Sources
 
 

Links to helpful Web sites for Russia

www.nua.ie

http://eng.monitoring.ru

www.bisnis.doc.gov/bisnis/country/rusfed.htm

http://devdata.worldbank.org

www.unesco.org

www.oecd.org

www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/rs.html

www.StrategisGroup.com

www.idc.com
 
 

IT Policy:

Nazarova, Inna and Irina Lakaeva, US Foreign Commercial Service Moscow, Moscow, 2000.

"Information Technology and Legislation in Russia"  http://www.msu.edu/~herrone2/IT/it_pol_ru.html

Unknown, "Russia: Duties/Tariffs Applied to Hardware and Software", US Department of Commerce-Nat'l Trade Data Bank, November 3, 2000.   Accessed on 11/25/00 http://tradeport.org/ts/countries/russia/mrr/mark0015.html
 

Transborder Data Flows:

Belton, Catherine, "The Kremlin is Making a Big Mistake", Business Week, McGraw-Hill Co., Inc., Sept. 2000.

Breiter, Maria, "Encryption Regulations in Russia", US Foreign Commercial Service Moscow, Moscow, Aug. 1999.

Coker, Margaret, "Wiretapping is Now Only a Click Away", The Toronto Star, Toronto Star Newspapers, Sept. 24th, 2000.
 

Privatization and Liberalization:

Breiter, Maria, "Liberalization and Privatization of Telecommunications in Russia", US Foreign Commercial Service Moscow and US Dept. of State, Aug. 1999.

Ioudine, Dmitri, "Consolidation Prospects in the Russian Telecommunications Industry", Gist, Inc., May, 1998.  accessed on
http://freedomchannel.org/conf/ioudin_e.shtml
 

Legal Environment and IT:

"Intellectual Property Rights"  Accessed on 11/25/00 http://tradeport.org/ts/countries/russia/mrr/mark0463.html

American Chamber of Commerce in Russia in conjunction with the PBN Co. "Overview of Intellectual Property Rights in the Russian Federation", 1997.  Accessed on 11/20/00 http://www.bisnis.doc.gov/bisnis/country/ABA06.HTM

PR Newswire, Financial News, PR Newswire Association, July 17, 2000.

E-Commerce:

Nazarova, Inna and Irina Lakaeva, "Overview of Electronic Commerce in Russia", US Foreign Commercial Service Moscow, Moscow, 2000.  Accessed on 11/30/00 http://www.bisnis.doc.gov/bisnis/country/001108e-commerce.htm

Stone, Martin, "Investments Expected to Boost Russian Internet", Newsbytes, Post-Newsweek Business Information, Inc., Moscow, Russia, Jan. 31, 2000.

Volynkina, Eugenia, "Coins E-Commerce App Localized in Russia", Newsbytes, Post-Newsweek Business Information, Inc., Moscow, Russia, March, 06, 2000.

Volynkina, Eugenia, "Russians Won't Pay Net Taxes on ECommerce For Now", Newsbytes, Post-Newsweek Business Information, Inc., Moscow, Russia, March, 27, 2000.
 

Infrastructure:

Breiter, Maria, "Liberalization and Privatization of Telecommunications in Russia", US Foreign Commercial Service Moscow and US Dept. of State, Aug. 1999.

Chernobrovkina, Maria, "Wireless Communications in Russia", US Foreign Commercial Service Moscow and US Dept. of State, March, 2000.

The Strategis Group, Various Market Reports on Wireless Technology of Russia, 1999.

Unknown, "ComCor-TV", Internet World, Meckler Media Corporation, Sept. 15 2000.
 

Human Capital and IT:

Chronicle of Higher Education, "Russian Universities Educate World's Top Student Programmers", ISSN: 0009-5982;Vol. 47 No. 8; p.A43-A44.

Filipov, David and Anne Barnard, "Pilot Software Had a Problem", The Boston Globe, Knight/Ridder Business News, May 5, 2000.

Government Reports on Education Level of Population.  Accessed on 11/05/00
http://www.gks.ru/scripts/eng/1c.exe?XXXX12F.10.2.1/010840R

Hayes, Frank, "Got Programmers?", Computerworld, Computerworld, Inc., April 17, 2000.

World Development Indicators, Congressional Information Services, Inc., 2000.
 

IT Geographics:

Ananina, Olga, "Moscow Region", US Foreign Commercial Service Moscow and US Dept. of State, 1999.

Kim, Alexei, "NW Region",  US Foreign Commercial Service Moscow and US Dept. of State, 2000.

Lakaeva, Irina, "Software Development In Novosibirsk Russia", U.S. Foreign Commercial Service, Moscow, November, 2000.

Vvedensky, Roman, "Software Development in the Nizhny Novgorod Region", US Foreign Commercial Service, November 2000.

Vyatkin, Sergey, "Far East", U.S. Commercial Service in Vladivostok, Russia, 2000.

Wadhams, Nick, "US to Help Russia Build a Silicon Valley; Rogue Countries Luring Scientists", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Aug 21, 1999.
 

Hardware:

Chernobrovkina, Maria, US Foreign Commercial Service Moscow and US Dept. of State, St. Petersburg,1999.

Vyatkin, Sergey, "Computer Hardware and Peripherals in the Russian Far East", U.S. Commercial Service in Vladivostok, Russia, Oct. 2000.

Wilson, Drew, "IBM:Moscow Tax is a Killer", Electronic Buyers News, CMP Publications, Inc.  April 1, 1996.
 

IT Financing:

Beauprez, Jennifer, "Immigrants Plan Return to Russia with Big Plans for Internet Portal", Denver Post, Knight/Ridder Business News, Aug 30, 2000.

Unknown, Financial Times Surveys Edition, ISSN: 0307-1766, Financial Times, Ltd.  Oct 4, 2000.
 

Software:

Chronicle of Higher Education, "Russian Universities Educate World's Top Student Programmers", ISSN: 0009-5982;Vol. 47 No. 8; p.A43-A44.

Lakaeva, Irina, "Computer Software Market in Russia", The U.S. Commercial Service Moscow, Sept. 28, 2000.

Lakaeva, Irina, "Russian Market for Offshore Software Development", The U.S. Commercial Service Moscow, August 24, 2000.

Nazarova, Inna and Irina Lakaeva, US Foreign Commercial Service Moscow, Moscow, 2000.
 

Internet:

Nua Internet: How Many Online?  http://www.nua.ie/surveys/how_many_online/europe.html
 

IT Usage:

Chernobrovkina, Maria, "Computer Hardware Market in Russia", US Foreign Commercial Service Moscow and US Dept. of State, St. Petersburg, March, 2000.

Nazarova, Inna and Irina Lakaeva, "Overview of Electronic Commerce in Russia", US Foreign Commercial Service Moscow, Moscow, 2000.
 

Analysis: 

Kraemer, Kenneth and Jason Dedrick, "National Policies for the Information Age: IT and Economic Development, 1999.

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