The development of IT in Russia has faced its fair share of difficulties over recent years. The federal program “E-Russia” that was intended to develop Internet access across the entire country has ceased to exist in its original form and instead merged with administrative reform focused on the development of e-Governance.
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The report, covering 122 countries, ranks Russia 70th in its assessment of "the impact of information and communication technology, or ICT, on the development process and the competitiveness of nations for the year 2006-2007."
The study of e-government’s relevance at the regional and municipal levels carried out by the Agency for Social Information (ASI) under the auspices of Russian e-Development Partnership (PRIOR) has produced the following results. In 2007 56.1% of respondents approved the idea of service provision by governmental bodies through the internet (53% in 2006). 16.1% were against the mentioned above idea, while in 2006 the index amounted to 30%. 500 St Petersburg residents over the age of 18 were questioned.
Russland und die USA haben sich prinzipiell darauf geeinigt, ab diesem Jahr Daten von Flugpassagieren auszutauschen. Das gab der russische Verkehrsminister Igor Lewitin am Samstag in einem Interview mit dem Fernsehsender Westi-24 bekannt.
Nach bisherigem russischen Recht sind die Daten von Flugpassagieren vertraulich. Um das zu ändern, werde im Laufe des Jänners ein entsprechender Gesetzesentwurf ins Parlament eingebracht, kündigte Lewitin an.