June 1, 2010
A new version of the President of Russia’s official website has been launched.
Key content innovations:
- Subject-based arrangement of content. All website materials
are given a set of tags, which can be viewed by clicking
the ‘subjects’ at the top or bottom of each page. Some of the
materials are listed on the ‘current agenda’ – a selection of
materials on the most topical issues and top priorities for the state
authorities’ work.
- The institutional section called ‘The State’ contains
information about government institutions and presidential
consultative bodies. Though similar in many ways to the ‘Institutions’ section in the old version of the website, this new
section offers updated information on what is going on in the
Presidential Executive Office and in the presidential commissions
and councils.
Key technical innovations:
- The website’s social dimension gained more significance thanks to the possibility of adding materials to various social networks and bookmark services.
- The new 16x9-format video player makes it possible to upload HD (high definition) format videos. The player also reproduces traditional 4x3 format videos. The player and the videos can be inserted in blogs.
- The basic audio player can also be inserted in blogs. There is also a mini-player version that is used for all website materials with an audio file available.
- The WAP version is a portal for telephones and smartphones broadcasting news, transcripts and photos.
- SMS-alert service delivers top news headlines to your telephone or other mobile device as they appear on the website. You can also subscribe to receive important content updates (publication of full transcripts, for example).
- A special large-print version of the website for the visually impaired has been created in accordance with the national standard, Internet Resources. Access Standards for the Visually Impaired.
English version of the President of Russia’s website and related Internet resources:
- eng.kremlin.ru, eng.news.kremlin.ru – President of Russia’s website / Events (news, speeches and transcripts, documents, themes, trips and visits, telegrams, photos, videos and audio files, other current information, as well as thematic collections)
- archive.kremlin.ru/eng – archive of the English language website
- eng.state.kremlin.ru – President of Russia’s site / STATE (the status and powers of the President and the Presidential Executive Office, Presidential advisory and consultative bodies)
- eng.letters.kremlin.ru – service for sending messages to the President of Russia (letters to the President)
- Russian Constitution
- eng.pda.kremlin.ru – website’s mobile version
- eng.special.kremlin.ru – large-print website version for the visually impaired
This web portal is the result of collective work of many web site designers, software programmers and engineers. The amount of contracts to develop the portal, including its English-language version, stands at 4,028,217 rubles (including VAT).
