MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin has ordered the setting up of a high-level commission to devise ways and means to turn the former communist state into a global IT leader.
"Today we should act to obtain leadership. Russia has all the chances to be one of the global leaders in IT production by 2015," President Putin said, directing the setting up of a high-level commission by October 1 to look into "new specific spheres" to turn his country into an IT leader.
"We should search for new specific spheres, which will allow us to obtain parity and, in particular real technology leadership, first of all in software.
Our specialists are traditionally considered the best in the world," Putin said, adding that a free exchange of technologies and information is an important factor in strengthening democratic institutions and democracy as a whole.
"Certainly, this will require coordinated efforts by all bodies of power, representatives of business circles and civil society," the president said while chairing the Security Council session on Wednesday.
Referring to the national IT-project 'Electronic Russia' being implemented since 2002, Putin said that the country is now fairing better in the global competition, though much more was needed to be done.
He underlined the need to look for import substitutes for IT and IT-enabled products. "Import substitute is not a self-goal. But in this field (IT), which is related to national security, it's justified," Putin said..
"Today we should act to obtain leadership. Russia has all the chances to be one of the global leaders in IT production by 2015," President Putin said, directing the setting up of a high-level commission by October 1 to look into "new specific spheres" to turn his country into an IT leader.
"We should search for new specific spheres, which will allow us to obtain parity and, in particular real technology leadership, first of all in software.
Our specialists are traditionally considered the best in the world," Putin said, adding that a free exchange of technologies and information is an important factor in strengthening democratic institutions and democracy as a whole.
"Certainly, this will require coordinated efforts by all bodies of power, representatives of business circles and civil society," the president said while chairing the Security Council session on Wednesday.
Referring to the national IT-project 'Electronic Russia' being implemented since 2002, Putin said that the country is now fairing better in the global competition, though much more was needed to be done.
He underlined the need to look for import substitutes for IT and IT-enabled products. "Import substitute is not a self-goal. But in this field (IT), which is related to national security, it's justified," Putin said..
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