In 2008 the Russian President approved the “Strategy for the Development of an Information Society in the Russian Federation until 2020”. In May 2017 a new strategy was adopted for 2017-2030 in connection with the rapid development of information Technologies.

A comparison of the two versions of the strategy makes it clear that the authors of the document delved deeply into the topic. The new version is more extensive, contains a list of definitions (such as the processing of big data, the Internet of Things, and cloud computing), determines strategy goals (development of an information infrastructure, creation of a new technological framework for the development of the economy), and describes ways of attaining these goals. At the same time, the creation of a new information society – a knowledge society – is proclaimed as the main goal. This is a society in which the receipt, collection and dissemination of reliable information is of major importance for the development of people, the economy, and the state.