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Minister of Education Sergei Kravtsov reported on the preparation of schools for the new academic year. This year, almost 18 million schoolchildren will commence their studies, with 43 new schools opening their doors to welcome them. Furthermore, 670 schools, 41 kindergartens, and 22 colleges have reopened following major repairs. He placed particular emphasis on preparations for September 1 in the border areas and the recently reunited regions, where security measures are accorded the highest priority.

Sergei Kravtsov briefed the President on a series of new policies slated for implementation on September 1. Among these, schools will be required to adopt unified federal curricula, aligned with the assignments found in the National Final School Exams (OGE in Year 9 and EGE in Year 11), in fulfilment of one of the instructions outlined in the Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly. In addition, a professional development programme for history teachers will be launched to help them adapt to the new, standardised textbooks they will be using across the country to teach History and Social Studies from 2026 onwards.

The summer of 2025 saw a record number of Russian schoolchildren winning international Olympiads in geography, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, and computer science, the Minister noted. Russian national teams participated in six international Olympiads, securing 29 medals, including 20 gold medals.

Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko updated those present on the outcomes of the nationwide teachers’ congress and the readiness of the general and vocational education system for the new academic year. He also specifically highlighted the progress made in the border areas and Russia’s new regions. The key priority there is to prepare university infrastructure. By autumn, 573 higher education facilities are expected to reopen after major repairs.

The Deputy Prime Minister underscored the unprecedented level of investment in educational infrastructure, made in accordance with the Presidential instruction under the World-Class Campuses project. Several of the selected campuses have already been upgraded: in a few days, a new lecture building will be inaugurated on the Novosibirsk State University campus, and buildings of the Neimark IT campus will be used for the World Youth Festival Assembly in Nizhny Novgorod next month.

Minister of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov informed the meeting’s participants about the summer vacation season. Moscow and the Moscow Region, along with the Krasnodar Territory, St Petersburg, Tatarstan and the Black Sea coast have retained their status as leading travel destinations, the minister said, adding that tourist flows to Crimea increased by 11 percent.

Maxim Reshetnikov continued his presentation by reporting on the growing number of international tourists in Russia. This figure increased by 18 percent in June 2025 compared to the same period last year. This is primarily attributable to measures aimed at easing visa restrictions and the growing number of direct flights linking Russia to friendly countries. Discover Russia, a programme launched in 2024 with a mission to promote Russia as a tourist destination, has also proven quite effective.

In his report, the minister also talked about a new hotel classification system. It is scheduled to be launched on September 1 and will cover not only hotels, as before, but also health resorts, recreational sites, camping grounds and glamping sites.

Minister of Energy Sergei Tsivilev reported on the national power grid’s operation during peak demand. Energy consumption peaked in 2025 during the heatwave in southern Russia, but maintenance and upgrades at energy facilities ensured that the energy system as a whole remained stable so that neither individual consumers, nor businesses experienced any issues in this regard.

There is a system-wide effort across the country’s regions to expand generating capacity and grids. As much as 1,600 megawatts of capacity is expected to be launched by the end of the year, mostly from renewable sources with most of this generating capacity located in the Rostov Region, Kuban, Crimea and in Russia’s Far East.

Sergei Tsivilev placed special emphasis on the cost per kilowatt-hour. In this connection, the ministry has launched a set of systemic measures to streamline generating and transmission costs.

Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov described ensuring that the necessary resources are available to achieve the national development goals as the key priority for the federal budget in 2026−2028. The Government is scheduled to review the draft budget in mid-September, and the effort to prepare proposals on earmarking the corresponding financial resources in the budget is underway.

First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov said that the budget would save 200 billion rubles from a one-percent cut in the key interest rate by the Central Bank, and this money will be allocated towards carrying out national projects, among other spending items.

Denis Manturov also reported a 4.2 percent increase in the processing sector since the start of 2025, with transport machine building, radio electronics, pharmaceuticals and defence manufacturing serving as the main growth drivers.