Putin spoke at the plenary session of the Future Technologies Forum. Main

Vladimir Putin proposed "ensuring a supra-departmental mechanism for managing technological development" and asked the Russian government "to propose appropriate structural solutions." According to him, "new compounds, biomaterials, and prototypes of human organs and tissues are needed to introduce advanced treatment methods into healthcare."

The President reported that a modern federal center for small- and medium-tonnage chemistry is planned to be created in Usolye-Sibirskoye. Putin explained that the enterprise will produce "in small but necessary volumes" special chemical products (resins, solvents, etc.), without which, as the President emphasized, the development of pharmaceuticals in particular is impossible.

The head of state gave the order to combine the efforts of the government and the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) to create a platform for contacts between science and industry. "As for the creation of digital platforms where we could interact and exchange information, see the requests of industrial partners and, possibly, our scientific schools and manufacturers - if this is not enough, then, of course, this must be done," Putin said.

The President called for identifying scientific organizations responsible for the “technologies of the future”: “It is important to identify global, leading scientific organizations that will take responsibility for conducting fundamental research, companies that will implement the technologies of the future, and to organize the training of personnel in the field of chemistry for the tasks of technological leadership, and at all levels of education – from schools to universities.”

This decision, Putin explained, is connected with the fact that the number of chemistry teachers in schools and students who choose chemistry as their main basic subject is decreasing. "We need to look at what is happening in universities most carefully," he said and asked the Russian Academy of Sciences, representatives of business, professional, scientific and educational communities to get involved in the formation of such plans.

Vladimir Putin also proposed “building mechanisms for the legal regulation of the circulation of data on existing materials and components, including their collection, storage, processing, transfer and use.” “Colossal amounts of data, advanced knowledge about new materials and elements will be obtained during research at domestic mega-science class installations ,” the president noted.

"In general, we are talking about the formation of a fundamentally new phenomenon, a new reality - bioeconomy. This topic is of the utmost importance, key in terms of the quality of global growth. I propose dedicating the next Future Technologies Forum to bioeconomy issues. If, of course, colleagues find this possible and interesting. We invite representatives of science, education, and business from all over the world to participate in it," Vladimir Putin summed up.

In October 2024, First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov announced the launch of a new national project in April 2025 dedicated to the development of the bioeconomy in Russia. Later, the director of the chemical industry department of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Artur Smirnov, announced the preliminary structure of this program. According to him, "Bioeconomy" will include five federal projects and five thematic areas, the list of which includes "biotechnology for human health" and "biotechnology for the production of component base". These segments are partially represented in other industry national projects that started in 2025.