Russia’s Regional Development Ministry through its coordinating council for realizing the strategy of developing the construction materials market and housing construction has set up a centralized research facility named as Construction Research Center. The Center is expected to bring together the production capacities and the know-how of Russian companies and research institutions from the construction sector. Analysts note that Russia is faced with an urgent need to develop the housing sector to go hand in hand with the strengthening of the construction materials industry. The Soviet housing infrastructure is quickly becoming obsolete.