Putin meets Omsk governor on investment and infrastructure

Governor Vitaly Khotsenko briefed President Vladimir Putin on the Omsk Region’s socioeconomic situation and requested federal support for a package of investment and infrastructure projects, including relocation of the airport and applying for the treasury infrastructure loan programme; President Putin responded favourably.

• Regional economic indicators: Gross regional product exceeded one trillion rubles; industrial output +3.3%; record grain yield over four million tonnes (ranked eighth nationwide); construction sector +17% (vs 2023); salaries +17.8%. Population declines: -9,500 (2022), -5,000 (2023), -1,400 (2024). Defence manufacturing employment rose from 20,000 (pre‑2022) across 16 enterprises to over 40,000 today.
• Confirmed/planned investments and infrastructure actions: A new investment cycle involving Gazprom Neft, Titan Group, ECO-Culture, and ROST (including new greenhouse complexes) and other projects worth over a trillion rubles in total; the airport will be transferred to the Omsk suburbs by 2028; the region intends to apply for the treasury infrastructure loan programme to finance these projects and has received favourable response from President Putin.