Liberty of thought means liberty to communicate one's thought. - Salvador de Madariaga

That is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to the pertinent answer. - J. Bronowski

Integration of Russia in the world information environment presents the challenge of deploying modern telecommunications networks and of connecting them to international network resources. This work has begun. A number of networks already operate. Some large projects are launched. All these projects are aimed at the same goal - to provide for Internet gateway for all science and education institutions, commercial organizations, end-users in Russia.



There are several non-governmental international organizations which help to develop Internet and information infrastructure in Russia and former Soviet Union.


The following entries contain some statistics about the development of Internet in Russia.


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