The federal budget draft for 2027-2029 submitted by the Russian government to the State Duma includes a plan to provide capital funding for Russian Railways’ quantum communications network. The total funding is projected to amount to 3.8 billion rubles.
Three-year quantum communications budget
The explanatory note accompanying the budget draft says the funds allocated to Russian Railways will be directed toward developing quantum networks. The planned amounts by year are as follows:

- 2027: 1.256 billion rubles
- 2028: 1.297 billion rubles
- 2029: 1.252 billion rubles

In 2019, the Russian government designated the Russian Railways holding company as the organization responsible for developing quantum communications. The company’s quantum communications network reached 7,000 kilometers in length in 2024.
The updated quantum communications roadmap aims to extend the network to more than 15,000 kilometers by 2030. The Russian Railways quantum network is described as one of the world’s largest quantum networks.