Country aims to remove 70 percent of foreign-made technology from manufacturing operations by 2030
Russia is reportedly planning to spend more than 240 billion rubles ($2.54 billion) on 110 R&D projects focused on developing domestic chip-making equipment and materials.
According to a Google-translated report from CNews, the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade and the International Scientific and Technical Center of Electronic Technology (MIET) want to remove foreign-made equipment from the country’s microelectronics manufacturing operations.
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The MIET has a removal target of 70 percent by 2030 and there are reportedly 41 projects that have already been launched, with a further 26 due before the end of the year and the final 43 launching between 2025-26.
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russian chip companies Baikal Electronics, Mikron, and MCST (Moscow Center of SPARC Technologies) were added to the UK and US government's sanctions list.
According to a report from the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) published in April 2024, Russia’s chip-making industry is still functioning, as domestic firms largely produce semiconductors for government customers, such as the military.
However, while the report described the industry as “small” and “technologically backward,” it noted that it remains reliant on Western spare parts and materials and European and Asian allies should enforce tighter controls on chip-making tools and equipment to further squeeze the industry.
In June 2024, US lawmakers introduced a bipartisan bill to bar US-based companies that have received CHIPS and Science Act funding from buying chipmaking equipment from companies owned or controlled by China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran.
Two months later, the Biden Administration banned exports of Nvidia and AMD's latest GPUs to some countries in the Middle East amidst accusations that the United Arab Emirate (UAE) had become a potential “transshipment point” used by Russia to evade sanctions and the country’s deepening ties with China.
According to the AEI report, in the first half of 2023, shipments of chips from China accounted for 88 percent of the chips acquired by Russia.
Russia is reportedly planning to spend more than 240 billion rubles ($2.54 billion) on 110 R&D projects focused on developing domestic chip-making equipment and materials.
According to a Google-translated report from CNews, the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade and the International Scientific and Technical Center of Electronic Technology (MIET) want to remove foreign-made equipment from the country’s microelectronics manufacturing operations.
– Getty Images
The MIET has a removal target of 70 percent by 2030 and there are reportedly 41 projects that have already been launched, with a further 26 due before the end of the year and the final 43 launching between 2025-26.
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russian chip companies Baikal Electronics, Mikron, and MCST (Moscow Center of SPARC Technologies) were added to the UK and US government's sanctions list.
According to a report from the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) published in April 2024, Russia’s chip-making industry is still functioning, as domestic firms largely produce semiconductors for government customers, such as the military.
However, while the report described the industry as “small” and “technologically backward,” it noted that it remains reliant on Western spare parts and materials and European and Asian allies should enforce tighter controls on chip-making tools and equipment to further squeeze the industry.
In June 2024, US lawmakers introduced a bipartisan bill to bar US-based companies that have received CHIPS and Science Act funding from buying chipmaking equipment from companies owned or controlled by China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran.
Two months later, the Biden Administration banned exports of Nvidia and AMD's latest GPUs to some countries in the Middle East amidst accusations that the United Arab Emirate (UAE) had become a potential “transshipment point” used by Russia to evade sanctions and the country’s deepening ties with China.
According to the AEI report, in the first half of 2023, shipments of chips from China accounted for 88 percent of the chips acquired by Russia.
