Center for Civil Society International ([email protected])
Mon, 18 Mar 1996 18:02:00 -0800 (PST)
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SOROS TO HELP RUSSIAN UNIVERSITIES LINK UP TO INTERNET. Billionaire
financier and philanthropist George Soros will give $100 million to help
30 regional Russian universities link up to the Internet, Russian and
Western agencies reported. The program was announced after a meeting
between Soros and Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin in Moscow on 15
March. The Russian government will provide telecommunications resources.
In recent years, the Soros Foundation has donated $200 million to
support science, culture, and education programs in Russia. -- Penny
Morvant
(from OMRI news service)
MOSCOW 3/15/96 -U.S. financier George Soros agreed Friday to spend
$100 million ($US) to link 30 Russian regional universities to
the Internet. Soros announced the grant after meeting with Russian
Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin. The universities, all outside
Moscow and St. Petersburg, will receive the telecommunications
support needed to tap into the world computer network, said a
statement from The Soros Foundation.
Under the five-year program, the universities also will be able to
develop programs in education, humanities, culture, law and social
studies made possible through use of the Internet. The Russian
government has agreed to supply the fiber-optic and satellite
networks necessary to link the regional universities with Moscow and
the outside world, the statement said.
[based on Associated Press report]
Greg Cole, Director
Center for International Networking Initiatives
The University of Tennessee System Phone: (423) 974-7277
2000 Lake Avenue FAX: (423) 974-8022
Knoxville, TN 37996 Email: [email protected]
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