Focus areas in the development of the Vitebsk region. Alexander Subbotin on plans for 2026-2030
The head of the northern region, Alexander Subbotin, outlined the vision for the further development of the Vitebsk region. The developed concept will allow for growth in key performance indicators (GDP per capita and budget revenues to increase by at least 2 times by 2030, real wages by 1.5 times), the chairman of the regional executive committee expressed his confidence.
"We have defended the strategies of each region of the oblast, developed measures for their development, and identified specific projects and activities for the next five-year period. If the general approaches are approved, this concept will form the basis of the Program for Socio-Economic Development of the Oblast and all its regions for 2026-2030," Alexander Subbotin said.
Development priorities for the region:
- attracting investment in the real sector of the economy. It is planned to implement 112 projects in industry, 94 in agriculture, and 51 in tourism and related services;
- creation of high-tech production facilities in pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, machine tool and mechanical engineering, microelectronics, and woodworking;
- development of traditional industries for the region, which account for over 30% of value added: light industry, food industry, and the agro-industrial complex;
- in the agro-industrial complex, growth points by 2030 are dairy production and ensuring the feed base. One of the priority tasks is the construction of new dairy farms and the establishment of technological order at existing facilities;
- in the pig farming industry: as a result of modernizing existing facilities for fattening pigs, by 2030 the pig population should increase to 400,000 heads, and pork production volumes will reach 73,000 tons (a 35% increase by 2025);
- in the poultry farming industry: large-scale modernization of production capacities at the Vitebsk Broiler Poultry Farm will allow this enterprise alone to increase poultry meat production from 75,000 tons in 2025 to 100,000 tons by 2030;
- increasing the sown areas of grain crops, corn, and alfalfa to provide livestock with high-quality feed of own production;
- attracting investments in the modernization and construction of tourist facilities, involving small and medium-sized enterprises, which will allow increasing the share of these services in the gross regional product of the region to 10% by 2030;
- further development of the "Bremno-Orsha" special economic zone, Vitebsk airport, construction of new transport and logistics centers.