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Since the collapse of the soviet system, Russians have been busily and quietly redefining and restructuring their social and economic systems. This process has been far reaching and is taking place at an amazing rate. Visiting the country year on year, one is struck by the steady improvement and increasing momentum of the activity.

In the process of identifying their chief assets and restructuring them as marketable commodities, a new element has come to light. One of Russia’s most valuable assets has turned out to be her well educated, hard working, and resourceful work force. This has emerged in the form of large numbers of highly skilled and capable computer programmers, trained in the latest state of the art technologies and organized as commercial software houses.

Russian universities are turning out a steady stream of qualified graduates, with five years of technical education. Once in the work force they are strongly encouraged to achieve certification with Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, and Sun.

Russia has always been recognized for her technical prowess and this has now taken the form of commercially viable computer programming services. Steadily acquiring the ability to apply their skills to business and financial applications, they are now an IT force to be reckoned with.

As it stands now, the supply of computer expertise in Russia far exceeds demand, but this will change. The timing is perfect for British companies to investigate this opportunity and exploit the possibilities  of deploying Russian IT Resources as a valuable development resource.