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Interview with Artyom Astafurov

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Published 26 February, 2008, 17:57

Huge economic growth in Russia is impossible without further support for technology, according to one of the leading figures of Saint-Petersburg's IT scene, Artyom Astafurov. The Vice-President for Global Projects at DataArt Software Outsourcing spoke to RT about Russia's technological potential.

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“Russia has a big future in the IT sector. In the last four or three years the country has indicated a sustained growth in it. And the breakthrough in this will continue if the government will support it after the election. It is already the second largest sector of the economy after natural resources,” Artyom Astafurov said.

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