The plenary session is titled “Made in Russia: Digital Transformation in the Industry.”
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Mikhail Mishustin attends the 11th Digital Industry of Industrial Russia conference
Mikhail Mishustin attends the 11th Digital Industry of Industrial Russia conference
Mikhail Mishustin attends the 11th Digital Industry of Industrial Russia conference
Mikhail Mishustin attends the 11th Digital Industry of Industrial Russia conference
Mikhail Mishustin attends the 11th Digital Industry of Industrial Russia conference
Mikhail Mishustin: Good afternoon, friends.
Colleagues,
I would like to welcome all the guests and participants of this major conference, which is dedicated to the digital transformation across key industrial sectors.
This platform, now convening for the eleventh time, has traditionally brought together leading industrial customers and software developers, distinguished experts, and government representatives – everyone whose contributions play a vital role in fulfilling the President’s objective of strengthening technological sovereignty and achieving independence from foreign software solutions.
We have progressed from seeking replacements for Western products to actively implementing domestic technologies. This transformation was clearly demonstrated today at the exhibition.
Industrial competence centres, now established across all key sectors of industry, have significantly accelerated this transition. They have created a fundamentally new framework for collaboration between industry leaders and software developers. Enterprises have been able to consolidate and clearly articulate their requirements for digital solutions, while developers now benefit from transparent, long-term demand and strategic direction.
Equally important is the agility demonstrated by software companies in adapting their existing products to meet the highly specialised and often complex requirements of individual enterprises, taking into account their unique operational characteristics.
The outcome of these coordinated efforts is already evident: hundreds of industrial systems have been successfully implemented, managing production facilities, logistics networks, and entering large-scale deployment. I would like to extend sincere appreciation to everyone whose professionalism and dedication contributed to these achievements.
Friends, the IT sector continues to be among the fastest-growing segments of our economy. Earlier today, [Nizhny Novgorod Region Governor] Gleb Nikitin highlighted his region’s achievements, noting that the IT industry accounted for 47 percent of growth in the regional gross product. On the national level, the sector’s contribution to GDP has doubled over the past six years. During the same period, sales of domestic IT products and services increased nearly 4.5-fold, exceeding 5 trillion roubles by the end of last year. Large enterprises are increasingly selecting these domestic solutions for implementation within their operations.
There is also international interest in Russian digital products and software services. According to the Bank of Russia, exports in this segment grew by 15 percent for the first time since 2022.
The industry is also attracting a growing number of specialists. Today, it employs more than one million people.
In line with the President’s decision, key support measures for the IT sector have been preserved in this trying time for the country, above all those that directly encourage investment in the design and development of Russian software products.
Among the most significant are reduced insurance premium rates. For accredited IT companies, these rates remain half of those applied to other sectors, enabling developers to reinvest savings into innovation and the creation of new products.
The essential corporate income tax benefit also remains in force. With a rate five times lower than the standard level, companies gain additional financial capacity to expand both their technological capabilities and human capital.
These support measures have demonstrated their effectiveness. Over the past five years, the revenues of 5,500 organisations consistently utilising these incentives have more than tripled, while their workforce has grown by 1.5 times.
At the same time, federal support mechanisms are not the only instruments available.
Currently, nine out of ten accredited IT companies are micro or small enterprises. In order to further improve conditions for their growth, the Government has granted regional authorities the ability to establish reduced tax rates for companies operating under the simplified taxation system (STS). Organisations engaged in software, hardware, and integrated software-hardware development across more than 60 Russian regions are now eligible for these incentives.
Strengthening technological sovereignty requires not only the creation of competitive and in-demand products, but also their widespread adoption. This is why we have introduced mechanisms to ensure that implementing such technologies is not only strategically important but also financially advantageous for businesses.
More to be posted soon.
