Additional conditions to be created in Russia to attract investment into R&D sector

TASS · 🇷🇺 public Russia · Aug 06, 2026 · 125 words

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What to know about Additional conditions to be created in Russia to attract investment into R&D sector

Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has issued a directive to create new conditions for attracting funding to innovative development projects. The goal is to increase research and development spending to at least 2% of GDP by 2030, including doubling private sector investment.

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What happened

Russia plans to create additional conditions for attracting funding to innovative development projects.

Why it matters

A corresponding directive has been issued by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin following a strategic session on improving the management system for scientific and technological development, the cabinet’s press service reported.

Common ground

"Plans are in place to create additional conditions for attracting funding to the area of innovative development.

Perspective signals

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 5 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “A corresponding directive has been issued by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin following a strategic session on improving the management system for scientific and technological development”

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While Wikipedia confirms Mikhail Mishustin is the Prime Minister, the provided web search results do not contain the specific directive regarding the management system for scientific and technological development. The claim is not corroborated by the provided evidence snippets.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin (born 3 March 1966) is a Russian politician and economist serving as the prime minister of Russia since 2020. He previously served as the director of the Federal Taxati…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Mishustin

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Mikhail Mishustin's Second Cabinet (Russian: Второе правительство Мишустина) is the current federal government of Russia, formed in May 2024, led by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. It is the fir…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Mishustin's_Second_Cab…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The prime minister of the Russian Federation, also domestically stylized as the chair of the government of the Russian Federation and widely recognized as the prime minister, is the head of government…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Russia

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Claim 2: “Russia plans to create additional conditions for attracting funding to innovative development projects.”

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The provided evidence for this claim discusses general government agendas, the New Development Bank, and EU funding, but none of the sources specifically mention a plan to create additional conditions for attracting funding to innovative development projects in Russia.

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web search NEUTRAL — The agenda encompassed the development of public transport, the President’s instructions following the meeting of the Council for Science and Education, the training of personnel for agriculture, and …
http://government.ru/en/news/59604/

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web search NEUTRAL — The New Development Bank was established in 2015 by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. It complements the activities of existing multilateral and regional financial institutions aimed at s…
https://tvbrics.com/en/news/new-development-bank-and-indian-…

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web search NEUTRAL — The Funding and Tenders Portal is the single entry point (the Single Electronic Data Interchange Area) for applicants, contractors and experts in funding programmes and procurements managed by the Eur…
https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/port…

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Claim 3: “including by at least doubling private sector investment”

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The evidence provided discusses R&D investment in the Netherlands and general private sector involvement in tropical diseases, but contains no information regarding Russia's plan to double private sector investment in R&D.

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web search NEUTRAL — The plan also includes upgrading the innovation toolkit and potentially establishing a national investment institution with greater financial firepower. Structural barriers threaten competitiveness.
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366632807/The-Netherland…

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web search NEUTRAL — To increase the range of activities that receive private funding, the authors propose public funding that is explicitly tied to health gain (disability adjusted life years averted). Private sector lat…
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/promoting-private-sector-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Russia’s central bank, in July, projected growth of 0-1%. That means the economy is unlikely to outperform 2025, when growth was limited to 1% after two consecutive years of growth above 4%, fueled by…
https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/08/18/russia-s-economy-is-…

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Claim 4: “work will continue on developing the unified state information system for tracking civil-purpose research, development, and technological activities.”

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Two separate TASS news reports explicitly state that 'work will continue on developing the unified state information system for tracking civil-purpose research, development, and technological activities,' attributing this to the Russian cabinet's press service.

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web search NEUTRAL — The Federal State Information System "Unified Portal of State and Municipal Services (Functions)" (Russian: Федеральная государственная информационная система «Единый портал государственных и муниципа…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gosuslugi

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web search NEUTRAL — According to the Russian cabinet’s press service, work will continue on developing the unified state information system for tracking civil-purpose research, development, and technological activities. …
https://tass.com/politics/2145895

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Claim 5: “the plan of measures required to achieve the national goal, which entails increasing research and development spending to at least 2% of GDP by 2030”

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The evidence provided includes general definitions of R&D and GDP, and NATO spending goals, but there is no specific mention of a Russian national goal to increase R&D spending to 2% of GDP by 2030.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Russia has a developing market-oriented mixed economy considered high-income and highly industrialized. It has the ninth-largest economy in the world by nominal GDP and the fourth-largest economy by G…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Russia

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — GDP (PPP) means gross domestic product based on purchasing power parity. This article includes a list of countries by their forecast estimated GDP (PPP). Countries are sorted by GDP (PPP) forecast e…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gross domestic product (GDP) is the market value of all final goods and services from a nation in a given year. Countries are sorted by nominal GDP estimates from financial and statistical institution…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nomi…

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