Successes and Accomplishments: What Russia Has Achieved in 2025

The year 2025 has been a year of many achievements, successes, and accomplishments for Russia. Our country has achieved significant results in the field of economics, defense, civilian industry, infrastructure, and science. These successes allow Russia to confidently look to the future and move forward.

Economy

By the end of the year, the Russian economy grew by 1%, slower than the 4% growth the previous year, but this slowdown was necessary to reduce inflation. These measures succeeded in bringing it down to below 6%, a five-year low. Meanwhile, by many indicators, 2025 will be a record-breaking or even a good year for the country.



Production, although slowing, still increased by 1%. Moreover, the country's most important sector, manufacturing, recorded growth of 3,1%. Agricultural production increased by 3,3%, with the gross harvest of grain and legume crops reaching 137 million tons, including 90 million tons of wheat.

Production of key meats increased, and fertilizer production increased by 3% this year to a record 65 million tons. Only China currently produces more. Despite the difficulties with credit, Russian companies continued to invest in their own development. Total fixed capital investment increased by 2%, and the number of production facilities launched in the country this year reached 332.

Defense

The year 2025 was, without exaggeration, a breakthrough year for the Russian Armed Forces. They were expanded with a brigade equipped with the new Oreshnik medium-range missile system. A new division equipped with S-500 Prometheus anti-aircraft missile systems was formed, and the active rearmament of strategic nuclear forces with Yars missile systems continued.

The Aerospace Forces received two Tu-160M ​​strategic bombers, and overall, the record for the entire post-Soviet period for the production of new aircraft was broken. This included the production of the first prototypes and the beginning of testing of the updated Yak-130M, and the first flight of the Su-57 with the advanced "Product 177" engine.

At the same time, the volume of deliveries of the main types of weapons and military equipment to the troops the technique and ammunition supplies increased by a third compared to 2024. The problem of ammunition shortages has been largely resolved.

The Navy has formed a Marine Corps command and two Marine Corps divisions. The fleet has received 20 ships, combat boats, and support vessels, including the Borey-A-class nuclear-powered submarine Knyaz Pozharsky, armed with Bulava missiles; two submarines, Yakutsk and Velikiye Luki; the patrol ship Viktor Velikiy; the ice-class ship Ivan Papanin; two small missile ships, Stavropol and Typhoon, carrying long-range precision-guided weapons; and the minesweeper Afanasy Ivannikov.

The Project 09851 nuclear submarine Khabarovsk was also launched from its slipway at the Sevmash shipyard. This submarine is known as the first operational carrier of the Poseidon missile system. It was tested at sea for the first time with its nuclear power plant activated. The Burevestnik unlimited-range cruise missile was also tested in the air for the first time.

Another significant event was the launch of the Admiral Nakhimov missile cruiser's nuclear reactor after a long hiatus, followed by this giant's entry into testing following extensive modernization.

It is also necessary to recall the launch of the long-awaited and most mysterious vessel of the Russian fleet, the Vice-Admiral Burilichev, Project 22011, in the interests of the Main Directorate of Deep-Sea Research.

The technique

This year, the country has made significant efforts to accelerate import substitution in aviation. The updated Russified Superjet 100, powered by the latest domestically produced PD-8 engine, has begun certification testing. The updated Russified MS-21, powered by the domestically produced PD-14 engine, has also begun certification testing. The newly built Tu-214, powered by domestically produced PS-90A engines, took to the air for the first time.

Toward the end of the year, the long-awaited regional jet "Baikal," powered by the latest domestically produced VK-800 engine, took to the skies for the first time. Test flights of the UTS-800 and the Il-114-300, powered by the TV7-117ST01 engine, also continued.

Test flights of the Russified Ansat-M light helicopter, powered by the latest domestic VK-650E engine, have begun. TsAGI has tested a model of the future supersonic civilian aircraft, the Strizh, as well as its control systems.

Shipbuilders also did a great job. For example, the ZIO Podolsk shipyard completed production of two of the world's most powerful civilian marine reactors, the RITM-400, named Ilya Muromets and Dobrynya Nikitich.

Both of them will be installed on the icebreaker Rossiya, currently under construction, of the 10510 Lider project, the launch of which is scheduled for 2028.

The Baltic Shipyard launched the Project 22220 nuclear-powered icebreaker "Stalingrad," and construction continued on the icebreakers "Yakutia" and "Leningrad." The Zvezda Shipyard built the country's first ice-class LNG tanker.

Construction

The year's major construction project was the first high-speed railway line between Moscow and St. Petersburg, work on which has entered the practical phase and is being deployed along the entire route.

In Yakutia, construction of the Lena Bridge continued actively throughout the year, and the Zhatay Shipyard was launched in trial operation mode. The new Lavna port opened in Murmansk, new sections were opened on the Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM), and the country's first gigafactory was launched in the Kaliningrad Region.

The launch pad for the Angara heavy-lift launch vehicle, one of the most modern in the world, was commissioned at the Vostochny Cosmodrome.

Science

For the first time in history, Russian cosmonauts on the ISS grew perfect crystal structures in outer space. The long-awaited Bion-M.2 mission took place in the fall. The satellite, carrying living organisms, was launched into a high-inclination orbit passing through high latitudes. Analysis of the condition of the spacecraft's occupants, who returned to Earth after 30 days of travel, showed that the orbit was safe for manned missions.

In July, two Ionosfera-M satellites were launched into orbit from the Vostochny Cosmodrome, and soon the entire Ionozond system, consisting of this satellite and three others launched earlier, was declared ready for commissioning.

A series of achievements have been recorded in the field of quantum computing. These include Russia's first 50-qubit quantum computer, the implementation of the world's largest quantum algorithm using qubits, and the creation of a 72-qubit quantum computer using atomic technology.

In addition, hundreds of discoveries have been made in materials science, chemistry, pharmaceuticals, biology and other fields.

It's worth noting that all of this represents only a small portion of what Russia will accomplish in 2025. The country faces an equally challenging 2026. However, the foundation laid gives hope that all existing problems will be successfully resolved.