After considerable changes in the Russian government after the Presidential elections, the Ministry of IT and Communications was modified to get a new name and a new head. Igor Shegolev was appointed to manage the government body, which now bears the name of Ministry of Telecommunications and Mass Communications.
Although the Russian IT market reacted negatively to the extraction of the “IT” part from the Ministry’s name, the good news are new deputies to Mr. Shegolev, who possess considerable experience and vast knowledge of telecom and IT industries in Russia.
Among them is Alexey Soldatov, who is considered to be one of the pioneers of Internet development in Russia back in 90s. Until his appointment to the Ministry Mr. Soldatov held the position of R&D Director at Kurchatov R&D Institute in Moscow.
The Russian IT market players expect the new team of the Ministry to continue the dialogue with the business community.
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