The Ministry of Economic Development of Russia has developed an investment card of Russia https://invest.gov.ru. It has already been put into operation and is available for Russian and foreign entrepreneurs and investors. This was announced by Minister of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov during the plenary session of the Entrepreneurship Day of the forum-exhibition “Russia” at VDNKh.

The platform is based on the data of investment cards of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, which were developed during the implementation of the regional investment standard under the leadership of First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov.

The investment card of Russia will help to strengthen work with investments in the regions. It was developed with the Moscow government and launched at the beginning of the month. For business, it is an opportunity to choose a land plot for any project: from opening a cafe to building a large industrial plant. The map contains data on more than 15 thousand investment sites: their size, equipment, available support measures, Maxim Reshetnikov said.

The map was developed at the request of business, it has already been appreciated by representatives of Business Russia, the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation. Regular filling and updating of the investment card is provided by regional executive authorities and investment development agencies. The map has already mapped ready-made industrial sites, land plots for construction and agriculture, premises for small businesses.

You can assess the business environment of the future project: markets, preferential regimes, the availability of minerals and infrastructure - from road surfaces to cellular communication. If the necessary connections are absent, the conditions of technical connection are indicated on the maps of the sites.

The map allows you to search for sites in different regions and compare their capabilities. It contains information on the key macroeconomic indicators of the constituent entities of Russia, which may affect the implementation of the project. All this allows you to assess the costs of the project and select government support measures.

Earlier, the Ministry of Economic Development developed a portal of measures to support investment projects https://invest.economy.gov.ru. For 2023 it was used by more than 80 thousand unique users. There are also new support measures, 30 of them are assistance in lending, preferential regimes, tax and tariff benefits.

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Support for entrepreneurs is carried out within the framework of the national project “Small and medium-sized businesses”.