Mikhail Mishustin: Good afternoon, friends,
Mikhail Mishustin takes part in New Knowledge educational marathon
I am delighted to have this opportunity to participate
in the educational marathon.
I would like to thank the Znanie Society for hosting
such an event. It is an important part of the large-scale educational campaign
pursued by the organisation for many years. Our President pays special attention
to this work.
The Znanie Society played a major role in my life,
too. It was with its assistance that the International Computer Club was set up
over 30 years ago, where I began working while I was still a university
student. And before that, also as a student, I worked part-time writing reviews
of popular science books published by the same Znanie Society.
It was good training and useful experience that
taught me a key thing: to keep broadening my outlook, acquiring new knowledge,
developing the ability to consider things from different perspectives. The more
topics you study, the broader your outlook. At the same time, it is crucial to get
guidance from the best, from people who are experts in their area. It was such people
that Znanie society always engaged.
In my view, a broad outlook is a vitally important
quality. Nowadays anyone can have their own internet page or a blog. When you read
internet articles or posts, you do not always deal with a reliable source of
information since not everyone is a professional capable of discussing a
variety of issues competently. Therefore, people often face unreliable sources.
This is not always done on purpose but it ultimately shapes misguided views. Basically,
data is the new oil, gold and platinum of the 21st century. Data can
add to your income or destroy it. Sometimes distorted data on some events that you
find online cannot be refuted without an expert opinion from a reliable source.
Only fundamental knowledge is always reliable.
It is needed, among other things, to make discoveries and design advanced technologies
and breakthrough solutions the humankind takes pride in today. Possession of accurate
fundamental knowledge is a major criterion of success in the modern world.
Knowledge expands our outlook. If you do not understand
the cause-and-effect relationships and the laws of nature, if you lack specialised
knowledge, then planes will not take off and cars and trains will not drive.
Without it, it will be impossible to launch a person into space, invent a new
medicine or a new source of energy that humanity needs so badly. It is high-quality
knowledge that enables us to resolve increasingly complicated challenges at the
junction of competences and related fields.
The knowledge and outlook I acquired during my studies
came in useful in my life, including those I gained during my work at the
Federal Taxation Service. Knowledge from different fields and understanding of some
technologies helped me to modernise the fiscal system.
It is essential to learn about new approaches and
technologies ahead of others. Such notions as client-centric, the Internet of Things,
cloud solutions, data centre, big data, client pathway, and many others are
buzzwords today. But just a short while ago they were cutting-edge solutions and
technologies, not widely known and for that reason even more exciting. We realised
that we should look into future technologies today and apply predictive analytics
to discover what will matter tomorrow. And if you are the first to introduce such
technologies and use them in your work five to seven years before they become
widely known, you will succeed.
Speaking about the Taxation Service, online tills
currently used at any shop are an example of the Internet of Things. They instantaneously
transmit information about the sales proceeds in a retail outlet while a
receipt from a shop can be used to scan its QR-code, get its
digital copy and check its authenticity.
Data centres, or data processing centres, are used
currently to process all information that comes to the Taxation Service. It is needed
not only to monitor retail outlets but primarily to provide services to people.
The analysis of a huge bulk of data makes it possible to get the most recent
and exact information, including about the state of our economy.
Mikhail Mishustin takes part in New Knowledge educational marathon
We used the biggest number of cutting-edge solutions
as we developed services for the self-employed. We designed a simple and user-friendly
application which uses a tremendous number of technologies, although few people
are aware of it. They include the touch screen, scanning, biometric image recognition,
big data and platform solutions. This application also has a special open interface,
the so-called API-interface, which enables banks and companies to integrate the
My Tax app’s functionality in their software products and services. No one in the
world has ever done this.
More to be posted soon…
