The 14th ceremony of Runet Prize for the advancement of the Russian-language Internet took place in Moscow on November 23. The center has been a long term partner of the Runet Prize, so its leaders and specialists have been a part of the Expert Club and the Prize Expert Council for several years and helped shortlist the winners.
This year, the center established a special category, Information Security, to award companies and projects that have made a special contribution to the safe use of the Internet and development of a trusted digital environment. The prize went to FinCERT (Bank of Russia's Center for Monitoring and Responding to Computer Attacks in the Financial Sector); FinCERT CEO Artyom Kalashnikov accepted the award.
Coordination Center for TLD .RU/.РФ Director Andrei Vorobyev said information security is one of the key topics now, and the center pays special attention to it: “We are striving to create a trusted digital environment that will contribute to the stable development of Russia's digital economy.”
Kalashnikov added that the Internet is one of the Central Bank’s priorities: “We closely monitor the development of technology and promptly respond to all new risks. This allows us to look confidently into the future.”
The winners of the 7th national contest of Internet projects, Positive Content 2017, were also named at the ceremony; the Coordination Center for TLD .RU/.РФ is one of the contest organizers. This year, more than 500 web projects participated in Positive Content, including websites, video channels, media resources, social network communities, educational and gaming apps and blogs. The majority applied for the main category, Best Educational and Cultural Institution Website; the award went to the Kemerovo Regional Library for Children and Youth. One of the popular special prizes was for the Best Children’s Website, established by the .DETY domain. “The wonderful country of Alexander Yakimtsev” website from the Stavropol Territory won the award. A full list of winners is available on the official website of the contest.
