12.10.08

The popularity of the Internet has doubled in Russia over the past three years, although more than half of Russian citizens do not log on, according to a study conducted by the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Centre (VTSIOM).

This year 20 percent of Russians turned to the Internet for news as compared to 10 percent in 2007.

Sixty-nine percent of the 1,600 respondents say they do not use the Internet at all, while another 11 percent turn to the resources of the global web every day. Nine percent log on the web several times per week, 7 percent ­ several times per month and 3 percent ­ no less than once in six months.

The Internet is more popular in big cities than in rural areas. Thus, the number of web users in Moscow and St Petersburg total 41 percent, while in rural areas ­ only 12 percent.

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Source: Itar-Tass