Construction of a microchip factory in Yekaterinburg has been halted. due to funding cuts 

UK "Ecosystems "Cosmos" terminated The contract for the construction of the Karat microchip factory building was cancelled due to funding cuts.

As the deputy governor reported Sverdlovsk region Dmitry IoninFunding for the infrastructure of the Cosmos technology park, which includes the construction of Karat, has been cut from 6 to 2,3 billion rubles. Meanwhile, the contractor, Technocrit LLC, has proposed building the facility for 1,77 billion rubles. 

The construction of the facility will most likely be put out to tender again with an adjusted price.

In January of this year there was announced The construction of a microchip factory, which would encompass the full production cycle: crystal growth and slicing, testing, and chip packaging, was planned. The Karat facility was to be located within the second phase of the Cosmos Technopark. The factory building was to be completed by the end of 2026. 

In Russia, with the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, high-tech production is being curtailed, and wage arrears are accumulating at enterprises. For example, recently сообщалось about the termination of the experiment on packaging Baikal M processors due to a shortage of components. And the builders of the nuclear facility in Dimitrovgrad due to non-payment of wages staged strike. Delays salaries and Kingiseppsky a machine-building plant included in the list of Russian strategic enterprises. 

Companies across various industries are switching to a shorter workweek. For example, Rostselmash, the largest agricultural machinery plant in the south, Rostov-on-Don in March went over for a four-day week, and in June for a three-day week.