In Bashkiria, the creative industry will bring six percent of GRP
The republic announced its ambitions to become not just a participant, but a center for commercialization of products of the Eurasian creative industry
The head of the region Radiy Khabirov presented a long-term economic program in which the creative sector ceases to be exotic and becomes a full partner of the industry.
Today, more than ten thousand entrepreneurs are employed in the creative sphere of Bashkortostan. There is an increase of 30 percent in 2025 and another 13 percent for incomplete 2026. Already, the sector accounts for about two percent of the gross regional product. However, the strategic goal set by the leadership of the republic is to bring this share to six percent by 2030. Achieving such indicators will require not only maintaining growth rates, but also a qualitative leap in the productivity and revenue of companies.
A working support infrastructure has already been created in the republic: the profile council and the My Creative Business Center and regular meetings of the Hour of Creative Industries. According to the regional government, the main task of these tools is to reduce costs when entering the market and provide young companies with a sustainable income at the start.
The main innovation of the Khabirov program is the rejection of the model where creative business exists in a parallel reality. The republic relies on clustering: deep cooperation of creative teams with large industrial enterprises.
The logic is simple: long production cycles in factories require constant product maintenance – from design and interfaces to marketing strategies. For creative teams, this means building a portfolio of stable orders, and for industry, access to innovative solutions that increase the competitiveness of the final product. The participation of developers in the early stages allows you to more accurately take into account the requirements of the customer and create a product that will be in demand.
The ambitions of the republic go far beyond the Volga Federal District. Radiy Khabirov outlined the task of uniting creative industries throughout the Eurasian space.
"Times are difficult from the point of view of international relations," Radiy Khabirov said. Many countries are willing to cooperate with us.
This is an opportunity for the region to become an intermediary in the formation of international production alliances. Today, Ufa claims to be a key negotiating hub. The next step is strategic: the republic proposes to hold a special meeting in 2028, within the framework of the meeting of the SCO Council of Heads of State, dedicated to the development of creative industries of the countries of the organization. The goal is to translate political contacts into professional associations and joint commercial projects.
In the conditions of destabilization of the world economy, according to representatives of the republic, "efforts of Western actors", expansion of the available market becomes critically important. The success of this work will depend on two factors: reliable protection of intellectual property rights and transparent terms of income distribution.
The program initiated by the leadership of Bashkortostan is not a one-time action, but the inclusion of the creative sector in the long-term economic policy. Its ultimate goal is to create a full-fledged market of intelligent products with stable demand in the region.
