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was the decline of real wages among Russians in April 2015. These data are presented in a new Monitoring the Business Climate in Industrial Organizations study that was conducted in May 2015 by the Centre for Business Tendency Studies at the HSE Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge (ISSEK).

On 20 May, 2015 the third issue of the Russian Regional Innovation Development Rating published by the Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge was presented at the Higher School of Economics (HSE). Researchers rated 83 regions by the integral indicator — Russian Regional Innovation Index (RRII).

Internet traffic in 2014 has increased by almost a third (29%); the volume of mobile networks’ traffic grew by 3%. The current level of Russian ICT infrastructure allowed to significantly increase availability of network technologies and services provided on their basis, including public services: one third of the population (35%) who have used public services in 2014 have done so via the Internet. This is reported in the ISSEK newsletter presenting the results of the HSE ongoing “Information Society Monitoring” project.

Russia’s fresh water supply is among the largest in the world, but these resources are not always used efficiently. According to Yuri Golubkov, director of S&T Policy and Modernisation department of Renova Group of Companies, optimising the water sector management first of all requires sorting out organisational and legal issues, followed by solving technological problems. In the framework of a joint HSE — Renova foresight project, HSE experts analysed strategic approaches to managing the water sector suggesting four different scenarios.

of heads of Russian companies believe they do not have enough professional knowledge and skills for career development and professional growth. They would like to receive additional specialized training or education. These data were obtained in a survey of company heads in six sectors of the economy in 2014, which was conducted as part of the Monitoring of Education Markets and Organisations study by HSE and the Levada Centre.

Almost three quarters of Russian households have access to the Internet, and almost half of them use the Web daily. 43% of the respondents access the Net with mobile devices, 74% actively use social networks, and every fifth person uploads their own content to websites, experts of the HSE Institute or Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge found out in the framework of the Monitoring of Information Society project.

This data book continues the series of annual publications by the Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge at the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE ISSEK). It presents statistical data on ICT infrastructure, activities of ICT sector enterprises, and content and media sector. It also presents summary indicators of business activity of enterprises rendering IT services, and ICT usage by enterprises, households, and individuals.

Giorgio Sirilli, former chairman of the OECD Working Party of National Experts on Science and Technology Indicators (NESTI), is offering lectures to students in the Master’s programme in Governance of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI).