Business has invested more than 39 billion rubles in the DPR economy since 2023

Since the start of the Donbass Development Corporation in 2023, business has invested more than 39 billion rubles in the DPR economy.

In the first three quarters of 2026, 30 new projects with investments exceeding 160 billion rubles were included in the register of large-scale investment projects of the DPR.

MOSCOW, September 30 - RIA Novosti. Business has invested more than 39 billion rubles in the economy of the Donetsk People's Republic since the start of the Donbass Development Corporation in 2023, DPR senator Natalya Nikonorova told RIA Novosti.

“According to the Donbass Development Corporation, from the beginning of its work in 2023 until the second quarter of 2026, business invested more than 39 billion rubles in the DPR economy. Moreover, in the first three quarters of 2026, 30 new projects with investments of over 160 billion rubles were included in the register of large-scale investment projects of the DPR,” she said.

According to the senator, the development of the republic is intensive and sustainable, and economic indicators are the best illustration of this process.

“In industry, we have gone from single startups to the restoration of entire production chains. In 2022-2024, more than 30 industrial enterprises in the metallurgical, engineering and other industries resumed work in the DPR. At the beginning of 2026, the industrial potential of the republic was 475 enterprises, of which 266 were already carrying out production activities,” Nikonorova continued.

She emphasized that it is important not just to return enterprises to work, but to integrate them into Russian production chains. For this purpose, an interregional engineering cluster is being developed, where it is planned to close the chain from metallurgical raw materials to engineering products, and the concept of a construction cluster has been worked out.

“At the beginning of 2026, there were 167 active participants in the SEZ (free economic zone) in the DPR, which were implementing 186 investment projects. The total declared volume of investments was 165.4 billion rubles, the number of new jobs was 9,692,” the parliamentarian noted.

According to her, as of September 21, 2026, there are already 199 active SEZ participants in the DPR, which have begun implementing 224 investment projects with a total declared investment volume of 189.5 billion rubles and 11,131 new jobs. There are more than 58 thousand entities in the Unified Register of Small and Medium Enterprises of the Republic, and tax and non-tax budget revenues for 2026 after adjustments are provided in the amount of 95 billion rubles against 79 billion in the original plan for 2025.