Overview of the ICT sector in Russia

Russia has been traditionally known as the "old" scientific partner of the European Union. Many developments have taken place in recent years in Russia and its image as the "old" partner has changed. Russia has a strong R&D sector, though the scale of conducted research activities and their financial support have been considerably reduced compared to the ones observed in the Soviet Union. During the last 10 years, R&D funding in Russia has been growing permanently, facilitated by the constant GDP growth (6-7% per year) and by the increase in the R&D expenditures (1.4% of GDP by 2004). Read more...

• National ICT Sector and Policy Appraisal report

EU-RUSSIA ICT RTD collaboration potential

• Recommendations on EU-EECA ICT R&D cooperation (note! section 2.1 refers to EU-Russia collaboration)
• Success Stories of EU-Russia ICT RTD collaboration

EECA Cluster contact points in Russia