Over the past period of time the areas of Russia’s lagging behind remained the same – negative business climate, unsatisfactory legislation, which doesn’t promote ICT development and use (109 position), as well as low level of public authorities’ readiness (99 position) and ICT use in public administration (107 position).

 

The first five leaders of WEF ranking still are the leading countries of South-East Asia, Western Europe and North America: Sweden, Singapore, Denmark, Switzerland and USA. Among CIS countries better positions than Russia are occupied by Azerbaijan (64 position) and Kazakhstan (68 position).