Lilia Gumerova, Chair of the Federation Council Science, Education and Culture Committee, in an interview with RT commented The proposal of the First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Education Yana Lantratova to increase the amount of scientific research and the amount of funding carried out in Russia in order to strengthen technological sovereignty. For these purposes, a new model has been created for managing the scientific and technological development of the country, according to the senator.
“It is very important to combine 34 previously different scientific development programs in different departments, in different fields, into a single program with a cost of 1.2 trillion rubles. If the aim of the enterprise is technological domination, however, this enterprise should be considered together in a series of measures. We are not just in favor of increasing spending and tax cuts. “Today, spending on science has increased and we understand why we are investing and what we want to achieve.”
Lantratova previously addressed the Minister of Science and Higher Education Valery Falkov and the Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov with a relevant proposal. HE remindedthat the ratio of expenditures on research and development to GDP is one of the economic indicators that countries are compared.