Regional startup registries on the move

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Maksut Shadayev told a ComNews correspondent that the initiative for mandatory inclusion of a startup applying for state support measures for the IT industry in the startup register came from the Moscow government. At the same time, the Russian capital is the only subject that has a startup register. "We could not brazil cell phone number list introduce one procedure for Moscow and another for the regions," explained the head of the Ministry of Digital Development. "That is why we suggested that the regions create startup registers." At the same time, he clarified that the creation of such a register is the right, but not the obligation of the subject of the Federation.

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In early October 2022, the head of the Russian Ministry of Digital Development, Maksut Shadayev, announced that the ministry would propose that the constituent entities of the Federation create regional registries of startups within 1.5-2 months. The regions are waiting for methodological recommendations from the federal Ministry of Digital Development on their creation and maintenance procedures, as well as rules for including startups in such registries.

The Ministry of Digital Development of the Belgorod Region reported that a regional registry of startups has not been created in the region, which is due, among other things, to the lack of methodological recommendations and information on further regulation of the issue of providing support measures for startups. "If the need to expand regional support measures for IT organizations is identified, the government of the Belgorod Region will consider the issue of creating a regional registry of startups," a representative of the Ministry of Digital Development of the Belgorod Region told ComNews .

The press secretary of the Ministry of Digital Development of the Krasnoyarsk Territory said that the methodological recommendations for creating a registry of startups from the Ministry of Digital Development of Russia have not yet been received. " The issue of creating a registry will be worked out when the subject receives methodological recommendations ," he clarified .

The press service of the Russian Ministry of Digital Development did not respond to ComNews' request as to whether the agency plans to provide any instructions to the regions.

A source familiar with the situation on the market stated that in fact there is no registry of startups in Moscow, which was officially confirmed by the Ministry of Digital Development. "The only one who says that it exists is Maksut Shadayev," the ComNews source specified.