In September 2017, the exhibition Import Substitution 2017 was held in Moscow at the Crocus Expo exhibition complex.

The main goal of the exhibition is to promote the implementation of the tasks set by the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin regarding the import substitution program.

I specifically copied the purpose of the exhibition from the official website in order to know what we are talking about here, otherwise it is not clear what all this is for... If a strategy is taken for import substitution in various aspects of economics, then it is necessary to somehow present it on a larger scale than what what was shown at the exhibition.

But first things first.

The largest and strongest (weighing 16.6 tons) were two Bryansk combines at the beginning of the exposition. These are self-propelled grain harvesters Desna-Polesie GS12 A1, which are a further development of the popular grain harvester KZS-1218.

A little further away was the stand of the AVTOROS company.
We have already written about their all-terrain vehicle SHAMAN several times and even visited the production of these eight-wheeled giants.

The exhibition features the SHAMAN in bright red.

There are no global changes. Eight wheels with ultra-low pressure tires. All wheels can turn according to three built-in control modes.

There are minor improvements in the form of a side video camera, the presence of sliding windows on all windows, but these are more options than any changes in the design.
Despite the substantial price, at over nine million rubles, the portfolio of orders for SHAMAN is not decreasing.

This all-terrain vehicle was used to meet the Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft in April 2017 in Kazakhstan, as the inscription on the girl clearly recalls.

At the exhibition you could see a new product in the tire line MX-TRIM 1050-500-18LT. This is a medium sized tire, larger than M-TRIM, but smaller than X-TRIM or MAX-TRIM

New aluminum wheels were released for the tire. Their peculiarity is that they have an ET offset of -85 mm, which allows the installation of wheels without wheel spacers.

The MKM-1905 Murashka car, which is produced at the Lipetsk Small Communal Machines Plant, was demonstrated at the exhibition. Its description is on a separate page

Interesting "cart" from the company PEGAS-AGRO

This is the sprayer "TUMAN-2" (more details about it on a separate page)
It is based on a lightweight welded truss frame made of thin-walled steel profiles.
Diesel engine CA4D28C4-3A or gasoline ZMZ

The self-propelled gun can be equipped with low-pressure tires or special wheels for working between rows.

Independent air suspension with automatic support of constant agricultural clearance. Each drive wheel is equipped with a planetary gearbox with a gear ratio of 4.3. Axles and transfer case from VAZ-2123
The wheel formula of the car is 6x4.

The front and rear axles of the car are rotating, which significantly reduces the turning radius.

The empty weight of the car is 3400 kg, the loaded weight is 5400 kg.

Available in three versions:
- Mineral fertilizer spreader
- Boom sprayer
- Aerosol sprayer

Machine-building plant named after M.I. Kalinina, Yekaterinburg, is known for making launchers for the S-300 complex. But the plant also has peaceful products, for example, the MK2000 municipal vacuum sweeper.
The MK2000 chassis is our own design. The use of an all-welded frame and two steered axles made it possible to ensure high maneuverability. The MK2000 sweeper is equipped with all-wheel drive.
Powered by methane.

ZiK electric forklifts with lifting capacity 1.6 tons, 1.8 tons and 2.0 tons series MP20 produced since 2014. In general, the plant has been producing electric forklifts since 1956. The loaders are equipped with an asynchronous drive, electric motors on each drive wheel, and a modern control system.

The enterprise of the Uranium Holding "ARMZ" Priargunsky Industrial Mining and Chemical Association showed equipment of its own development and its own production.
These are loading and transport vehicles that are designed to work in uranium mines.

Two models are presented at the exhibition: PD-1D (small narrow-cut diesel machine) and PD-2E (electric PDM)

I've always wondered what oil pumps look like. Now I know.

As usual, in the far part of the exhibition, there was an automobile exposition.
KAMAZ presented a multifunctional chassis with components of the KAMAZ-65208 traction electric drive

There are two engines inside it, one is a diesel CUMMINS ISB6.7 with 300 horsepower, the second is an electric BOSCH IMG 440/105 with 163 horsepower.

Due to one lifting axle and due to the hybrid power plant, savings on maintenance (maintenance and fuel and lubricants) are expected to be 2.5 times compared to conventional machines.

An unmanned passenger bus called “Shuttle” was presented by the NAMI Institute and KAMAZ. The shuttle was first demonstrated at the Moscow International Motor Show 2016.
The length of the vehicle of the future is 4.6 m, width - 2 m, height - 2.5 m. The mini-bus can accommodate 12 passengers.

The frame is made of composite materials. For boarding and disembarking passengers, sliding doors are used that open on both sides.

Inside the cabin there are plasma screens that show the route and display useful information. It is assumed that the screens will be touch-sensitive.

Two sofas are located in the front and back of the Shuttle

In the Shuttle, instead of the driver, various sensors, radars, 16 sonars, four video cameras and two Mobileye stereo cameras are responsible for the movement, which estimates the distance to various objects.
The energy for propulsion is contained in lithium-ion batteries, which are located under the floor and seats.

Trunk tractor KAMAZ-54901

The KAMAZ-54901 vehicle is equipped with a new large-size cab (K5), a new in-line KAMAZ R6 engine with a power of 380-550 hp. and a 12-speed ZF Traxon automated transmission.

The KAMAZ in-line six-cylinder diesel engine was created in partnership with the Swiss company Liebherr-International AG

Now the engine meets EURO-5 standards, and in the future it will also meet EURO-6 standards.

Fuel equipment (developed by Liebherr) - Common Rail.
Depending on the economic standards, the injection pressure will reach 1500 bar and higher. There is an SCR system (for the EURO-5 version), and to achieve the EURO-6 level you will have to use exhaust gas recirculation (EGR), and with a particulate filter.

Based on the new KAMAZ-910.10 engine, various modifications will be created - with a power of 380, 400, 450, 500 and 550 hp. With. at 1900 rpm. Torque - from 1700 to 2540 Nm, with a shelf in the range of 1100–1400 rpm.

KAMAZ also demonstrated an ultra-fast charging station for electric buses UFC-240

And the KAMAZ-6282 electric bus, which is already operating on one of the routes, carries passengers to Skolkovo.
The “weak” point in the operation of the electric miracle was the long charging of the batteries, which, coupled with the small power reserve, led to long downtimes.

The new charging system allows you to compensate for the energy spent on one trip in 6 minutes. By periodically recharging, such an electric bus can easily fulfill the daily requirement of its gasoline counterpart.

In addition, the charging station can be connected to the trolleybus power supply network (or any other AC or DC network) and recharge the electric bus automatically.

Auto shop under a new foreign name food truck for some reason I wormed my way into the exhibition.

Water bicycle.
Now you can pedal in water too.

The OLIMP-2000/213 solid-state laser system for refractive surgery was presented by the Rybinsk Instrument Making Plant.

“Russian Mechanics” demonstrated the RMS 551 i TOUR snowmobile. It is created on a lightweight platform, with a liquid-cooled engine with distributed fuel injection, with the ability to operate at different altitudes and in different climatic conditions without loss of power.

New high-precision Russian 3D printer Erzya from the Erzya 3D company!
The project started in January 2016.
The Erzya 3D printer has a delta design and has excellent print quality.

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And finally, a couple of beautiful pictures that show that we have something to say in cheese making. (Not only Italians can

In total, since June 2015, according to the Sdelanounas website and other resources, in Russia

More than 807 import substitution projects have been implemented!

June 2015 - 23 projects.

July 2015 - 18 projects.

August 2015 - 24 projects.

September 2015 - 33 projects.

October 2015 - 35 projects.

November 2015 - 38 projects.

December 2015 - 28 projects.

January 2016 - 29 projects.

February 2016 - 22 projects.

March 2016 - 37 projects.

April 2016 - 23 projects.

May 2016 - 40 projects.

June 2016 - 44 projects.

July 2016 - 52 projects.

August 2016 - 53 projects.

September 2016 - 47 projects.

October 2016 - 58 projects.

November 2016 - 26 projects.

December 2016 - 64 projects.

January 2017 - 21 projects.

February 2017 - 25 projects.

March 2017 - 15 projects.

April 2017 - 27 projects.

May 2017 - 18 projects.

June 2017 - 15 projects.

July 2017 - 19 projects.

August 2017 - 24 projects.

September 2017 — 14 projects:

1. The Russian “oil and gas” processor is ready to replace its competitors from the USA.

An experimental Russian processor from the Scientific Research Institute of Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences, whose scope of application is stated to be servers, tablets, monoblocks, routers and controllers for oil and gas equipment, showed in tests that it is ready to replace its foreign predecessors.

Comparison of Russian and foreign chips

The Research Institute for System Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences (NIISI RAS) compared the experimental processor developed within its walls with two relevant foreign analogues and, as can be judged by the official conclusion, came to the conclusion that they are significantly similar in terms of performance.

2. Ruselectronics has created an import-substituting TSP server platform.

The TSP line includes six models with varying levels of performance. The solutions can be used as an L2/L3 switch, router, firewall with an intrusion detection and prevention system, as well as a node in a multiservice communication network: as a corporate-level IP-PBX, mail server, web server and other service servers.

3. Production of materials for respirators and filters has been opened in the Leningrad region.

In the Vsevolozhsk district of the Leningrad region, the production of import-substituting products has opened - rolled carbon-filled materials for respirators, industrial and household filters.

The production of products that were previously imported from abroad has been established in the Leningrad region at the Respiratory Complex LLC plant in the village named after. Morozov, Vsevolozhsk district. The basis of the production line is a new unique automatic installation, invented by a Russian engineering company and so far has no analogues.

4. The production of pipeline fittings has been opened at the Tomsk Electromechanical Plant.

The investment project, in which Gazprom invested 1.5 billion rubles, was implemented within the framework of one of the first special investment contracts in Russia between the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, the administration of the Tomsk region and production workers.

Anti-surge valves are designed to regulate gas and liquid flows at hydrocarbon production and transportation facilities.

The new production will fully satisfy Gazprom’s needs for this type of product and, starting in 2017, completely abandon the purchase of imported equipment.

5. Over three years, more than 60 hectares of land were planted with strawberries in the Belgorod region. The implementation of the project “Organization of garden strawberry production in the Belgorod region based on a cluster approach” began in 2014 in the Krasnensky district - in the Lesnoukolovsky rural settlement. It provides for the cultivation of products on a territorial and cooperative basis, the use of a unified production technology, one agrotechnological support and the organization of centralized sales of products.

The historical preconditions themselves developed in such a way that they created a favorable environment for the development of strawberry production in the region: Ukraine, due to sanctions, stopped supplying strawberries to Russia, although until 2014 it was the leading supplier of garden strawberries in the Belgorod region.

6. In Saransk, the EM-Cable enterprise opened a new line for the production of new generation power cables for voltages of 10-110 kV. The launch of the first stage will allow the production of 300 kilometers of cables per month, which is 3.6 thousand kilometers per year. Upon reaching design capacity, production volumes will increase threefold, and the enterprise will annually produce products worth 3 billion rubles.

Thanks to the implementation of the new project, 100 new jobs were created at the plant; with the launch of the second and third phases of production, another 200 jobs will be created.

The new plant was built in record time - in just over a year.

It is expected that the first import-substituting products will be shipped to consumers in October.

7. NUST MISIS scientists have created a new type of power diodes.

National Research Technological University "MISiS" has developed a new type of power diodes with an optimized silicon structure. Experimental samples with characteristics exceeding imported analogues were obtained. A technology has been developed for the industrial production of new semiconductors, which can be used in the production of silicon bipolar devices and integrated circuits. The introduction of technology into semiconductor production will significantly improve the quality of an entire segment of the domestic electronic component base, which will contribute to further movement towards technological independence under the import substitution program.

8. The largest tires for agricultural machinery in Russia began to be produced in Altai.

Russian farmers have the opportunity to install domestically produced tires on their New Holland and John Deere tractors

Currently, the Altai Tire Plant produces the largest tires for agriculture in Russia. To begin their production, the company developed a special formulation for the composition of rubber compounds, introduced new materials, purchased special equipment and trained personnel.

9. A project for import substitution of potatoes has been launched in the Urals.

In the Urals they are planning to carry out import substitution of potatoes. For this purpose, four varieties of European plants were imported: Red Scarlet, Impala, Arrow, Riviera. It is expected that after reaching design capacity in 2019, 60% of the varieties will be of our own production.

10. There is an established opinion that almost all modern equipment in our hospitals is imported. In fact, this is far from true; our medical industry develops and produces highly complex medical equipment. And these are not single samples, this is truly mass production. One example of such production is the St. Petersburg scientific research production company “Electron”...

11. The Novosibirsk Electrode Plant opened a new line for the production of graphite electrodes.

Russian ferrous metallurgy enterprises are faced with a shortage of an important component for steel production - graphite electrodes, due to reduced imports from China. A new line for the production of these products has been opened at the Novosibirsk Electrode Plant, and by the end of this year the enterprise will increase production volumes by more than 2 times.

12. The Sibelco company opened its first mineral grinding workshop in Russia.

On September 14, in the Ramensky district of the Moscow region, a new enterprise of the Sibelco Russia company was opened - a workshop for grinding industrial minerals. The new workshop is located on the territory of the Ramensky mining and processing plant in the village of Chulkovskoye.

After commissioning in the third quarter of 2017, the workshop will produce and sell 24 types of products with raw materials from three minerals: aluminum hydroxide, barite and wollastonite. Crushed minerals are widely used in various industries: paint and varnish, metallurgy, cable, polymer industries and ceramics.

13. Kirov Plant began producing equipment for geological exploration.

The Drilling Technologies Plant (ZBT, a subsidiary of Kirov Plant OJSC) designed and manufactured, by order of NGM Group, the head sample of the GEO-126P modular drilling rig for drilling from underground mine workings. The machine will undergo trial operation at the Yaregskoye field in the Komi Republic.

“The entry of the Drilling Technologies Plant into this market with a new line of mining equipment solves the problem of import substitution. Our rigs are superior in a number of parameters to the machines of the world’s best manufacturers, and their price will be 30-40% lower,” said Roman Kondratyev, director of the Drilling Technologies Plant.

14. Russia's largest plant for the production of disposable syringes was opened in the Moscow region.

On September 27, the first stage of the Pascal Medical plant for the production of disposable medical products opened on the territory of the Dubna special economic zone in the Moscow region.

The full-cycle enterprise will produce syringes and needles for them, as well as other medical products. The plant in Dubna will become the country's largest manufacturer of syringe products - it is planned to produce more than 450 million units of products per year.

Kostroma Automotive Components Plant received a loan at 1%

The Kostroma Automotive Components Plant will be the first enterprise to receive a loan in the amount of 200 million rubles from the Industrial Development Fund (IDF) of the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade under the new “Component Products” program.

“The first loan under the terms of the new program was approved by the Kostroma Automotive Components Plant for the creation of import-substituting production of cylinder liners and piston pins for diesel engines,” the statement says.

Representatives of the Association of Independent Centers for Economic Analysis came to the conclusion that the concept of import substitution did not work in Russia in 2017. Whether this is so, we will try to figure it out in this article, based on the results of this process and the opinion of experts.

According to the Association, only two sectors benefited from import substitution: agriculture and pharmaceuticals. During the discussion of this issue, Vladimir Salnikov, Deputy General Director of the Center for Macroeconomic Analysis, and Natalya Volchkova, who is a professor at the Russian School of Economics, took an active part.

The concept of import substitution in the Russian Federation is the replacement of imports with goods and products that were produced in Russia. The country took this course back in 2014, after the West imposed sanctions on the Russian Federation. The state program is prescribed until 2020 inclusive. In 2015, the Government Commission on Import Substitution was created, which consists of a subcommittee on issues of the defense industry and civilian sectors of the economy.

What are the goals of import substitution?

This concept has the main goal of stopping the import of certain groups of goods by establishing domestic production of similar products. This task has become one of the priorities for the Russian government. In 2014, an industry program for import substitution was developed and adopted, which listed specific steps in this direction. In order to ensure that the country does not have a shortage of goods that are prohibited from being imported into the Russian Federation, decisions were made on import substitution in the agricultural sector.

Ways to implement the concept of import substitution

The government has decided that the volume of lending to companies will be increased in the long term and on preferential terms. These conditions are valid only for competitive projects, namely for enterprises and holdings that operate in the following areas: mechanical engineering, agriculture, energy, telecommunications, chemical industry, transport, manufacturing and housing construction.

Financial support for projects that support import substitution in 2017 in the Russian Federation is provided through grants, government subsidies, co-financing of research, and preferences for holdings that take part in government procurement. The main requirement from the state is the location of production on the territory of the Russian Federation, in one of the regions.

Industries in need of import substitution

Initially, 20 programs were developed for industries that needed import substitution the most. Representatives of the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications, the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation worked on this concept. The list of industries was announced by Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation.

1. Agricultural engineering (the share of imports ranges from 50 to 90%)

2. Production of power equipment (import share 50%)

3. Supply of equipment for the oil and gas industry (import share 60%)

4. Heavy engineering (import share 70%)

5. Civil aviation (import share 80%)

6. Machine tool industry (import share 90%)

In addition, representatives of the cluster commission named several industries that required urgent intervention. We are talking about construction, tourism, heavy industry, agriculture, gas industry and radio electronics. Special solutions have been developed in these areas, and tremendous work has been done. Thanks to the imposed sanctions, it was possible to stimulate domestic producers.

Who benefits from import substitution?

Vladimir Salnikov believes that little progress has been observed in the process of import substitution in 2017. The expert compared the ratio of added value of goods and their imports. In addition to agricultural producers and pharmaceuticals, some chemical production enterprises also benefited. Regarding the food industry, the main winners were companies producing meat and meat products (this applies mainly to chicken meat). The winners were dairy product producers and the crop production sector. But much more fruits and canned vegetables began to be imported into the Russian Federation.

The situation is much worse in the production of equipment and machinery. Import substitution had virtually no impact on this sector, since many companies are still forced to purchase imported materials, which have become more expensive due to the depreciation of the ruble.

Is import substitution harmful?

According to experts, the main problem of import substitution lies in the structure of Russian exports, which is biased towards raw materials. The fact is that, despite the country’s strong integration into the world economy, the Russian Federation has a rather narrow specialization. The state still has serious work to do, as entire supply and production chains are being created around the world. For example, a product concept can be created in one country, parts for it are produced in another country, and assembled in a third. But Russia currently participates in such chains only as a supplier of raw materials. There are no companies that could manage these chains. In order to achieve this, a process of trade policy liberalization and tariff reduction is needed.

According to Volchkova, exporters who actively import goods are approximately 85% more efficient than exporters who do not import anything. Such companies can afford to import equipment, as well as technologies that make their activities more productive.

On the localization of production of components for scientific, testing and production equipment in the field of photonics and microelectronics.

Visit to the III International Specialized Exhibition “Import Substitution”

Before the meeting, Dmitry Medvedev inspected the exhibition of the III International Specialized Exhibition “Import Substitution”, held at the Crocus Expo International Exhibition Center.

Meeting of the Government Commission on Import Substitution

From the transcript:

Crocus Expo IEC, Krasnogorsk

Opening speech by Dmitry Medvedev at a meeting of the Government Commission on Import Substitution

D. Medvedev: We are holding a meeting of the commission on import substitution and will consider two main issues. The first is about how we are working to improve the activities of the Government Commission on Import Substitution, what we are able to do, and what the problems are. And the second, more specific, is the issue of production in our country of photonics components that are used in mechanical engineering and microelectronics.

I would like to note that this is the second time we have approached this topic within the framework of the commission. Previously, we discussed this topic at the commission on economic modernization. Now there is a need to once again consider these issues in a more applied manner.

We’ll also talk about how plans – both regional and sectoral – for import substitution are being implemented.

Before the meeting, I and, I hope, those present looked at the exhibition at Crocus Expo. The stands display high-quality, technologically sophisticated items marked “Made in Russia.” Many of them are already quite actively used in industry, including the pharmaceutical industry, automotive industry, agriculture, and IT. The organizers made the exhibition useful, it seems to me. And I hope that the technologies presented at the exhibition will find their customers, enterprises will find new partners, and those that are still at the project stage will find their investors.

Import substitution, despite all the difficulties, is generally developing in our country, and developing quite well. We have now summed up some results. In areas that are fundamentally important to us, we are moving even faster than we originally planned. I mean agriculture, mechanical engineering, the fuel and energy complex, and radio electronics. Several hundred products are already practically in series. I would especially like to note import substitution at the regional level. Local industrial development funds are being created, and special investment contracts are being widely used.

Nevertheless, quite a lot remains to be done to increase the share of Russian suppliers in production chains, increase competitiveness and generally improve the reputation of goods produced in Russia, and therefore the organization of their distribution chains. Now, having gone part of the way, we can better assess how entire industries can be transformed as a result of the transition to Russian analogues, what benefits manufacturers and the economy as a whole receive from this. And of course, we can assess where our weak points are.

Now two words on a special topic that is in our field of vision today - photonics. This is one of the promising areas for us, to which we continue to pay close attention. It is an industry that can be a key direction in the development of modern science, technology and technology. Its products are widely used in scientific research, the military-industrial complex, microelectronics, mechanical engineering, medicine and many other fields. The volume of the civil photonics market is usually estimated at 60–70 billion rubles per year.

In development of these approaches, I signed. It restricts the admission of foreign furniture and wood products in government procurement. These types of measures are introduced for a period of two years, but with certain exceptions. In particular, this measure does not affect enterprises from the countries of the Eurasian Union. For obvious reasons - because we have a single market. However, as an incentive, this measure will be applied temporarily so that our market is better structured in relation to our producers.

Now let's listen to the message from the Minister of Industry. Denis Valentinovich (addressing D. Manturov), I ask you to.

D. Manturov: We began systematic work on the development of photonics exactly from the moment you held the meeting. By this time, the output of civilian photonics products had increased sixfold. Almost half of the production volume - which is 28 billion rubles - is formed by components. This year we conducted an additional assessment of their localization level. As part of this work, 177 priority photonics components have been identified, of which 81 are economically feasible to produce in our country.

Over the past three years, the state has allocated more than 16.5 billion rubles to the development of the industry. Including these funds, the production of 61 key components has already been localized. In particular, the production of laser diodes, modulators and focusing systems for industrial and medical equipment has been mastered, and the production of optical fiber, fiber-optic cables, filters and multiplexers for telecommunications equipment has been organized. Laser gyroscopes for navigation systems and a number of other important industrial products are produced.

Localization work has been launched in established photonics clusters. In particular, in Dolgoprudny - in biotechnology and nanobiosensory. In Perm - production of fiber-based equipment. In Troitsk - nano- and laser technologies for medicine. At the technopark site in Saransk, fiber optic production is carried out. In Novosibirsk and engineering centers in Saratov - precision laser technology. In Zelenograd and Vladimir - microelectronics and laser technology.

Today, there is still a need to localize another 20 components necessary for the construction of systems for storing, transmitting and protecting information, optical sensing, as well as for the use of new generation laser radiation sources. Corresponding technological solutions are planned for development within the framework of a special program on photonics submitted to the Government by the Ministry of Education. As the technologies themselves are ready, we, for our part, relying on existing, proven support tools, will ensure mass production of the designated components.

One of the main sectors adjacent to photonics is microelectronics. We are integrating these two areas through import substitution projects implemented within the industry. In total, more than 100 complex projects were launched last year. 11 of them are aimed at creating equipment for the manufacture of microelectronic products. In particular, this concerns landmark projects for the industry on the development of laser equipment (it has never been produced before) for cutting chips and on the creation of a photolithography line.

We also solve the problems of import substitution of the electronic component base within the framework of import substitution and measures in the state program of the military-industrial complex. I would like to note that the types of denomination of the electronic component base created in this case can first of all be used in the civilian segment.

To ensure sustainable demand for Russian microelectronics products, the guaranteed purchase plan approved by you is being implemented. In particular, supplies of domestic microchips for new generation passport and visa documents and electronic compulsory health insurance policies are already being carried out. And also - microprocessors for Mir payment cards and RFID tags for marking various types of products. In the horizon until 2022, we estimate the volume of purchases of microelectronics products from federal authorities alone at more than 20 billion rubles. This will allow us to further utilize production capacity and develop competencies in new niches of the civilian segment.

In general, we have all the mechanisms working in these two areas, they are well established. We believe that we will be able to implement all directions within the specified time frame for all import substitution plans.

At the end of my speech, Dmitry Anatolyevich, I would like to address you. This is the second time you are visiting the exhibition at Crocus, which is aimed at demonstrating the results that companies demonstrate in terms of import substitution. I would like to ask for your consent to include it in the list of exhibitions supported by the Government. If you don’t object, I will prepare a corresponding report on this topic.

D. Medvedev: Thank you, Denis Valentinovich. Regarding the exhibition: I think it is really useful. It allows us to show what we have achieved, especially in the field of complex technology, in terms of import substitution. You can see it all, touch it, see how it works. So I think it's a smart idea to make the exhibition permanent.

Now we return to photonics. As I understand it, the topic related to financing is still important for us. Do we have an understanding of what is the minimum volume required to connect all existing sources?

D. Manturov: Dmitry Anatolyevich, taking into account the fact that all our activities have been laid out and are reflected in existing state programs (this includes the State Enterprise of the Defense Industrial Complex, since both photonics and microelectronics, as I have already reported, are used in all areas), we expect that the funds that the Ministry of Education also included in its separate program for the development of this area, which will continue for the next three years. We have also drawn up a state program for the development of the radio-electronic industry for the next three years. You have agreed on limits for us, which today are sufficient for the development of the main events on the topic.

D. Medvedev: Fine. I hope that as a result of our discussion today, specific positions will appear under each item of this plan. Because this is the second time, I say again, that we are implementing this approach, but at first we simply talked about the usefulness and value of the topic of photonics in the sense of the technological development of the country, and now we are looking at it from the angle of import substitution. I ask you and, Arkady Vladimirovich, you together to look at what funding is needed, including through our scientific funds and within the framework of government programs that Denis Valentinovich spoke about.

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Exhibition Import Substitution 2017 is held from 12 to Sept. 14, 2017 in city Moscow, Russia.

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