As part of his visit to Krasnoyarsk, Russia's First Vice Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev visited a local school where students showcased their own websites and complained about a "severely restricted access to the Internet". Apparently, this stops them from surfing the web as much as they would like to. In fact, this does not prevent students from fully enjoying educational benefits, as Russia has yet to develop its own e-learning programs. Still Dmitry Medvedev promised students Internet access, saying that their schools will be connected in the near future. A month earlier Medvedev visited a school in Tyumen oblast only to see that it did not have functional Internet access. Then promises were also made to the ranking official to get the school online in the immediate future.
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