Bill Gates visits Moscow

Bill Gates, Chairman of Microsoft, visited Moscow on a business trip. During the visit there were a number of meetings with the First Deputy Prime Minister of the RF Dmitry Medvedev, the RF Minister of Information Technologies and Communications Leonid Reiman and the RF Minister of Education and Science Andrey Fursenko. Gates also presented reports to the annual Microsoft Business Forum 2006, he appeared at a seminar with leading experts in innovation and IT, and a seminar with young entrepreneurs and scientists. "The last time I came to Russia was in 1997, and I did not expect to see such considerable changes", noted Gates. "I was simply delighted at the volume of discussion in which I was able to be involved today with representatives of Russian business and senior government officials. Russia has become economically stronger and this creates a good springboard to move the country on the way to the development of an innovative economy".