4-Traders, 10 April 2013. "Russian Federation, City of Ulyanovsk, April 10, 2013 - Ulyanovsk Oblast Government launched an Open Data Initiative based on the recommendations of an Open Data Readiness Assessment prepared by the World Bank, at an "Open Region" seminar today.
Ulyanovsk Oblast Deputy Chair of the Government Svetlana Opyonysheva, who is already a champion for Open Government in Russia, acknowledged the value of Open Data for her region from the government and business perspectives..."
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by Mark Adomanis. Forbes, 12 November 2012. "This is a guest post written with Elena Kvochko about Open Government in Russia. Open Government is a potentially exciting and vital concept that was all the rage at the start of Obama's administration but which has flown largely under the radar since.
This October, Russia marked the first anniversary of the national Open Government initiative and the six-month anniversary of joining the Open Government Partnership (OGP), a multilateral initiative to make governments more transparent and accessible. However, Russia's understanding and implementation of Open Government are, as you might expect, quite different from the rest of the world's..."
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RT, 12 March, 2012. "Russians could soon be doing everything from registering a business to applying for a divorce online.
A new bill seeks to make more public services available at the click of a button. Apart from filing in the application for divorce and marriage, Russian citizens will be able to request registration for a new organization or an individual entrepreneurship, negotiate insurance with a pension fund, or fill in a tax statement or apply for social welfare..."
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RT.com, 28 October, 2011. "A website is being launched which will allow every Russian citizen to become a participant in an extended government.
The project, initiated by President Dmitry Medvedev in mid-October, was launched by the Public Committee of the President’s Supporters.
'This is a mechanism to receive feedback from citizens,' State Duma deputy Robert Shlegel told Izvestia daily. He said that everyone will be invited to join the extended government..."
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Andrei's Blog, May 28, 2010. "Public transportation is very popular in Russia, but there is one huge problem: it isn’t very reliable. More accurately, you never for sure whether or when your bus is going to show up. This week the city of Novosibirsk rolled out a city-wide transit tracking system which solves that exact problem. From now on, anyone can check the location of city's buses, trolleys and route taxis in real time..."
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Yahoo News, Posted on Tuesday September 1, 2009. "Moscow (AFP) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday joined the likes of Barack Obama, Beyonce and Pope Benedict XVI as he launched his own channel on Google's YouTube site in a bid to reach out to youth..." The site is located at http://www.youtube.com/kremlin
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by AAP. ZDNet Australia, 18 July 2008. "Russia's new 42-year-old president yesterday showed frustration with government officials who did not know how to use a computer and warned that they could soon be out of a job..."
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