The head of state announced this during a joint meeting of the State Council and the Council for Science and Education.
"The program of mega-grants will continue, while we will build its mechanism in such a way that outstanding scientists can form strong international scientific teams in Russia," RIA Novosti quotes him.
He added that scientists will be able to "attract not only young researchers from Russia, but also our compatriots, foreign specialists."
“This has been done so far, and I hope it will continue this way in the future,” Putin said.
The President also said that such world-class laboratories are designed to expand opportunities for spatial development.
"They will be created in universities, research centers of the Volga region, Siberia, the Far East, Center, South of Russia and, of course, in the northern regions of our country," Putin said.
Putin also called for encouraging the regions to strengthen their scientific and technological potential.