Russian Regions Step Up Their Own Artificial Intelligence Projects
Tatarstan plans to expand the use of AI in healthcare, education, and public services, while launching several new neural labs each year.
Tatarstan is set to broaden the use of artificial intelligence across multiple sectors. Flagship projects for the next five years were discussed at a year-end meeting of the republic’s Ministry of Digital Development.
As the ministry’s head, Ilya Nachvin, noted, Tatarstan is focusing on four core areas: infrastructure, workforce training, applied projects, and research.
The republic already operates an AI system for civil servants known as Gosprompt (a government AI assistant platform), which brings together more than 3,000 users and 15 intelligent assistants. In agriculture, neural networks are used to monitor the health of dairy cows. In Kazan, an AI-powered road monitoring system inspects more than 1,000 kilometers daily. At the Republican Radiology Data Center, AI speeds up the processing of X-ray images fivefold.
Science and Technology Base
Over the next five years, regional authorities plan to strengthen the technological foundation for developing and deploying AI solutions. Global large language models will be fine-tuned using local datasets. AI is also set to be integrated into the republic’s Unified Digital Information Platform to automate code generation, improving the quality of public services and reducing IT costs.
More than 19,000 school and vocational college students in the region are currently studying programming and artificial intelligence. Under the Algarysh-AI (Algarysh-AI talent development program) initiative, the most promising students will be able to study at leading universities worldwide and are expected to return to the region afterward.
Economic Impact
In applied projects, AI is being introduced in areas that deliver tangible benefits for residents or the economy. Examples include a Teacher’s Assistant system and automated document verification in construction. The regional Gosprompt model is set to be adapted for use across multiple sectors over the next five years.
In research, the region plans to work with the local Academy of Sciences to establish two interdisciplinary laboratories each year at the intersection of AI and petrochemicals, medicine, robotics, smart city technologies, and the Tatar language. According to the Ministry of Digital Development, this approach is designed to ensure that fundamental research delivers practical economic returns for Tatarstan.
