President Dmitry Medvedev blasted Russia’s lack of a leading ‘e-government’ computer infrastructure Monday, saying “the situation is unacceptable.”
“The state computerization expenses are absolutely comparable to the expenses of European countries,” Medvedev said at a meeting on the modernization of the Russian economy. “[Comparing] Russia and Germany, we spend about the same percentage of the GDP, but the effectiveness of this spending is very low,” he added.
Leading by example, the Kremlin launched a new website and YouTube channel today, coinciding with the nationwide Sept. 1 back to school day. The video leading the new channel is an address from Medvedev to students, one of just four videos on the page so far but the Kremlin plans to continually update the Web site with Medvedev’s direct addresses to the country as well as snippets of his speeches.
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