The medical gas and equipment market in Russia has experienced significant modernization over the past two decades, driven by the expansion of healthcare infrastructure and regulatory reforms under the Federal Ministry of Health. Major hospitals such as Botkin Hospital in Moscow and Mariinsky Hospital in Saint Petersburg transitioned from individual gas cylinders to advanced centralized pipeline systems that supply oxygen, nitrous oxide, nitrogen, and medical air directly to intensive care units, surgical theaters, and neonatal departments. The surge in respiratory illnesses, particularly chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and post-COVID pulmonary complications, has increased the need for reliable oxygen systems across both urban and regional hospitals. The widespread introduction of on-site oxygen generation plants based on Pressure Swing Adsorption technology has strengthened self-sufficiency in medical gas supply, especially in remote areas like Siberia and the Far East. Institutions such as the National Medical Research Center for Pulmonology in Moscow have adopted these systems to ensure uninterrupted care for critical patients. Russia’s national standards, including GOST R ISO 7396-1, mandate strict compliance in the design, production, and maintenance of gas infrastructure, ensuring purity and patient safety.

Modern facilities utilize cryogenic storage tanks and smart monitoring systems that detect pressure fluctuations and leaks in real time, integrated with building management platforms for safety and energy optimization. The rise of home healthcare, supported by federal telemedicine initiatives, has also expanded the use of portable oxygen concentrators and mobile therapy devices for elderly patients. Training programs for biomedical engineers and medical technicians are managed by institutions such as the Moscow State Technical University, focusing on gas handling and quality control. Environmental sustainability is becoming a greater priority in Russia’s gas production sector, with recycling protocols for aluminum and steel cylinders being implemented and cryogenic production plants in regions like Tatarstan upgrading to low-emission technologies to minimize their environmental footprint.According to the research report, "Russia Medical Gas and Equipment Market Research Report, 2030," published by Actual Market Research, the Russia Medical Gas and Equipment market is anticipated to grow at more than 6.37% CAGR from 2025 to 2030. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed supply vulnerabilities, leading to rapid infrastructure expansion, including the construction of modular oxygen stations at facilities like Kommunarka Hospital in Moscow and temporary field hospitals established in Rostov-on-Don. Key players such as Linde Gas Rus, Cryogenmash, and Air Liquide Russia dominate the market, supplying medical gases to federal hospitals and private healthcare providers across the country. Russian manufacturers, including NPO Geliymash and CryoGas, have ramped up local production capacity for PSA oxygen systems and cryogenic storage units, reducing dependence on imported gas supplies.

The Federal Biomedical Agency has coordinated with industrial companies to ensure consistent oxygen availability through the modernization of central gas pipelines and manifold systems in over 200 regional hospitals. Emerging companies such as Elmed and Medtechnika are innovating in compact gas regulators, automatic alarms, and AI-enabled gas monitoring panels integrated into ICU equipment. Logistics and transportation remain challenging across Russia’s vast geography, prompting investment in decentralized micro-generation units for hospitals in regions like Yakutia and Kamchatka. Partnerships between RosTech and private healthcare groups have supported the installation of remote diagnostic platforms that integrate with home-based oxygen devices, expanding care accessibility for patients with chronic conditions. In research and biotechnology, the Skolkovo Innovation Center collaborates with gas producers on cryogenic and specialty gas applications for stem cell preservation and vaccine storage. The government’s National Healthcare Project continues to fund upgrades to gas infrastructure, focusing on digitization, automation, and emergency preparedness.

In Russia the medical gases and equipment market features two interdependent segments the supply of medical-grade gases and the hardware infrastructure required for their safe storage, delivery and monitoring. On the gases side Russian providers supply oxygen, nitrous oxide, nitrogen, carbon dioxide and medical air to hospitals in cities such as Moscow, St. Petersburg and Novosibirsk, as well as to remote clinics across Siberia and the Far East, through a mix of cylinder distribution, bulk liquid tanks and onsite generation plants. On the equipment side domestic manufacturers and importers provide regulators, manifold banks, flowmeters, pressure valves, vacuum systems, medical-gas pipeline installations and monitoring units that are installed in facilities like the National Medical Research Centre for Radiology in Moscow and regional hospital complexes in the Sverdlovsk region. Russia’s drive for import substitution means that local firms are increasingly supplying equipment that supports central gas-supply systems, cylinder manifolds and patient-delivery units for both acute-care and home-therapy applications. The two segments converge because high-purity gases require appropriate storage and delivery systems with pressure regulation, alarm systems and flow control to maintain safety and compliance under Russian sanitary and medical-device regulations.

In remote or harsh climatic regions like Yakutia and Chukotka modular equipment and cylinder banks are often used where pipeline infrastructure is impractical. The product-type segmentation in Russia covers from industrial-scale gas production and distribution to the fine-engineered equipment and delivery devices that enable consistent and safe access to gases in diverse healthcare settings.In Russia the applications for medical gases and associated equipment encompass therapeutic care, diagnostic procedures, pharmaceutical manufacturing and other specialized uses across the healthcare ecosystem. Therapeutically Russian hospitals treat chronic respiratory diseases, post-operative recovery and intensive-care ventilation in centres such as the Federal Center of Traumatology and Orthopaedics in Yekaterinburg or the Sechenov University hospital in Moscow, using central oxygen supplies, medical air and ventilator-linked delivery systems. Diagnostic applications involve use of gases like carbon dioxide for laparoscopic surgeries and calibration-grade gas mixtures for clinical laboratories in large hospital complexes in Saint Petersburg as well as the use of helium in MRI installations in research hospitals in Tomsk. The pharmaceutical industry in Russia, with manufacturing clusters around Moscow and in the Nizhny Novgorod region, uses high-purity oxygen, nitrogen and other specialty gases for sterile drug production, cryopreservation of biological materials and analytical laboratories each supported by dedicated gas-delivery equipment. Other applications include nitrous oxide for outpatient anaesthesia in private dental clinics in Krasnodar and mobile oxygen delivery units in remote arctic-area health posts in Murmansk Oblast.

Russian regulatory and sanitary standards govern the purity of gases and the calibration and maintenance of delivery equipment across these application areas, which span from direct patient therapy to diagnostics, drug-manufacturing and emergency outreach services in diverse geographic locations.In Russia the key end-users of medical gases and equipment include hospitals, home-health-care services, ambulatory surgical centres, pharmaceutical & biotechnology firms and academic & research institutions each operating within the national healthcare infrastructure. Large hospitals in Moscow, for example the Botkin Hospital or Morozov Children’s Hospital, maintain central-gas plants, manifold systems, piped oxygen and vacuum networks in operating theatres and intensive-care units. Home-health-care providers in regions such as Novosibirsk Oblast deliver portable oxygen concentrators, cylinders and flow-control devices to patients with chronic lung disease in domiciliary settings often under regional social-care programmes. Ambulatory surgical centres in cities such as Perm and Omsk operate compact gas-delivery systems, cylinder banks and anaesthetic-gas regulators for outpatient surgeries and same-day procedures. Pharmaceutical and biotechnology enterprises in industrial zones around Kaluga and Tomsk install ultra-high-purity gas systems and precision delivery equipment to support drug-manufacturing, formulation and bio-processing platforms under Russian GMP-style regulation. Academic and research institutions such as the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences and regional teaching hospitals in Vladivostok implement specialised pipeline installations, controlled gas storage and laboratory distribution systems for clinical research and medical training.

Russia reflects distinct procurement needs, technical specifications and service-maintenance regimes that shape demand for medical gases and equipment across urban centres and remote areas alike. Considered in this report• Historic Year: 2019• Base year: 2024• Estimated year: 2025• Forecast year: 2030Aspects covered in this report• Medical Gas and Equipment Market with its value and forecast along with its segments• Various drivers and challenges• On-going trends and developments• Top profiled companies• Strategic recommendationBy Product Type• Medical Gases• Medical Gas EquipmentBy Application• Therapeutic• Diagnostic• Pharmaceutical Industry• OthersBy End-User • Hospitals• Home Healthcare• Ambulatory Surgical Centers• Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology Companies• Academic & Research Institutions.