Igor Shuvalov
Russian President Vladimir Putin understands the importance of high technology and the digital economy and is very interested in this field. About it as transfers TASS, said the first Vice-Premier Igor Shuvalov at a panel discussion of the St. Petersburg international economic forum (SPIEF).
The official noted that recently there was a meeting of the President with Ministers, said “the Economy today”. “I can tell you that our President is a small group of members of the government, members of the administration only in the beginning of the second morning was released, we were discussing this extremely new technology and the digital economy. Can unvarnished you to say that the President is fully contracted it,” — said Shuvalov.
According to him, Putin understands that “strong growth based on digital economy and technological leadership.”
First Deputy Prime Minister added that this agenda is promoted in the framework of the Eurasian economic Union, and Putin is constantly preparing for the relevant discussions, communicating with experts. “First, the leaders of other countries wary of this attitude, and now realize that, Yes, indeed, answers to challenges, you just need to be bolder,” — said Shuvalov.
SPIEF is held from 1 to 3 June. The events are United by the motto “In search of a new balance in the global economy”.
In late 2016, Putin instructed the government together with the presidential administration to develop and approve before 1 June 2017 the program “Digital economy”. In its framework should be provided for measures “on legal, technical, organizational and financial conditions for the development of the digital economy in Russia and its integration into the space of the digital economy member States of the Eurasian economic Union”.
By 1 June the final document was not yet ready. Rough draft contains nine areas: regulation, information infrastructure, research and development, control system, HR & education, information security, governance, smart cities and digital health. Sources of funding for the program has not yet been determined. According to Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich, the government is considering to extend funding of the project up to 100 billion rubles a year.