Kaliningrad industry added 13.6% for eight months of 2026

The industry of the Kaliningrad region for eight months of 2026 increased by 13.6%. Governor Alexei Besprozvennykh told the Minister of Industry and Trade of Russia Anton Alikhanov at a meeting in Moscow on October 26.

According to the governor, electronics production grew by 22% and the manufacturing industry by 7.2%. Production of cars, wood products, medicines and food products also increased.

He spoke about new programs to support local businesses. They will help companies get preferential loans for the development of industrial sites and the introduction of robots in production.

Anton Alikhanov said that from 2023 to the second quarter of 2026, the federal authorities sent about 28.7 billion rubles to support the industry of the region. Another 238.5 million rubles were allocated under a separate program for the regions.

The meeting also discussed the renewal of transport. Earlier, the region received money to buy 35 trolleybuses that can travel part of the way without a contact network. Now the region expects to upgrade buses and ambulances.

Earlier, we wrote that Beznamenykh announced the completion of the overhaul of the historic house on Brahms.