Runet Prize

Runet Prize
Awarded forExcellence in the development of the Russian segment of the Internet
LocationMoscow
CountryRussia
Presented byRospechat
First awardedNovember 26, 2004[1]
Websitehttp://premiaruneta.ru/

Runet Prize (Russian: Премия Рунета) is a national award of the Russian Federation. Its founder is the Federal Agency for Press and Mass Media, the Russian governmental agency in charge of overseeing the country's mass media.

First awarded in 2004, the prize honors top Russian language (mainly Russia-based) websites in the categories:

  • State and Society
  • Science and Education
  • Culture and Mass Communications
  • Economics and Business
  • Health and Recreation
  • Mobile app
  • Internet project
  • Internet community of the year
  • Game of the year.

Runet is a portmanteau of the words Russia and Internet.

See also

References

  1. ^ "2004 Contest Archive". Archived from the original on 2008-12-16. Retrieved 2013-06-18.