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Speaking at the opening of the Kyoto Science and Technology in Society forum on Sunday, Dvorkovich said that the Russian government has "begun implementation of a new technology-oriented initiative, aimed at a completely new market, which will prevail by the middle of the 21st century," RIA Novosti reports.
The deputy prime minister explained that a Russian-made self-driving car would be a fine example of the government's commitment to the high-tech economy of the future, promising that it would provide financial and organizational assistance to Russian developers, along with support from the country's research and development funds.