Russia has all the makings to become a "great IT-Power", as Russian companies in this field are different innovation and professionalism, writes the German newspaper Handelsblatt.
The newspaper recalls, that the Russian giant income "Yandex" has increased in the past year 36 percent to more than $1,8 billion., and profits even 430% to 660 million.
According to the newspaper, search engine is on track to, to be both Russian Google, Amazon, Uber and TomTom. And not just because, that the world's largest country is experiencing a boom in e-commerce, but also due to the fact, solutions Russian IT-companies are often not inferior to competitors in Silicon Valley, referred to in Article.
The number of Internet users in Russia is growing at a faster pace. Recent data suggest that, that already 75% Russians have access to the World Wide Web (of them 59% go to the Web using your smartphone). In this way, Russian Internet market, with more than 90 million. human, It has become the largest in Europe, says author.
Besides, the country has great potential in the field of network commerce: electronic goods retail turnover may grow from there $18 billion. at 2017 godu to $31 billion. at 2020 year, he adds.
Recall, according to the presidential decree of May 2018 of the year, "Digital economy" has become one of the priorities of the state, along with programs such as the increase in life expectancy of Russians, improvement of their living conditions and poverty reduction.