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                  and Culture. The focus within each of these sections will relate to the implementation of ICT
                  infrastructure and how that infrastructure is being used by the city’s inhabitants. Figure 11
                  provides a brief overview of Moscow’s smart sustainable initiatives.


































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                                       Figure 11: Moscow as a smart sustainable city

                  4.2.   Dimension # 1: Economy

                  The rapid expansion of ICT-related markets and the emergence of new areas of ICT usage are
                  posing  unprecedented  challenges  while  simultaneously  providing  new  public  policy
                  opportunities. This is reflected in the “Information Society Development Strategy in the Russian
                  Federation”, the state programme “Information Society 2011-2020”, and in strategies for the
                  development of information technology (IT) in the Russian Federation for 2014-2020 and up to
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                  2025.
                  One of the main directives of Moscow’s current  Smart City strategy is to provide a friendly
                  environment  for  business  development.  There  are  around  30  technology  parks  and
                  “technopolises” in Moscow which support more than 1 300 high-tech companies. Grants and
                  subsidies  for  innovative  small  and  medium  enterprises  (SMEs)  are  provided  by  the  city
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                  government.  This is especially important, as 98 per cent of all businesses in Moscow are SMEs.
                  One of the long-term goals of the Smart Moscow 2030 strategy is to create an environment for
                  innovation  enabled  by  smart  technologies.  The  power  of  information  and  communication
                  technologies (ICTs) is central to achieving this long-term goal. Therefore, in order to expand its
                  ICT capabilities, Moscow currently spends the equivalent to 2.26 per cent of its GDP on research
                  and  development  efforts  each  year.  Moscow’s  commitment  to  innovation  has  played  a
                  significant role in revitalizing the capital’s economy and infrastructures. This section will examine


                  40   https://www.mos.ru/en/news/item/40697073/
                  41   Athar (2018)

                  42   Athar (2018)



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