In the reign of Peter the Great, Russia had made significant developments in the fields of IT, technology and science. He established two prestigious schools Russian Academy of Science and Saint Peters-burg State University, for training engineers. Scientist, writer and polymath Mikhail Lomonosov founded the Moscow State University establishing a strong native tradition in learning and innovation.
Information technologies play a very important role in modernizing Russia’s economy and society as whole. The development of Internet infrastructure in Russia began with development of analog modem-based computer networks in scientific institutions in its cities. In Russia, you can have a very fast internet connection at a very low price. That is why Russian hackers are so good in hacking, as they have very fast and one of the cheapest internet connection. With the usage of advanced gadgets, throughout the country, the high demand for Internet service has been driving the development of companies providing online access.
However, country is still facing challenges in providing internet service in rural and remote areas, giver Russia’s enormous size. With increase in availability of broadband internet access, it is increasing the revenue for Russian commerce as there is a remarkable increase have been seen in the number of people shopping online and using online banking services for past few decades.
With the advancements in the field of IT, Russia is often considered as hacker’s heaven. As Russia is an economically struggling country, mainly because of the lack of opportunities people are motivated towards the hacking. In soviet times, the education was made compulsory for everyone, thus literacy rate is high in Russia and most of the people are good at mathematics which is core of hacking. In addition, with fast and cheap internet connection, the hacking have become very easy in Russia. These hackers mostly aim at economic targets and government systems. Russians have been behind several high-profile and sometimes highly cost-effective hacking cases. Russian companies occasionally fall victim to hackers, too.
The telecommunications system in Russia has undergone significant changes since the 1980s, resulting in thousands of companies licensed to offer communication services today. In 2014, LTE is made available to 70 million Russians in 180 cities, which vastly improved the regional availability of broadband in the country. There are four mobile phone service brands that cover all Russia. Other than state television channel, privately owned stations are often owned by industrial groups either controlled by the State or with close connections to the government so that they can be called semi-state.
