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9.1.7 TMT sector news
The export of Russian software this year has grown by almost 20%
year-on-year, a representative of the administration of Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko told TASS. "Russian digital technology industry is intensively developing. President Vladimir Putin approved the national goal of digital transformation. We have one of the strongest educational and scientific and technical schools. Our IT industry comprises tens of thousands of companies and hundreds of thousands of specialists. Export of software from Russia increased by almost 20% in comparison with last year alone. Our country has also built a powerful incentive system for the IT sector. Packages of measures aimed at developing the industry are being gradually implemented. For example, annually the authorities allocate about 4 billion rubles ($53.9 mln) in the form of grants to support IT projects and companies," said Chernyshenko.
Authorities in Russia have closed down a number of illegal crypto mining facilities allegedly powered by stolen electricity. The underground farms have been discovered around Moscow, as well as in the Russian republic of Dagestan. In particular, the Russian law enforcement and customs agents recently uncovered the theft of a large amount of electricity from the network operated by Rosseti in the Moscow region. The cost of the illegally consumed electricity used to power the mining hardware exceeds 500,000 rubles a day
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