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The rules for selecting recipients of subsidies and grants from the budgets of the Russian Federation's budget system [the multi-level system of federal, regional, and municipal budgets] through the State Financial Support Portal [the unified online platform for administering state financial support measures] have been amended. The changes were made to Government Resolution No. 1781 and entered into force in January 2026.
Previously, preferential treatment during selection could be granted to three categories of recipients: small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), peasant (farming) households, and socially oriented non-profit organizations. Under the new rules, legal entities organized as public joint-stock companies (PAOs) [the Russian equivalent of publicly listed companies, roughly analogous to public limited companies or publicly traded corporations] may also receive preferential treatment in the application selection process. This measure is part of a broader effort to achieve a stock market capitalization target of 66% of GDP by 2030 and 75% of GDP by 2036. Such preferential treatment does not, however, apply to the reimbursement of credit institutions for foregone income on loans issued at concessional rates.
A new option is being introduced allowing subsidies to be granted to direct recipients in electronic form. Such recipients may enter into an agreement directly, without going through a competitive selection procedure, after passing a compliance check on the State Financial Support Portal. Some of these checks are conducted automatically.
The procedure by which the chief budget spending authority [the primary government body responsible for allocating budget funds within a given area] may delegate selection powers to other government bodies and local self-government bodies has been improved. For example, the selection powers of several chief spending authorities could be transferred to a single body responsible for shaping and implementing economic policy in a given region, when selecting projects for support across multiple sectors of the economy.
In addition, the State Financial Support Portal has introduced a flexible configuration tool that allows multi-stage competitive selection procedures for subsidy awards to be set up and conducted. The tool provides for applicants to pass through several successive stages of selection, with admission to each subsequent stage determined by the results of the previous one.