Otis plant in St. Petersburg) is developing one of the key mechanisms - the frequency converter. It is the one that regulates smooth running, elevator acceleration and stopping accuracy. So far this control element is purchased in other countries. It is assumed that a fully domestic device will be ready by 2026. After that it will be possible to talk about 100% localization of elevator production in Russia. Now Meteor uses high-strength galvanized steel, some elements of electronics and LED lighting and security systems made in Russia. The overall level of localization is now about 80%.

The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and Cadila Pharmaceuticals Limited, a private Indian pharmaceutical corporation, are investing in the creation of an innovative pharmaceutical complex and injectables plant in Russia. The launch is scheduled for 2027. The parties signed the document on the margins of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).