Moscow news
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18-Dec-2006
Some 25 million Russians use Internet services - Reiman
MOSCOW, December 18 (Itar-Tass) - Russian Information Technologies and Communication Minister Leonid Reiman said on Monday Russia accounted for 25 million Internet users in 2006.
The total number of computers in Russia increased by 35 percent in 2006 as against last year to 23 million.
Reiman pointed out that the volume of information transmitted via the Internet in Russia almost doubled.
At present, 21,500 Russian schools are connected to the Internet.
Reiman expressed the confidence that the connection of schools to Internet services is a good factor for the development of information and communication technologies and creation of a new way of thinking among students.
Within the framework of a federal program 52,940 Russian schools will be connected to the Internet by the end of 2007.
Itar Tass