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Results of a joint study by the Council for Digital Development of Museums under ICOM Russia, the Association for Electronic Communications (RAEC), the National Research University Higher School of Economics (NRU HSE) and Microsoft in Russia.

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	<li>90.2% of employees of Russian museums believe that the modern way of life and the development of society are impossible without the use of digital technologies.</li>
	<li>The five most commonly used skills are using e-mail, working in a text editor; searching for information on the Internet and in digital systems; scanning documents and images; using instant messengers.</li>
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90.2% of employees of Russian museums believe that the modern way of life is impossible without the use of digital technologies.

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According to RAEC estimates, which were announced at the opening of the RIF, the audience of Runet in 2021 amounted to 97.5 million users, or 79.9% of the country’s population. 90.2 million users use the mobile Internet to go online (73.8% of the population). Spending on mobile apps has grown by almost 50% in 2021.

 
 The contribution of Runet economy to Russia’s GDP last year increased by 42% compared to 2020 and amounted to 9.5 trillion rubles (≈ $150 billion). Of these 9.5 trillion rubles (≈ $150 billion), the e-commerce segment accounted for 8.65 trillion rubles (≈ $136 billion; 44% increase), the infrastructure segment accounted for 204.3 billion rubles (≈ $3.2 billion; 34% increase), marketing and advertising accounted for 432 billion rubles (≈ $6.8 billion; 24% increase), and the digital content segment accounted for 153.4 billion rubles (≈ $2.4 billion; 24% increase).

 
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RAEC: Runet Audience Is 97.5 Million Users

The Ministry of Digital Development has compiled a list of priority areas for Russian IT solutions that can receive state support. It was formed with the assistance of representatives of IT companies and industry associations, such as the Information & Computer Technologies Industry Association (APKIT), Russoft, the Association of Software Developers “Domestic Soft” and RAEC.

 
 Information systems that are “critical to the economy and not reproducible within the normal market mechanism” are divided into 17 categories in the list. The list includes solutions and tools for software development, life cycle management of products for different purposes, computer-aided design, engineering analysis, machine learning, character recognition, supply chain management systems, systems for property complex management, enterprise and production management, middleware, EDP systems and others. The list also includes foreign solutions that should be replaced by products from each category.

 
 Earlier, the support measures for Russian IT companies <a href="http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/67893" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">were taken</a>. A simplified IPO process on the Moscow Exchange for IT companies to raise funds is also <a href="https://digital.gov.ru/ru/events/41505/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">being discussed</a> as one of the new measures to support the IT industry.

 
 <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/sostavlen-spisok-prioritetnykh-napravlenii-podderzhki-otechestvennykh-it-reshenii/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Original (in Russian)</a>

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Ministry of Digital Development Prepares List of Priority Areas for Supporting Domestic IT Solutions 

The winners of the third season of the Digital Breakthrough 2021 competition have been announced. The teams shared a prize fund worth $325,000 (24 million rubles), as well as partner grants worth more than $27,000 (2 million rubles).

 
 Digital Coyote team became the best Moscow developer of the case for Rosatom. The team created the EcoTag oil spill detection and analysis system.

 
 In the Rosseti case, Foxhound team, which developed an online simulator for the unmanned aerial vehicle operator, became the best developer.

 
 Moscow developers were also included in the following teams:

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 <li>ltrp, which created a showcase of digital solutions for the Moscow Transport Innovations accelerator;</li>
 <li>Mamikhlapinatana, which created a solution for raw material quality analysis for on-site acceptance tests for Accenture company.</li>
 <li>Digital Office, which has developed solutions for onboarding new IT specialists for Promsvyazbank;</li>
 <li>Digital Office, which has developed solutions for onboarding new IT specialists for Promsvyazbank;</li>
 <li>Cache Invalidation, which created software for finding and tracking digital twins</li>
</ul>

 
 In total, during the hackathon 232 solutions for 12 case problems were developed.

 
 <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/stali-izvestny-pobediteli-finala-tretego-sezona-vserossiiskogo-konkursa-tsifrovoi-proryv-2021/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Original (in Russian)</a>

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Russian Digital Breakthrough 2021 Contest Winners Announced

The launch of the RAEC/Artificial Intelligence business cluster was initiated by the Russian Association for Electronic Communications (RAEC) and Cleverbots.

 
 The idea of the cluster is to expand the knowledge about the possibilities and benefits of artificial intelligence, combine opinions and ideas on the development of technologies and stimulate the implementation of innovations. The cluster will become a platform for exchanging views, determining the focus of technology development and identifying growth points of the economy and business using AI.

 
 The activities within the cluster are:

 
 • industry analytics and identification of current trends;

 
 • interaction during the development of legislative proposals;

 
 • simplifying the procurement of AI solutions and providing AI startups with access to large Russian private and state-owned companies.

 
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Business cluster “RAEC/Artificial Intelligence” was launched in Russia

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RAEC together with the National Research University Higher School of Economics and Microsoft conducted a study of the impact of the events of spring 2020 - the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences such as mass self-isolation, changes in interaction formats and consumption patterns - on the Russian business.

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	<li>54% of Russian enterprises and companies that took part in the survey switched to full or partially remote. Before the spring of 2020 less than 1% of them worked remotely.</li>
	<li>47% of respondents believe that remote work will become one of the generally accepted forms of employment. At the same time, there will be an increase in the use of electronic document management with clients and counterparties (41%), the interaction with clients will be switched to a partially remote format (33%), digital signatures and biometrics for remote confirmation of actions (26%) will be used more often.</li>
	<li>&nbsp;In the spring of 2020 25% of Russian enterprises and companies started using video conferencing tools; 20% started using tools for online communication (instant messengers, corporate chats); 15% have implemented tools for remote monitoring of equipment.</li>
	<li>Survey respondents believe that in the future there will be high demand for such technologies as business process automation systems (29%), cloud technologies (25%), and voice technologies (16%). The digital tools that are expected to be in-demand include e-mail (53%), tools for online communication (44%); video conferencing tools (36%) and electronic document management systems (29%).</li>
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54% of Russian enterprises and companies that took part in the survey switched to full or partially remote. Before the spring of 2020 less than 1% of them worked remotely.

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New accents of digital transformation: how spring 2020 will affect Russian business

TiarCenter

The Russian Association of Electronic Communications (RAEC) and TiarCenter, in partnership with Microsoft, prepared an overview of the issues pertaining to the sustainability of the digital transformation. When considering the digital transformation’s impact on sustainable development, most analysts and researchers focus on two key subjects: the tangible contribution to achieving sustainable development and the impact of tech companies on climate and other environmental indicators, and the ways to minimize this footprint.

New challenges arising when the digital transformation meets sustainable development and humanity may, to a significant extent, determine our future. These new challenges may be grouped for analysis as follows:

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	<li>deterioration of psychological comfort in an online environment caused by the increasing volume of information and the hostility of fellow users;</li>
	<li>sensitive decisions being relegated to algorithms with unreliable programming of human norms;</li>
	<li>citizens’ loss of control over their privacy;</li>
	<li>increasing costs from security breaches and outages of digital infrastructures amid the increased connectivity;</li>
	<li>digital divide in accessibility to the internet and digital illiteracy;</li>
	<li>a growing ecological footprint of digital technologies.</li>
</ul>

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New challenges arising when the digital transformation meets sustainable development and humanity may, to a significant extent, determine our future.

The Russian Association of Electronic Communications

Russia and digital sustainability

Report

Joint research titled “Sharing Economy in Russia 2020” &nbsp;by The Russian Association of Electronic Communications (RAEC) and TiarCenter. A number of key sharing verticals was analysed during research, including carsharing and carpooling (ridesharing), short-term lease of residential and office property, crowdfunding, C2C sales of goods, P2P rentals of goods, and online marketplaces for self-employed service providers.&nbsp; 
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Russia is characterized by a high concentration of population and consumer demand in few major cities. This is reflected in the current status of sharing services, many of which have been widely adopted in Moscow and a couple of other large cities (e.g. carsharing, office sharing, accommodation rentals). 
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Russia is also characterized by high internet penetration. According to Mediascope and GfK data, about 90 million Russians use the internet, most of whom (61%) are mobile users. According to PayPal and Data Insight, most Russians make online payments at least once a year. The spread of mobile internet and online payment is an essential condition for development of collaborative consumption in Russia. 
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Transport sharing solutions are especially relevant in Russia. Due to the considerable distances between towns and uneven development of railroads, the Russian carpooling market really stands out: the Russian ridesharing community includes about 16 million people, making it the largest in Europe. 
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In Moscow, due to its complicated situation with parking in the city center and thanks to support from city authorities, carsharing is experiencing a boom. According to the Moscow government, the city’s combined carsharing fleet is likely to reach 15,000 units by the end of 2018 and become the largest fleet among all European cities (according to some estimates, even the largest in the world).

A number of key sharing verticals was analysed during research.

Digital competencies of museum employees

New accents of digital transformation: how spring 2020 will affect Russian business

Russia and digital sustainability

Sharing Economy in Russia 2019