"The pilot project to migrate schools of three Russian regions to Free Software has recently expanded its geography. Now it is possible for the schools outside of Tatarstan, Perm krai and Tomsk region to voluntarily apply for participation by completing a special form (Russian) published on the project website.
"The project, if successful, may be the first step towards large-scale migration of Russian secondary education institutions and, consequently, of the other state agencies to Free Software as President Medvedev stated last year while being the First Deputy Prime Minister..."