Russia achieved well-known sovereignty after the departure of foreign IT companies
Maksut Shadayev, head of the Ministry of Digital Development of Russia, said that the country now has a real digital sovereign, because foreign companies have left the domestic market. The minister made his statement during the Digital Diamond forum, writes TASS.
“If we talk about digital sovereignty, then we have already achieved it, because foreign companies have already left the domestic market. We are now on our own,” Shadayev said.
In addition, he notedthat the mass exodus of IT specialists from Russia does not pose a serious challenge. According to him, there is “a lot of interesting” work and projects in the country that “motivate many to stay and work inside” Russia.
“Their economy [российских IT-проектов] not bad. They see themselves well, salaries are rising, as the conditions show, they are motivated to stay at work. So here I am optimistic about the future.” — Shadayev said.
He also informedthat the Ministry of Digital Development hopes by the end of 2022 to resolve the issue of how a sustainable company works with software from foreign companies. The head of the department admitted that this is a “very massive discussion”, which has been going on for two months.
At the same time, the minister continues, about 20% of the software categories currently used by Russian businesses have “adequate and mature” domestic counterparts. Shadayev clarified that all of them have been received, that the transition to them will not be very fast.
On the eve of November 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin arose at the international conference on artificial intelligence.
He stated that in this area there is fierce rivalry between states: “Owhat results we have achieved depends on Russia’s place in the world, our sovereign control, the security and viability of our country“.
The head said that Russia is one of the largest leaders in the field of digital public service, one of the top ten in the world. According to Putin, in the Russian government there are all “for the rapid development of AI». He added that a new task is its mass consideration in all sectors of the economy and the social sphere, as well as in the public administration system in the next 10 years.