Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for acceleration of the development of digital economy within the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU).
"We assume it is necessary to accelerate implementation of the whole ‘digital agenda’ of the Union, and to coordinate efforts on development of ‘Internet economy’, creation of general digital trade rules, equal standards of exchange and protection of information," Putin said in his address to heads of EEU countries published on the Kremlin website.
He also called for enacting high technologies in public administration, industry, customs regulation systems and other areas, as well as "launching joint competitive, innovative and knowledge-intensive industries."
