Medvedev praised the amount of internet economy in Russia 2.2% of GDP – BBC

16.12.2015, 06:49

During his speech at the international conference on management Internet, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said that the total Internet economy of the country is estimated at 2.2%, the «Interfax» .

He said that the Internet audience Russia now represent about 80 million people, or more than half the population. According to him, the authorities consider it important to ensure equal conditions of access to the global network at high speed.

«has the task to almost all of our citizens have the opportunity in the coming years” – said Medvedev, but not said specific dates.

The prime minister said that the government supports “the policy of strengthening the role of the international community in the management of the Internet” and that the management need to be addressed under the International the institutions.

Medvedev considers evident that today no country can not be a universal regulator of the Internet, “there is no current state of affairs».

He was confident that the global network should be open, global and distributed, but government regulation and control ” nevertheless, necessary ».

Previous President Xi Jinping asked to abandon double standards in the regulation of the Internet. In this country, the system of “Golden Shield”, partially restricting citizens’ access to foreign resources and designed to filter internal content.

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