A protocol concerning the creation of a direct channel between RELARN – a Russian academic network – and the German scientific network DFN was signed in Berlin recently. The agreement will enable Russian researchers to gain direct access to DFN databases. The protocol was signed by representatives of RELARN, the Russian Ministry of Science, Relcom Corp and DFN officials. The Russian side says the Ministry of Science looks toward the EUnet/Relcom network, the former Soviet Union Internet node, to provide communication links and appointed the current president of Relcom Corp, Alexie Soldatov, and the director of the Russian Institute for Developing Public Networks/RELARN project co-ordinator, Alexie Platonov to be responsible for this area.
