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In the year ahead, we will continue to actively engage with India. This country firmly remaining one of Nizhny Novgorod Region’s key trading partners.

The backbone of trade turnover is formed by supplies of machinery, metal products and electrical equipment. Our key objective for the coming years is to further increase non-resource, non-energy exports by strengthening industrial cooperation.

In spring, during an official visit to India, I presented the investment potential of the region (video clip). As a concrete outcome, we attracted a major Indian technology investor to the Kulibin Special Economic Zone. We are currently continuing negotiations with other Indian companies that are considering the region as a platform for their projects.

In autumn, we discussed the next steps with the Government of Telangana. We identified the areas with the greatest potential for cooperation: textiles, consumer goods, food industry, construction and labor resources. In the near future, we expect visits from Indian business representatives.

At the same time, we are deepening cooperation in IT and education. At the Foreign Economic Activity Forum, we met with the management of the RICH Research Center and agreed to continue our joint work. Today, more than 350 students from India are studying at our universities, and we clearly understand which infrastructure solutions are needed to ensure further growth in this area. By the way, most of the students are future doctors.

For us, India is a priority direction, one we plan to engage with even more deeply in 2026.

 «…Если бы мне пришлось обратиться к американскому народу, – писал Толстой, – то я постарался бы выразить ему мою благодарность за ту большую помощь, которую я получил от его писателей, процветавших в пятидесятых годах. Я бы упомянул Гарисона, Паркера, Эмерсона, Балу и Торо, не как самых великих, но как тех, которые, я думаю, особенно повлияли на меня. Среди других имен назову: Чанинга, Уитиера, Лоуела, Уота Уитмена – блестящую плеяду, подобную которой редко можно найти во всемирной литературе».