The key facts

  • Putin stated the need for a program to renew regional and municipal transport to support machine building
  • Minnikhanov proposed implementing the initiative with the support of leasing companies
  • No decision has been made yet: Putin replied that he would think over the proposal

The proposal was discussed at a meeting with the head of Tatarstan

Russian President Vladimir Putin, at a meeting with the head of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, stated that the country needs to create a program for renewing regional and municipal transport vehicles. According to him, such a measure would help support machine building. This was reported by Gazeta.Ru citing the Kremlin website.

Implementation mechanism and status of the decision

Minnikhanov noted that the initiative could be implemented with the support of leasing companies. Putin replied that he would think about this proposal. Thus, what is being discussed so far is an intention and a mechanism under consideration, not an adopted decision: the program has not been approved, and nothing has been reported about its parameters.

Context: the industry agenda for transport renewal

In October, Moscow hosted the business program of the Public Transport — 2026 forum, which brought together representatives of federal and regional authorities, transport companies, rolling stock manufacturers, and experts. On the first day, strategic sessions were held on modernizing public transport, attracting extra-budgetary financing, improving transport services, digitalizing the industry, and personnel potential. A separate topic was the coordination of regions' transport renewal plans with the production capacities of domestic enterprises — a question that echoes the renewal program idea raised at the meeting. More about the forum — in a Gazeta.Ru article.

Earlier

Earlier, Putin statedthat competitors are forced to catch up with Russia in technology, Gazeta.Ru reports.