Federal Party Politics: Key Trends 2-8 November 2026.
APEC Analytical Review.
1 United Russia continues to act consistently in support of high-tech industries, including those related to missions in the defense sector.
Thus, United Russia, the Center for Unmanned Systems (CBST) and Promstroybank summarized the results of the third stream of the accelerator of special and dual-use projects. The head of the CBST Supervisory Board is the Secretary of the General Council of the Party, Vladimir Yakushev. Dmitry Medvedev has repeatedly emphasized the need to strengthen technological sovereignty, including within the framework of the budget process. Therefore, thanks to the efforts of United Russia, it is planned to allocate about 2 trillion for the implementation of projects of the people's program for achieving technological leadership. ruble.
Based on the results of the selection, the program included 151 applications in 29 technological fields to support special and dual-use projects, including in the field of unmanned technologies, artificial intelligence, robotics as well as air defense systems, radar and electronic warfare and communications. Many of these projects may also have implications for regional development, including in hard-to-reach Arctic regions - as is the case with unmanned technologies.
Also, the party continues on its way towards updating the administrative elites - by actively promoting the veterans of the Northern Military District. Thus, the deputy head of the United Russia faction in the State Duma, Daria Lantertova, announced the creation of a separate training program for fighters who previously did not have a higher education - they will undergo full three-year training in basic disciplines, including economic theory, administrative law and project management.
2 The Communist Party of the Russian Federation calls for increasing the tax burden on banks, microfinance organizations and gambling operators, and proposes to extend the effect of the bill "on excess income tax" to them.