Russia among world leaders in software development

Russia ranked third in the world after India and China in terms of the amount of orders for software production in 2007, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said during a meeting of the State Council in Petrozavodsk today. He pointed out that the IT sector was growing much faster than other sectors of economy. The Russian President also noted that the development of information technologies not only promoted science and technology, but also influenced the country's political system, and ultimately, Russia's democracy. Medvedev reiterated that those factors were considered while drafting federal target programs, and, as a result, business and government sectors had expanded and started using information and communication systems in their work.