Mikhail Mishustin participates in the Innoprom. Belarus International Industrial Exhibition

The Prime Minister, together with the heads of delegations from the CIS Council of Heads of Government member states, toured the exhibition and addressed the plenary session entitled "A Union of New Technologies: Building the Industry of the Future."

The Innoprom. Belarus International Industrial Exhibition is being held from 29 September to 1 October at the Minsk International Exhibition Centre BelExpo.

The exhibition is organised by the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Industry of the Republic of Belarus.

The exhibition features 138 stands, with participation from approximately 400 companies, including 281 Russian companies, 76 Belarusian companies, and 31 foreign companies (from Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, and Malaysia).

The main sections of the exhibition are: mechanical engineering and components, metallurgy and materials, chemical industry, industrial IT, production automation, and industrial services.

Collective exhibitions will be presented by 23 Russian regions: Arkhangelsk Region, Vologda Region, Donetsk People's Republic, Kirov Region, Krasnodar Territory, Krasnoyarsk Territory, Kurgan Region, Lugansk People's Republic, Novosibirsk Region, Orel Region, Pskov Region, Republic of Tatarstan, Ryazan Region, Samara Region, Saint Petersburg, Sverdlovsk Region, Smolensk Region, Tomsk Region, Tula Region, Ulyanovsk Region, Udmurtian Republic, Chelyabinsk Region, and Yaroslavl Region.

Three national exhibitions will also be presented - from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan.

The business programme will include the main plenary session, as well as specialised sessions on artificial intelligence in industry, industrial cooperation, urban technologies, energy, and other topics.

Mikhail Mishustin's remarks at the plenary session of the Innoprom. Belarus International Industrial Exhibition:

Friends, colleagues,

I would like to greet all participants of the Innoprom. Belarus International Industrial Exhibition.

This year, we celebrated the 15^th anniversary of our main event in Yekaterinburg. Over this time, the practice of off-site exhibitions has also proven successful. Now, for the first time, we have gathered in hospitable Minsk. I am absolutely confident that hosting such a large-scale event will become a fine tradition for our Belarusian friends. It will strengthen dialogue between companies, investors, and government authorities.

In February next year, we plan to hold Innoprom in Saudi Arabia. Naturally, taking this opportunity, I invite everyone to attend.

Colleagues,

Today, we are talking about our industrial future and what it looks like.

The economic situation and the prosperity of the people depend on the most active modernisation of production capacities, the fastest possible development of promising markets, the introduction of cutting-edge technologies and engineering solutions.

Our own powerful national industrial base is among the pillars of national sovereignty. As instructed by the President of Russia, we are creating favourable conditions for its sustained development.

In January-August 2025, industrial production volumes soared by almost 1 percent. The processing sector grew by 3.2 percent. As usual, the machine-building sector that grew by almost 11 percent over the same period made a substantial contribution. First of all, this was made possible by the sector's workers. I would like to take advantage of this opportunity and to congratulate them on their professional holiday, Machine-Builder's Day, celebrated in many our countries on the last Sunday of September. And, of course, I would like to wish them further successes in the future.

We support efforts to open new production facilities and to modernise current ones across the country. As President of Russia Vladimir Putin has noted, this is a key to creating high-tech and well-paid jobs, boosting the incomes of Russian families and raising the prestige of blue-collar and engineering careers.

Since early 2025, the Kaluga Region launched the world's largest automatic line for manufacturing wood-chip boards.

The Nizhny Novgorod Region has launched a unique national enterprise tat manufactures silica gels. Earlier, Russia didn't make commercial amounts of this material at all.

The Ural region has launched batch production of a new model of industrial robots that can lift heavy loads weighing up to 45 kg. Until recently, our countries had a hard time manufacturing manipulator units. Robots assemble robots at this production facility.

A newly opened machine-building workshop will provide essential equipment for mining and metallurgical sector.

An electronic plant manufactures peripheral computer devices in the Rostov Region.

We have completed initial tests of an upgraded Russian-made electric locomotive with our own domestically manufactured units and components. This electric locomotive will contribute to more environmentally friendly railway traffic.

The pharmaceutical industry has also posted positive results. Russian scientists have developed the first unique medication for treating haemophilia at genetic level. Many other advanced medications, including those for treating blood cancer and tumours, are also nearing completion.

These are just a few examples.