The Telecommunication Equipment Consortium (ANO TKO) has requested that the Ministry of Industry and Trade amend the requirements for electronics localization. The proposal suggests allowing the installation of Russian microchips on foreign-made printed circuit boards when domestic alternatives are unavailable. This initiative aims to modify Government Decree No. 719, which governs the certification of industrial products as Russian-made.
The request, reported by Vedomosti, was submitted to the Ministry and the All-Russian Research Institute of Radio Electronics (VNIIR). The adjustment specifically concerns multilayer system boards that require high precision and signal transmission performance. These components are essential for switches, routers, backbone network equipment, data centers, and cellular base station modules.
According to Signaltek CEO Alexey Alyasev, current regulations create an ambiguous link between requirements for system boards and microchips. While the board requirement is technically voluntary, the current wording effectively forces manufacturers to use Russian-made boards to confirm the localization of the microchips themselves. Experts warn this could delay the adoption of existing domestic chips.
Under Government Decree No. 1030, manufacturers receive five points for a single Russian printed circuit board and an additional five points for each subsequent one. System boards, including those for base stations, provide an extra ten points. Discussions regarding microelectronics localization have been ongoing for years, with the government issuing new requirements for Russian-made integrated circuits in April 2026.
