Sputnik is live as Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a meeting with the government via video conference on Wednesday in Moscow.
The main topic of discussion will be the ways of introducing artificial intelligence into the country's economy, according to the Kremlin.
Maxim Reshetnikov, minister of economic development, Maksut Shadayev, minister of digital development, communications and mass media, and German Gref, CEO and chairman of the Board of Sberbank, Russia's largest bank, are expected to deliver reports.
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