Translation. Region: Russian Federal
Source: Government of the Russian Federation – An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article.
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Order of May 16, 2025 No. 1218-r
Expanding and deepening cooperation with friendly and neutral states, prioritizing the implementation of Russia’s national interests, ensuring the country’s international leadership in various areas of the global agenda of scientific and technological development – these and other goals are set in the Concept of International Scientific and Technical Cooperation of Russia. The order approving it was signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.
The document states that Russia is betting on the formation of favorable and most attractive conditions for effective and fruitful scientific work of domestic and foreign scientists in the interests of Russian science. Among such interests are ensuring technological sovereignty, creating conditions for the sustainable development of the Russian economy on a new technological basis, observing the principles of equality and mutual benefit.
Creating a comfortable environment for international cooperation is impossible without developing a modern research and technological infrastructure. At the same time, the priority direction of such work will be unique scientific installations of the “megascience” class. The creation of conditions for their successful operation will be carried out by joint efforts of scientific organizations, the state and business.
Today, the implementation of major scientific projects is impossible without cooperation between scientific organizations from different countries. Therefore, the concept assumes expansion of the geography of interaction with scientists from Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. Work in this direction will be multifaceted and includes, among other things, the organization of scientific and educational competitions, the activation of scientific exchange and the increase in academic mobility of scientists.
Russia also plans to actively develop international scientific and technical cooperation within the framework of interaction with key international organizations, including UN structures (UNESCO, UNIDO, IAEA, WHO, etc.), as well as BRICS, the Group of Twenty, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and other global governance institutions.
The development of these ties should ultimately lead to the formation of a single scientific and technological space. Solving such a task on a CIS scale is also one of the goals of the concept. To do this, it is necessary to implement a coordinated policy on priority areas of development of science and technology and the unification of scientific potentials of the Commonwealth countries.
Commenting on the adopted document at a meeting with deputy prime ministers on June 2, Mikhail Mishustin noted that it is very important to maintain dialogue between countries and the scientific community, business and public institutions.
“This is of great importance for the harmonization and dissemination of best practices in the field of international scientific and technical cooperation,” the Prime Minister emphasized.
The concept of international scientific and technical cooperation was prepared taking into account the provisions of the Strategy for Scientific and Technological Development of Russia.
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