OREANDA-NEWS. June 23, 2009. He pointed out that the committee’s key task for the near future was to start the economy’s modernization with focus on innovative projects.

Medvedev suggested focusing on the following priorities: power efficiency and power saving and development of new types of fuel; nuclear technologies; space technologies (telecoms and GLONASS system); medical technologies; strategic information technologies (supercomputers and software).

Among the key directions of Russia’s technological development are sectors where the country has competitive technologies and sectors whose development may boost the modernization of related industries. Medvedev emphasized the social aspect of the technological development.