Main information about Moscow Region
Moscow Region
Founded: 1929
Governor: Andrey Vorobyev (elected September 2013)
Total area: – 44 340 sq.km.
Population: 7.14 mln. people (2010 census)
Economically active population – 4,1 mln. people
Main cities:
Balashikha (235 336 people)
Khimki (221 084 people)
Podolsk (218 537 people)
Korolev (187 284 people)
Krasnogorsk (116 896 people)
Federal district: Central
Economic region: Central
Time zone: Moscow, GMT +3, EST +8
Geography: The Moscow Region is situated in the plain of central European Russia in the basin of the Volga, Oka, Klyazma, and Moscow rivers.
Neighbouring regions: Tver, Yaroslavl, Vladimir, Ryazan, Tula, Kaluga, Smolensk regions.
Urban population: 79%, rural population: 21%.
Economy: The Moscow Region has historically been the center of economic, political, and cultural life in Russia. 20% of all Russian scientific organizations are located in Moscow Region.
Key sectors: engineering and metalworking, construction materials and technologies, chemical production, light industry, data centres and electronics, food industry, trade, services. The Moscow Region includes two special economic zones for technology research - Dubna and Zelenograd.
Official website: http://www.mosreg.ru
SME sector in Moscow Region
SME definition in Russia, according to Federal Law N 209-ФЗ of 24.07.2007
| SME sector | Number of employees | Annual sales revenue | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Categories of SMEs | Business size | ||
| Small businesses | Micro businesses | <15 employees | <60 Mln. RUR |
| Small businesses | 16 - 100 employees | <400 Mln. RUR | |
| Medium businesses | Medium businesses | 101 - 250 employees | <1,000 Mln. RUR |
Number of SMEs in Moscow Region, including medium-sized enterprises, small and micro-enterprises, individual entrepreneurs
| Number of SMEs in Moscow Region | |||
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
| 109.3 thousand | 129.4 thousand | 165.9 thousand | 215.3 thousand |
Source: Rosstat Yearly Book “Small and medium entrepreneurship in Russia”, 2014 http://www.gks.ru/wps/wcm/connect/rosstat_main/rosstat/ru/statistics/publications/catalog/doc_1139841601359
Number of SMEs – legal entities (without individual entrepreneurs)
| SMEs - legal entities (thousand) | Medium-sized enterprises (thousand) | Small enterprises | |||||||||||||
| Small enterprises (thousand) | Microenterprises (thousand) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
| 69.4 | 73.7 | 75.7 | 77.5 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 10.3 | 10.9 | 11.4 | 11.8 | 57.7 | 61.9 | 63.4 | 64.9 |
Source: Rosstat Yearly Book “Small and medium entrepreneurship in Russia”, 2014 http://www.gks.ru/wps/wcm/connect/rosstat_main/rosstat/ru/statistics/publications/catalog/doc_1139841601359
Key sectors: trade, services, transportation, manufacturing and innovations, construction, agribusiness.
Key SME support organizations:
- Ministry for Investment and Innovations http://mii.mosreg.ru/
Department for SME Support. Contacts: Stroiteley Boulevard 1, Krasnogorsk-7, Moscow Region.
Key person responsible for SME Support: Mrs. Nadezhda Karisalova, Deputy Minister.
Tel. + 7 498 602 08 61. E-mail: irina1@rcsme.ru
- Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Moscow Region http://www.tppmo.ru/
- EEN - Euro Info Centre: http://www.eicc-mo.ru/
Infrastructure for Innovations in Moscow Region
- Innovation special economic zone in Dubna http://dubna-oez.ru/eng/
- 8 science towns: Dubna, Zhukovsky, Korolev, Reutov, Protvino, Pushchino, Fryazino, Chernogolovka
- 3 innovative clusters: Dubna (nuclear physics and nanotechnologies), Pushchino (biotechnology), Dolgoprudny (physics and technology http://mipt.ru/en/) and Khimki.
Invitation to Collaboration on SME Development in Moscow Region
Department for SME Support of the Ministry for Investment and Innovations of Moscow Region welcomes cooperation with foreign organizations on SME development in the following areas:
- Policy advice and best practices in SME support policy and measures;
- Exchange of information on SME support and development;
- Priorities of SME support and development;
- Evaluation of SME support programs and measures;
- Facilitating international cooperation of SMEs.
For any inquiries or help on cooperation please contact: Mrs. Nadezhda Karisalova, Deputy Minister, Ministry for Investment and Innovations, Department for SME Support, Tel. + 7 498 602 08 61. E-mail: irina1@rcsme.ru
Useful links and information
International agricultural dairy forum, 2014 http://agromosreg.ru/eng/program/business-program/
International exhibitions http://www.expocentr.ru/en/
Support to innovations in Moscow Region in 2015
Government grants another 160 mln rubles to Moscow Region for pilot innovative clusters
MOSCOW, December 20. /ITAR-TASS/. The Russian government has granted additional subsidy worth 160 million rubles (USD 1 = RUB 32.97) to the Moscow Region’s budget for programs aimed at the development of pilot innovative clusters.
According to the official website of the Cabinet of Ministers, the relevant decision was signed by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. The document changes the distribution of subsidies, which is envisioned by this year’s federal budget to regional budgets and aimed at the development of pilot innovative clusters in territories.
As a result of November-held tender, the list of eleven Russian regions was adopted for co-financing worth about 1.14 billion rubles of such pilot projects through the mechanism of subsidies. The funds are disbursed to support steps, which in particular are aimed at developing innovative, transport, energy, engineering and social infrastructure of the clusters of the kind.
“Whereas, the law ‘On Federal Budget for 2013 and Planned Period of 2014 and 2015’ envisaged 1.3-billion-ruble assignment for the purpose, an unspent balance of about 160 million rubles was received,” the Cabinet of Ministers underlines in the statement posted on its website, “The Economic Development Ministry carried out another tender, upon results of which the Moscow Region received the additional subsidy.” “Therefore, the subsidy granted to the Moscow Region grew by 160 million to reach 257.6 million roubles,” the cabinet said.
