About one million IT specialists are currently required by the Russian economy, the industry is experiencing a shortage of personnel, said Andrey Turchak, First Vice Speaker of the Federation Council, Secretary of the General Council of the United Russia party, TASS reported.

“The struggle between countries for specialists in the IT field is escalating, we must honestly admit that with the start of a special military operation, some of our IT specialists, including young people, went abroad. At the same time, it should be noted that the reverse process is already being recorded,” Turchak said at a meeting of the Council for the Development of the Digital Economy under the Federation Council.

“The industry continues to experience a shortage of personnel. The number of our IT specialists last year was estimated at 1.7 million people, experts say that our economy needs at least one million more people,” he added.