The government has presented a multi-year plan to equip Russia with a national transport system, with authorities estimating the total funding at about 6.7 trillion rubles. The bulk of this investment is slated for the aviation sector, reinforcing a strategy that prioritizes aircraft manufacturing and related infrastructure. This assessment comes from the daily resource Vedomosti, which has tracked the project’s financial contours and implementation timeline as part of a broader push to modernize the country’s mobility capabilities.
The national technological leadership initiative, formalized in President Vladimir Putin’s May decree, outlines several priority domains aimed at accelerating modernization. Among them are programs focused on extending healthy life expectancy, strengthening family support, empowering youth and children, expanding personnel development, and upgrading infrastructure that sustains daily life. The government’s plan requires the Cabinet to deliver a concrete roadmap for these initiatives prior to the start of the new academic year, which signals a tight timetable for policy translation into on-the-ground actions.
Under the conservative funding scenario, the project would receive 635 billion rubles in direct allocations, with 520 billion coming from extrabudgetary resources and 6.6 billion rubles sourced from the National Welfare Fund. In this mode, by 2030 the targets include the construction of 299 ships, the provisioning of 235 aircraft and helicopters, the production of 618 thousand electric vehicles, and the creation of 3 thousand electric filling stations. The package for this scenario has already been reviewed and approved by the Ministry of Finance, indicating a cautious but steady approach to scaling up Russia’s transport capacity while maintaining fiscal discipline.
In the basic scenario, total expenditure would rise to about 2.47 trillion rubles, with 586 billion flowing from extrabudgetary funds and 378 billion supported by the National Welfare Fund. This pathway envisions a more expansive rollout: 638 ships would be built, 426 aircraft would be supplied, and 711,400 electric vehicles and hybrids would enter the market. Additionally, 28,000 electric filling stations would be established, and a substantial fleet of electric trains would enter service. The budget allocations for this plan are described as pre-agreed, reflecting alignment across ministries and the financial authorities on the scale and sequencing of investments.
The third, and most ambitious, scenario contemplates spending of around 6.67 trillion rubles, with 1.09 trillion from extrabudgetary sources and 3.23 trillion drawn from the National Welfare Fund. In this high-end pathway, the country would see the construction of 721 ships, the provision of 1,759 aircraft, and the production of 758,720 electric vehicles and hybrids. Aiming to create a dense network of charging and fueling infrastructure, the plan also calls for 34,200 electric gas stations. A notable market expectation attached to this scenario is a rise in the domestic car market share to about 81 percent by 2030, signaling a substantial shift in consumption patterns and domestic manufacturing strength. At the time of reporting, financing approval for this expansive scenario had not yet been disclosed, leaving stakeholders awaiting a formal decision on feasibility and timing.
In related developments, earlier reports indicated a logistics complex would support the assembly of MS-21 passenger aircraft, a project intended to bolster domestic aerospace capabilities and integrate with broader supply chains. The plan to expand this facility is tied to the overall push to advance Russia’s position in the global aviation landscape, leveraging both manufacturing scale and innovation to sustain a competitive edge in the years ahead.