E-government

E-democracy à la russe: Russians now have their own ‘We the People’ platform

November 19, 2014

In a bid to promote legislative ideas and suggestions from Russian citizens, the Information Democracy Foundation (IDF), a government sponsored non-profit, last week launched the beta version of the Russian Public Initiative (RPI), a web platform inspired by the US “We the People” online petition system. “The implementation of RPI is the next step in …

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Russia’s state supported e-card idea lowers its ambitions

November 19, 2014

The universal electronic card (UEC), an ambitious initiative signed into law in 2010 and christened by then President Medvedev of Russia as a “primary ID card” for all Russians, is no longer universal. The sweeping introduction of the card, which had been slated for early next year, is “too burdensome” for regional coffers to afford, …

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Russian IT and telecom’s 2012 debacles

November 19, 2014

CNews.ru, a major Russian source of IT and telecom industry news, has put together what it dubs “an anti-ranking” of last year’s most disappointing developments in Russia’s information and communications technology sector. From delays in major government supported programs, to debacles in Asia, to 4G oligopoly, East-West Digital News highlights the most significant setbacks.

Russia to provide advanced telecom and Internet solutions to Bangladesh

January 16, 2013

4G, Internet access, and online services were among the topics discussed by Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during her meetings yesterday with top Russian officials. “Russia is ready to share its knowledge, experience, and technologies with Bangladesh,” said Nikolai Nikiforov, Russia’s Minister of Telecom and Mass Communications. “In particular, we have gained a huge and …

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70 Russian regions connected to federal e-government system

April 19, 2012

National telecom operator Rostelecom – 53.2% owned by the federal government – announced last week that 70 out of 83 Russian regions are now linked to its interdepartmental government communications system. The buildout of the system marks a major milestone in this country’s progress towards e-government, a comprehensive IT-enabled cloud-based platform offered to the regions …

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Russian IT market faces cloudy future

March 15, 2012

Even though the Russian IT market is growing fast, having recovered completely from the 2008-2009 crisis, a number of issues have come to the forefront. The Russian Minister of Communications Igor Shchegolev has reported that the country’s information technologies market saw a growth spurt of 14.6 percent in 2011, and the Ministry of Economic Development predicts …

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From St. Petersburg to Vladivostok, 180,000 webcams monitored Russia’s presidential election

March 5, 2012

In an unprecedented experiment to ensure voting transparency, most of Russia’s 94,300 polling stations were equipped with webcams offering a live broadcast of yesterday’s voting. The broadcast, which started at midnight, Moscow time, on election day, ended after all vote counting operations were completed. It was followed by up to 400,000 simultaneous Internet users on a …

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Innovative digital TV receiver made in Tomsk

December 27, 2011

The Elecard Group, a Tomsk, Siberia based provider of software products for audio and video data compression, encoding and transmission, has launched the production of an innovative home multimedia device, RIA Novosti reported last Friday. The new device, named Elecard iTelec, will combine a digital TV receiver with a payment terminal as well as access to e-government …

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Rostelecom, Sitronics and Mastercard issue first bank card with e-government access

December 19, 2011

Russia’s national telecommunication operator Rostelecom and Bank Saint Petersburg announced last Thursday the issue of their first co-branded bank cards with microchips containing the electronic signature of the cardholder. Certified by the FSB, Russia’s Federal Security Service, the cards are being produced in partnership with Mastercard and Sitronics, the largest producer of microelectronic devices in the …

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Medvedev Twitter account caught in Moscow political turmoil

December 8, 2011

A surprisingly explicit retweet sent from Russian President Dmitri Medvedev’s Twitter account yesterday has ignited both the twitterverse and blogosphere with speculation about the behind the scenes mechanisms of the Presidential social media presence. The message, which ran, “If someone uses the expression ‘the party of rogues and thieves’ in his blog, he is a …

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