Published on: 2026-06-06
Source: Government of the Russian Federation –
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Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova spoke at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum as the moderator of the session “Economics of Medicine for Healthy Longevity. A New Model of Citizens’ Health Care.”
According to the Deputy Prime Minister, with the development of modern technologies, we face a new task – preserving human health and slowing down its aging. “Last year, we already specifically discussed the issues of healthy longevity. We are moving forward, developing in our country the global trend – medicine of healthy longevity, advancing from treating diseases to their prevention. That is, towards the true health of citizens,” emphasized Tatyana Golikova.
In recent years, healthcare has become a reliable driver of economic development in Russia. Thus, the share of gross value added in healthcare activities in GDP increased from 2.8% in 2023 to 3.15% in 2025.
Tatyana Golikova noted that the main components of citizens’ health preservation are disease prevention, recovery, and strengthening of physical and cognitive health, maintenance of a long healthy life. The modern ideology is a shift from treating diseases to managing habits and, essentially, forming a new attitude towards one’s life.
“Preserving health at the recent conference in Saransk was called ‘Medicine 3.0.’ The development of this direction is impossible without maintaining brain activity, the cognitive reserve of a person, which allows the brain to function even in the presence of age-related changes or pathology. This is one of the main conditions for longevity. The cognitive reserve is formed throughout life through intellectual activity, social involvement, and the management of emotional states,” said Tatyana Golikova.
She noted that previously, issues of longevity were considered mostly from a social perspective: employment, involvement in active life, development of new skills and abilities, communication, healthy nutrition. Nowadays, development has received a complex interdisciplinary approach, including economic aspects. Prevention of disease is cheaper than its treatment. It is precisely this paradigm that now underlies the development of the Russian healthcare system.
By the end of 2025, specialized care, including high-tech medical care, will lead in the OMS system, accounting for 54.8%. Outpatient care accounts for 38% of all OMS care.
According to FOMS data, every 10 years of a person’s life, the number of cases of specialized medical care within the framework of OMS, including high-tech care, increases by 25–30%. As a result, the highest number of hospitalization cases occurs in the age group of 66–75 years.
“In 2025, more than 100 million people underwent medical check-ups and occupational health examinations, including 49 million of working age. Nearly 31 million diseases were detected, including 4 million at an early stage, 70% of which could have led to early disability. Detecting risks of disease development helps delay the formation of diseases by 15 years or more. This means that the most important ages for identifying risks are 26–35 years and 36–45 years,” emphasized the Deputy Prime Minister.
The chief freelance specialist, plastic surgeon of the Ministry of Health Natalya Manturova spoke about specialized health improvement and active longevity centers that are being created across the country today. Their key task is to make proactive technologies accessible to people of all ages. In the centers offering both medical and cosmetic procedures, patients receive not only treatment of diseases but also a biological age management program.
“We are not just adjusting traits – we are creating conditions for the integration of people into an active social life of society. It is impossible not to be pleased that there is serious state support for such initiatives. One example is the all-Russian movement ‘For Medicine of Healthy Longevity’ – this is an example of an effective state initiative and investments in modern medical technologies. Improving the qualifications of personnel, expanding the range of aesthetic services is available not only in large cities but also throughout all regions of Russia.””Our goal is to make quality support for appearance and mental state accessible to all citizens,” noted Natalya Manturova.
Alexey Moskalev, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, director of the Institute of Biology of Aging and Healthy Longevity of the State Scientific Center of the Russian Federation FSBI “Russian Scientific Center of Surgery named after Academician B.V. Petrovsky” of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia; Vladimir Mashkov, chairman of the Union of Theatrical Actors of Russia, artistic director of the Moscow theater Oleg Tabakov, Moscow theater “Sovremennik”; Olga Krivonos, deputy head of the Apparatus of the Government of the Russian Federation, doctor of medical sciences, honored doctor of the Russian Federation, laureate of the Government prizeof the Russian Federation in the field of science and technology.
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