Russian Association of Electronic Communications RAEK

The goal of the association is to form in Russia "a civilized information society that will have its own legislation and its own ethical codes adopted by both users and participants in the Internet market." One of the key tasks of RAEK is to establish a dialogue between the state and companies operating in the field of information and communication technologies.

Composition of participants

In 2010, RAEK included 35 companies, among which were Infox,,,,, ITAR-TASSKaspersky LabSchoolmates RBC, RIA Novosti,,,, ChronoPay,, Google,, HeadHunter.Ru,,,,, and Mail.Ru Rambler WebMoney Softkey Jutinet.Ru others. Lognex (MyWayhouse) uBank

On September 2, 2014, Opera Software announced that the company had become part of RAEK. The decision to include Opera Software in the organization was made during a vote at the RAEK council. Also in September, the international electronic payment provider ASSIST announced its entry into the association.

In November 2014, two new members joined NP "RAEK": LLC "" and Vkontakte LLC "Buzzcraft"

As of January 2015, the association claims more than 150 members.

Projects

• Runet Prize

Clusters

The concept of clusters - the union of organizations on an industry basis - began to be used by the association in 2014 and showed its high efficiency.

PR&IT

In January 2015, at the final meeting of members of the Russian Association of Electronic Communications (RAEC), plans were announced to create a new PR&IT cluster. The initiator of the creation of the cluster was the communication group "Gurov and Partners." The general director of the company, Philip Gurov, said that the goals of the new structure are a qualitative increase in the level of communications on the Web, which are attended by federal and regional authorities and non-profit organizations. First of all, we are talking about the development of industry standards and explanatory work among representatives of the authorities in terms of creating large-scale digital solutions.

Among the priority tasks are the preparation of standards for increasing the tourist and investment attractiveness of territories (from the municipal level to the level of the country), as well as conducting training events on PR and GR for RAEC members.

The working name of the cluster - "PR&IT" - repeats the name of the conference, which for several years was successfully carried out by RAEK and Gurov and Partners.

Financing from the state budget

In February 2013, it became known that the list of recipients of state support in the field of electronic media of the Federal Agency for Press and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation (Rospechat) in 2013 included the websites of the Russian Association of Electronic Communications and the Runet Prize (founder - Rospechat, organizer - RAEK). According to RAEK General Director Sergei Plugotarenko, the sites were specially registered as media in order to receive state support, since "there is not enough money for the development of these resources, and they could not find other ministries that allocate grants to maintain Internet sites."

The sites of RAEK and the Runet Prize were included in the list of Rospechat along with the web resources Клепа.ру, Закон.ру, Няня.ру, Грамота.ру and the cultural and educational Internet portal Alexander Isaevich Solzhenitsyn.

The Federal Agency for Press and Mass Communications provides state support to socially significant projects in the electronic media segment on a competitive basis. Who will receive state aid is determined by the expert council, which includes representatives of various divisions of the Ministry of Communications. It also determines the size of grants and controls their effective use.

Projects representing "public and state interests and corresponding to the main directions of state policy and long-term priorities for the development of the state and society" are considered socially significant, according to the rules of Rospechat.

- Grants are allocated only to registered Internet media. This, so to speak, is a legacy of the past, - explains Sergey Plugotarenko. - Therefore, we registered as the media^[1].

According to the director of RAEK, the association was not able to find out which other ministry allocates grant support, and since "there is not enough money for the implementation of various projects within the RAEK website, it was decided to apply for a grant from Rospechat."

- I believe that it would be good for the state to make another channel for financing projects that are engaged in the development of the Internet than to follow the path of supporting the Internet media. But there are apparently no other programs, but there is only this one, - explains Plugotarenko. - The funds received will allow you to add a little more funds to the total piggy bank. But this is not a fundamental moment, but only some addition. I will not disclose how our budget is being built, but we do not have enough money to maintain the association's website.

Sergei Plugotarenko said that the money received will be spent on creating new functionality that will simplify the interaction of RAEC members online.

A number of changes will also be carried out on the Runet Prize website, including a design change (in 2013 the prize turns 10 years old) and a voting system for the best projects.

History

2025: Director Sergei Grebennikov arrested under drug article

On January 31, 2025, it became known that Tverskoy District Court Moscow he had arrested the director Russian Association of Electronic Communications (RAEC) and organizer of the Runet Prize, Sergei Grebennikov. He was detained under the drug article. More here

2013: "VKontakte" withdrew from RAEK

The VKontakte social network left the Russian Electronic Communications Association (RAEC) in early 2013, reproaching it for its lack of influence. Ilya Perekopsky, Deputy General Director of VKontakte, wrote about this in his microblog on Twitter. "2012 showed that RAEC does not have meaning and influence. VKontakte is withdrawing from this promising organization, "its message says.

2012: Establishment of a SaaS technologies Commission

RAEK announced in March 2012 the creation of a commission on SaaS technologies. The main goals of the created group are the production of industry analytics, the development of industry standards and recommendations for market participants, as well as the consolidation of leading market players to promote SaaS ideology in the field of b2b.

The main activities of the Commission are aimed at the production and distribution of specific information products:

• Regular industry analytics/research. Release of regular analytical digests (at the end of the year, half a year) according to the state of the SaaS market (situation, problems, trends, events, personnel, business leaders, indicators, etc.).

• Participation in industry events in order to form sections and reports/speeches on SaaS subject, and in the future - holding their own thematic events.

Formation of industry standards/recommendations for market participants; Development of content, materials aimed at popularizing cloud technologies and SaaS services in Russia;

• In the future - the launch of infrastructure projects on the market (industry ratings, services for market participants and potential customers, etc.).

2006: Establishment of RAEC

The non-profit partnership "Association of Electronic Communications" (NP "RAEK") was established in 2006.

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