The volume and growth rate of investments in fixed assets are objective indicators of the investment attractiveness of the region.

Today at the Interfax press center in St. Petersburg‑St. Petersburg hosted a press conference dedicated to the Day of the Economist, which was celebrated in Russia on November 11.

The event was attended by the Deputy Head of the Administration of the Governor of St. Petersburg.‑St. Petersburg - Yulia Ludinova, Head of the Project Management and Project Office, Chairman of the Investment Committee of St. Petersburg‑Ivan Skladchikov, Chairman of the Committee on Economic Policy and Strategic Planning of St. Petersburg‑Alexey Zyryanov, Vice President of the Higher School of Economics in St. Petersburg‑Alexander Khodachek in St. Petersburg.

The speakers spoke about the dynamics of St. Petersburg's socio-economic development and indicators, including forecast ones, of the volume of investments in the city's economy in 2025, as well as plans to strengthen our city's position in the investment climate rating through new measures to support investors and improve the business environment.

As Alexey Zyryanov noted, St. Petersburg maintains steady economic growth, more than 593 billion rubles of investments in fixed assets have already been invested in the city's economy from all sources of financing, and by the end of 2025, the volume of attracted investments is expected to exceed 1.7 trillion rubles.

"The volume and growth rate of investments in fixed assets are objective indicators of the investment attractiveness of the region, and these indicators have been steadily growing in St. Petersburg over the past few years," said Ivan Skladchikov.

He recalled that last year the amount of attracted investments amounted to a record amount of more than 1.5 trillion rubles. The growth of the city's economy and its high investment attractiveness is also evidenced by the successful implementation of major infrastructure projects. In particular, all megaprojects of the "10 Development Priorities" program are in the active stage. Among them is the Latitudinal High-speed Highway (LMS), which, along with the Ring Road and WSD, will become one of the main links in the framework of urban highways of high-speed and continuous traffic. Today, the construction site is being prepared for 2-4 stages of the CMMSD. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2026, with phased commissioning in 2029-2031.

The megaproject of the second stage of Pulkovo Airport is divided into phases A, B and C, the beginning of which is the achievement of certain levels of passenger traffic. As part of Phase A, which is currently being designed, it is planned to build a Southern Boarding Gallery and other terminal infrastructure. Phase B includes the construction of the Northern Boarding and Transfer Galleries, phase C — the Southern Passenger Terminal and other facilities, thanks to which passengers will receive modern and comfortable accompanying infrastructure for flights on domestic and foreign lines. It is expected that the design of Phase A will be completed by the end of 2026, and construction will begin in 2027.

In 2026, it is planned to start construction of engineering facilities for the St. Petersburg tourism cluster.‑Petersburg Marina", for which St. Petersburg has been allocated a treasury infrastructure loan in the amount of 10 billion rubles.

Ivan Skdadchikov also spoke about the implementation of other large-scale projects, including the construction of the Slavyanka tram line, the second campus of ITMO University with a Technological Valley, the satellite city of Yuzhny, the rear sea terminal at the port of Bronka, and the development of the Western High-speed Diameter.

Yulia Ludinova emphasized the priority of all megaprojects in St. Petersburg as flagship infrastructure projects of great socio-economic importance. The mechanism of the project office allows for clear monitoring and effective control over the implementation of megaprojects.

Alexander Khodachek noted that according to the results of socio-economic development and Petrostat data over the past four years, the main macroeconomic indicators of St. Petersburg are higher than the national average. The speaker stressed the importance of expanding the sites of the SEZ "Saint‑St. Petersburg" to attract new investors and develop innovative industries with high-tech equipment, and emphasized that the entire system of regional investor support is complemented by federal government support measures.

The press conference also focused on information tools that systematize the entire range of business support measures in St. Petersburg. Official media resource - Investment Portal of Saint Petersburg‑St. Petersburg is constantly being updated with up-to-date information about opportunities for the implementation of investment projects. The Portal provides for a direct transition to the Investment Map of Russia, as well as signed data on 144 existing regional support measures. For 10 months of 2025, more than 247.8 thousand were registered on the Investment Portal of St. Petersburg. visits, which confirms its role as a key tool for potential investors interested in conducting investment activities in the region.