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2021: Russian government approves CIS cooperation agreement on cybersecurity

On April 28, 2021, the press service of the Government of the Russian Federation announced that Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree approving an agreement on cooperation between the CIS countries in the field of cybersecurity. More details here.

2020

Mishustin approved agreement on cooperation of CIS countries in the field of digital development

Prime Minister Mishustin approved an agreement on cooperation between the CIS countries in the field of digital development. This was announced by the press service of the Cabinet on November 6, 2020.

According to the document, the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States will work together on common approaches to the development of state policy and regulatory regulations in the field of digital development of society and the digital economy.

The agreement will focus on the development of information infrastructure and e-government; reduction of digital inequalities, establishment of comprehensive mechanisms to support research activities, training and retraining of personnel.

Mikhail Mishustin approves agreement on cooperation of CIS countries in the field of digital development

It is assumed that the agreement will contribute to the implementation of the concept in the field of digital development of society and the plan of priority measures for its implementation approved at the meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the CIS on October 25, 2019.

Earlier, the Council of Heads of Government of the CIS countries agreed to prepare a draft international program of innovative cooperation between the states of the Union for the period until 2030.

For the development of the digital economy within the CIS, you can use experience in this direction in the Eurasian Economic Union, Finance Minister RFAnton Siluanov previously drew attention. As part of the digital agenda of the EAEU, a number of projects are already being implemented until 2025, for example, an information system for interstate exchange of data and electronic documents, and active translation of the interaction of all participants in economic relations into numbers is underway.

A digital economy without basic research is impossible, coordination in this area is very important. In addition, previously there were good academies of sciences in all Union republics and high-class specialists and scientists worked there, especially in the field of general and applied sciences. Interaction at this level can give a synergistic effect, since one study always pushes another, "said Mikhail Belyaev, an expert at RISI, candidate of economic sciences.[1]

Launch of the service for electronic business interaction in the CIS countries

The Kazakhstani company Documentolog has launched a service for the international legitimate exchange of documents Doculite.global, designed for electronic interaction of business in the CIS countries. This became known on February 10, 2020. More details here.

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