The study on Russian Digital Economy Companies was conducted by RVC, state fund of funds and a development institution in the Russian venture capital market. Project contains an analysis of the activities of about 400 small and medium-sized companies in the field of creating and commercializing products and services based on end-to-end technologies of the digital economy in Russia. &nbsp;

The study highlighted the top 50 leading companies in each business category based on an analysis of indicators such as annual revenue, growth, the use of end-to-end technologies, patent activity, and export potential. &nbsp;Study included companies that develop quantum technologies in Russia, neurotechnology and artificial intelligence, virtual reality technology, big data, industrial Internet, wireless technology, robotics and sensor components, distributed registries, and new manufacturing technologies.&nbsp;

According to the study, the bulk of digital technology companies are concentrated in Moscow and the Moscow Region (50% of companies and 92 billion rubles in total revenue). This is followed by the Leningrad Region (13% and 28 billion rubles), the Republic of Tatarstan (3% and 4 billion rubles), Novosibirsk Region (2% and 9 billion rubles) and Tomsk Region (2% and 1 billion rubles) — Permanent leaders in the ranking of innovative regions of Russia.

The most popular end-to-end technology among developers has become an artificial intelligence. Every fifth company is concentrated in this area, 17% of companies are developing virtual reality technologies, followed by IoT — 15% of companies.

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The bulk of digital technology companies are concentrated in Moscow and the Moscow Region (50% of companies and 92 billion rubles in total revenue).

The top 50 leading companies of Russian Digital Economy

RVC JSC (Russian Venture Company)

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The Corporate Venture Capital Investors Association has been created in Russia. Softline Venture Partners, Orbita Capital Partners (Rosatom), New Industry (Gazprom Neft, Gazprombank, RVC, Veb Ventures), AFK Sistema and Severstal are named among the possible members.

 
 The association members will discuss and choose technology solutions for various business areas, for example, green energy, business processes automation and the Internet of Things. The association also plans to hold pitch sessions to select projects, organize tests and promote the created products.

 
 <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/v-rossii-sozdali-assotsiatsiiu-korporativnykh-venchurnykh-investorov/" target="_blank">Original in Russian</a>

TASS

Corporate Venture Capital Investors Association Created in Russia

The management of the national program "Digital Economy" can be transferred to the Ministry of Digital Economy, according to the draft government decree.

 
 In turn, ANO "Analytical Center for the Government of the Russian Federation" will be excluded from the management of the national program. A departmental project office will be created in the ministry, to which the powers of the center will be transferred.

 
 The Analytical Center for the Government of the Russian Federation provides information and analytical support and expert support for the government's activities on social and economic development. Since 2018, the center's key area of ​​activity has been the digital transformation of industries, and since 2019, big data analytics.

 
 Earlier it was <a href="https://www.interfax.ru/russia/809237" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">reported </a>about the approval of two new federal projects of the digital economy national program. It currently includes seven federal projects.

 
 <a href="https://ict.moscow/news/mintsifry-peredadut-upravlenie-natsionalnoi-programmoi-tsifrovaia-ekonomika/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Original (in Russian)</a>

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National Program "Digital Economy" to be Managed by the Ministry of Digital Development

Members of the Supervisory Board of ANO Digital Economy approved the development strategy of the organization until 2024. The main directions will be “Digital transformation of industries and companies”, “Safe open infrastructure”, “Human resources for the digital economy”, “Effective regulation” and “EEF and international cooperation”, the press service of the Russian government reports.

 
 At the same time, communications, the IoT and AI are identified as priority projects for implementation. According to Deputy Government Dmitry Chernyshenko, the key goal of the Digital Economy's strategy is “a billion IoT devices by 2025”.

 
 It is also planned to deploy experimental legal regimes, including unmanned vehicles and other promising experimental projects, including assistance in scaling their application, promoting Russian digital solutions and Russian digital leaders in the international market.

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 Connect with

 
 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ekovnir" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Evgeny Kovnir,</a> the CEO of ANO <a href="https://data-economy.ru/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Digital Economy</a>

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 Earlier, a memorandum on the establishment of the Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution on the basis of ANO Digital Economy <a href="https://ict.moscow/en/news/center-for-industry-4-0-to-be-created-in-russia/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">was signed</a>. Some of the projects will be launched this year. In particular, it is planned to develop projects in the field of unmanned vehicles, medicine and data processing.

 
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Strategy of ANO Digital Economy through 2024 Determined

A startup from Moscow Skyeer, which develops a cloud platform for analytics and control of construction and mining based on spatial data attracted investments. The funds were invested by New Industry Ventures, a joint venture fund of Gazprom Neft, Gazprombank, RVC and VEB Ventures.

 
 Funds invested weren't disclosed. Money will be spend to the development of a cloud visualisation and business intelligence platform using geospatial data and business scaling. With the support of the fund, several corporate and industry versions of the product will be developed and launched, as well as an improved data analysis tools using artificial intelligence and Big Data.

 
 According to the representatives of New Industry Ventures, in the next two years, it is planned to launch a partner network to expand the geography of sales and support the digital platform, as well as its entry into foreign markets

 
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Skyeer, developer of a cloud platform for controlling construction using geospatial data, attracted investment for the development

Most notable events in the field of foreign and Russian AI regulation

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Results of 2020: time for detailed regulation of artificial intelligence

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77% of the total number of households in Russia have Internet access.

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Digital Economy: 2020

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Mobile technologies and services generated 6.1% of GDP in the CIS region in 2019.

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The Mobile Economy Russia & CIS 2020

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The statistics digest of HSE presents the results of statistical surveys that characterize innovation processes in the country’s economy. The digest presents indicators that reflect the development of technological innovation, resource provision, staff potential and the effectiveness of innovation, including the level of novelty and sales markets for innovative products.

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	<li>According to 2018 data, in the field of telecommunications and information technology, 9.5% of organizations carried out innovative activities.</li>
	<li>Organizations’ own funds are spent to meet more than half (50.6%) of the costs of technology innovation. In industrial production, the costs covered by the companies funds are estimated at 65.9%; in the field of telecommunications and IT - 95.5%.</li>
	<li>Organizations engaged in telecommunications and IT are strengthening their positions in innovative markets - in 2018 the production of products based on new and improved technologies exceeded the level of the previous year by 12.4% and amounted to 138.6 billion rubles ($1.8 billion).</li>
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9.5% of organizations in the field of telecommunications and information technology carried out innovative activities in 2018.

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Innovation activity indicators: 2020

The Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge of the National Research University - Higher School of Economics has released&nbsp; a statistical collection that continues the series "Indicators of the Digital Economy".&nbsp;This series is published annually by the Higher School of Economics in partnership with the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation and the Federal State Statistics Service.

Key insights from the&nbsp;statistical abstract prepared by&nbsp;Higher School of Economics:

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	<li>The jobs of over 8 million people or 12% of the total number of working Russians are related to the intensive use of ICT. Most of them are working in the “Information and communication”, “Financial and insurance activities” and “Professional, scientific and technical activities” industries.</li>
	<li>In 2019, the fixed broadband traffic amounted to 45.8 exabytes, mobile traffic - three times less. A third of Russian subscribers (33.7%) in 2019 had access to high-speed Internet - 100 Mbps - 1 Gbps, almost a half of subscribers (45.2%) had 10-100 Mbps speed, and one fifth of all subscribers had Internet speed of less than 10 Mbps.</li>
	<li>Russians are not inferior to the residents of the United States in terms of the demand for the Internet (83 and 82%, respectively), Poland (80%), Italy (78%), but they are far from the leaders - Ireland and the Scandinavian countries (97–99%). Russians most often use the Internet for communication (the indicator is close to the European average), and much less - for searching for jobs and content.</li>
	<li>Internet users named spam e-mail as the main threat to information security: in 2019, 22.3% of users experienced it. Three times less users experienced virus attacks in the same period (7.5%; for comparison: in 2015 - 17.1%). There are eight times less users of anti-spam filters than those who have installed anti-virus tools.</li>
	<li>Most in-demand technologies in the economic and social sectors will be wireless communication technologies,&nbsp;neurotechnologies, artificial intelligence and&nbsp;distributed ledger systems.</li>
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Most in-demand technologies in the economic and social sectors will be wireless communication technologies, neurotechnologies, artificial intelligence and distributed ledger systems.

The top 50 leading companies of Russian Digital Economy

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Innovation activity indicators: 2020

Digital Economy Indicators 2020