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Table 3.
Internet Development Levels in Russian Regions as of the Beginning of 2000

Internet Development Level	Regions
Extremely low	Evenkiysky, Nenetsky, Aginsky Buryatsky, Komi-Permyatsky, Ust-Ordynsky Buryatsky Autonomous Okrugs; Ingushetia, Chechnya
Low	Republics of Adygeya, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachayevo-Cherkessiya, Northern Ossetia, Dagestan, Altai, Tyva, Kalmykia; Taymyrsky, Koryaksky, Chukotsky Autonomous Okrugs; Magadan and Kamchatka Oblasts
Medium	Republics of Karelia, Komi, Udmurtia, Mordovia, Mary-El, Chuvashia, Khakassia; Khanty-Mansiysky, Yamalo-Nentsky Autonomous Okrugs; Jewish Autonomous Oblast; Stavrolopol, Altai Krais; Murmansk, Pskov, Novgorod, Tver, Vologda, Arkhangelsk, Kostroma, Ivanovo, Vladimir, Smolensk, Kaluga, Bryansk, Orel, Kursk, Belgorod, Tula, Lipetsk, Tambov, Voronezh, Penza, Volgograd, Astrakhan, Ulyanovsk, Orenburg, Kirov, Kurgan, Tyumen, Tomsk, Kemerovo, Amur and Sakhalin Oblasts
High	Leningrad, Yaroslavl, Saratov, Rostov, Chelyabinsk, Omsk, Irkutsk, Kaliningrad, Perm Oblasts; Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Khabarovsk, Primorsky Krais; Republics of Tatarstan and Bashkortostan
Very high	Moscow, St. Petersburg; Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Sverdlovsk and Novosibirsk Oblasts

Note: The author classified regions by Internet development level based on the quantitative expert assessment factoring in the number of Internet users in a given region, the number of providers, the level of services, the Internet infrastructure development level, the amount of Internet information resources available in the region and some other indicators.