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Russian foundation models

Domestic large models anchor a national stack for language, services and analytics.

Trend strength 6/10

Momentum +2/q

Confidence medium

Status rising

Forecast horizon

The gap to the frontier and access to compute define how far the domestic stack can reach.

Connections

Connections · 2

How this node ties into the rest of the map, and the evidence behind each link.

to · enables 5/10

RU digital government

Domestic models power public-service deployment.

to · uses 5/10

Open-weight models

Open-weight bases lower the cost of a domestic stack.

Signal sources

Signal sources

Dated facts from primary sources in this direction.

National AI Strategy Feb 2024

Decree No. 124 (15 Feb 2024) updated Russia's National AI Strategy to 2030, targeting over 11.2 trillion roubles of cumulative AI-driven GDP impact and 95% sector readiness.

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Domestic open model Nov 2025

On 19 Nov 2025 Sber open-sourced GigaChat 3 Ultra (a 702B-parameter mixture-of-experts) under the MIT licence, claiming the top rank on the Russian-language MERA benchmark.