OREANDA-NEWS  The number of programmers working in Russia has increased by 15% since last year, now more than 820 thousand such specialists work in the country, said the head of the Government of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin.

"Over 820,000 programmers work in the country, which is 15% more than a year earlier," Mishustin said in an address to the participants of the international forum Kazan Digital Week-2023.

He noted that 33 industrial competence centers have been launched in Russia to unite the efforts of large customers and experienced developers, which included about 300 leading industry organizations and 700 specialized experts.
"Thanks to such a systematic approach, it is possible to find areas where dependence on foreign digital products is particularly felt, and to activate their replacement in order to maintain the stability of production, design, financial, technological and social processes at enterprises. The formed portfolio already has about two hundred projects," the Prime minister added.