The Russian Association for Electronic Communications (RAEC) was established in 2006.

The Association's objective is to create a civilized information society, which will have its own legal system and the codes of professional activities that are to be accepted by both the users and the companies operating on the Internet.

One of the key goals of the Association is to set up an efficient dialogue between the state and the companies operating in the area of information, communication and Internet technologies.

RAEC is actively involved in the solutions of socially important objectives aimed at the development of the information society in Russia and enhancing the image of Russia as of the responsible member of the global information community.

The Association's main activities:

Law-making

The Association is taking part in law-making in cooperation with the Ministry of Communications and Mass Media task forces. The expert evaluation of draft laws, the introduction of the industry's common position in relation to specific draft laws and the reporting of those opinions to the representatives of public authorities are carried out by the Association.

Public Activities

The Association is acting as an expert member in the sessions held by the State Duma, the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation as well as it is taking part in trade shows, conferences, workshops and task forces relating to the industry's issues.

Research

We carry out the research of the most important and challenging issues of the information and communication technologies and commence, if appropriate, public discussions concerning the industry's most acute development issues at the national and international levels.

Projects

Our project activities are aimed at the elaboration of business relationship standards within the framework of the industry, the provision of security on the Internet and the support and development of science and education in the field of our industry.

RAEC Committees

The RAEC Committees represent a system of permanent expert, analytical and practical units joining the Association's members together as to their respective industry segments. The Committees' objectives are primarily targeted at the introduction of recommendations relating to the development of strategic sectors in the area of information and communication technologies.

Events

History

June 2006
The Nonprofit Partnership “Russian Association for Electronic Communications” was established further to the initiative of certain industry's organisations and Internet companies.

October 2006
The Association's public activities have actively started. M. Tverdynin, RAEC Chairman of the Board, holds the online conference “Internet in Russia's Regions: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back?..”.

January 2007
The representatives of RAEC take part, for the first time, in the largest annual event of the Russian Internet, the 11^th All-Russian Internet Forum (RIF).

April 2007
The Partnership's representatives participate in the conferences dedicated to economy. The RAEC Chairman of the Board, M, Tverdynin, takes part in the panel discussion “Reliability, Security and the Future of Mobile Payment System in Russia”.

April 2007 года
The RAEC law-making activity has commenced. The Partnership's experts develop and publish the model law “On the Internet” together with their colleagues from the Institute of the Information Society (IIS).

April 2008
Dmitry A. Medvedev, who has recently been elected President of the Russian Federation, familiarises himself with RAEC activities. The RAEC Director, Sergey Plutogarenko, delivers the report concerning the need for RAEC to become a self-regulatory organisation in the foreseable future.

May 2008
The International Forum on Electronic Finance Technologies “e-Finance Russia 2008” is held with the support and cooperation provided by RAEC.

July 2008
RAEC expands its presence in the market. The RAEC General Assembly approves the admission of its new members: 1C-Bitrix, MoneyMail, RIA Novosti and MegaVersia.

December 2008
WebMoney electronic payment provider and VideoPort become the members of RAEC

December 2008
RAEC commences its cooperation with the public authorities. The Partnership's delegates meet the representatives of the Internet industry at the Ministry of Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation and take part in the Ministry's third session.

February 2009
The RAEC executive group takes part in the fourth session of the Russian Federation Internet Development Committee.

March 2009
The ever largest growth of RAEC in its history. Mail.Ru, Rambler, Odnoklassniki.ru, Vkontakte, DST, Astrum Online Entertainment, HeadHunter Group, «Innovation Group WinNER» and Nigma.Ru become the members of RAEC.

June 2009
RAEC goes global. The Partnership's Chairman of the Board, M. Tverdynin, takes part in the session of the permanent Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of CIS countries.

June 2009
The RAEC Chairman of the Board, M. Tverdynin, participates in the first session of the Council of Mass Communications at the Ministry of Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation.

June 2009
Second after RIF, SPIC-2009 Internet Professional Conference is held in St. Petersburg with the support of RAEC.

November 2009
M. Tverdynin, the Partnership's Chairman of the Board, takes part in the session of the Internet Council at the Ministry of Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation.

November 2009
RAEC actively starts its operations aimed at the protection of children and young people against Internet threats. M. Tverdynin, the Chairman of the Board of RAEC, delivers his report at the international conference “The Security of Children on the Internet: Precaution, Learning, Intercommunication”.

November 2009
The Cybercrime Committee of RAEC starts the campaign against spam further to allegations of the USA stating that Russia has been the world's stronghold of cybercrime.

November 2009
RAEC, in association with the Regional Public Centre of Internet Technologies (ROCIT), stages the fourth National Award Ceremony for the contribution in the Russian segment of Internet development, “RuNet Award 2009”.

December 2009
Further to the Association members' initiative, RAEC commences the development of provisions having, at that time, the working name “The Code of Internet Professional Activities”.

December 2009
The contest for knowledge and proposals in relation to the use of the Internet by children “My Secure Web” is carried out with the support of RAEC.

February 2010
Within the framework of anti-spam campaign, RAEC is the first in Russia to publish a comprehensive Report 2009 on the spam market research.

February 2010
For the purposes of children protection on the Internet, the RAEC experts prepared a report offering a description of “allow-list” model with a view to protect children from the unsuitable Internet content.

February 2010
M. Tverdynin, the Chairman of the Board of RAEC, attends the reception dedicated to a visit of a delegation of senior executives of US technology companies.

April 2010
The permanent Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of CIS countries approves a version of a model Information Code for the CIS countries, which had been prepared by RAEC experts.

April 2010
The RAEC representatives take part in RIF+KIB 2010, the largest annual event of the Russian Internet industry.

May 2010
RAEC is first in Russia to issue the report “Image of Russia in Western Press in Relation to Cyber Conflicts of the Recent Decade” and the rating report “Top-10 Materials Concerning the Cyber Conflicts Connected with Russia as Covered in the Western Press in 2000-2010”.

August 2010
Sergey Plutogarenko, who was earlier in the position of the Executive Director of ROCIT, is unanimously elected the Director of RAEC further to voting at the extraordinary Assembly of RAEC members. The alliance of the Regional Public Centre of Internet Technologies (ROCIT) and the Russian Association for Electronic Communications is set up.

It has been approved, following the consideration of a new edition of the Statutes, to commence a re-organisation of the Association in order to obtain the status of a self-regulatory organisation in the area of Internet technologies that will give many advantages to the market in general and to all of RAEC members.

For the past six months, the following industry's major companies have joined RAEC: Microsoft, SUP, OZON, Free-lance, ADV, RBK SOFT and others. Today RAEC comprises 45 member companies.