The Verkhovna Rada has supported the resignation of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation Mikhail Fedorov, a member of the European Solidarity faction, Oleksiy Honcharenko, said.
“Fedorov will be appointed to a new position. Preliminarily, he will become Deputy Prime Minister for Innovation, Development of Education, Science and Technology – Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine. His candidacy for the new position will be submitted to the Rada at the next meeting,” the parliamentarian wrote in the Telegram channel on Monday.
At the same time, a member of the faction “Golos” Yaroslav Zheleznyak specified that the decision to resign Fedorov supported 298 people’s deputies at the plenary session on March 20.
Fedorov held the post of Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine since March 4, 2020.
As previously reported by Prime Minister Denis Shmygal, Fedorov will be engaged in a number of other areas, in addition to digitalization. “His future position is Deputy Prime Minister for innovation, development of education, science and technology – Minister of digital transformation of Ukraine,” he wrote in his Telegram channel.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine will cooperate with Microsoft on documenting the war crimes of the Russian Federation, and the Xbox game service will be officially launched in Ukraine, Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov said.
According to him, Ukrainian accounts will appear on Xbox, and the Ukrainian language will appear on the consoles.
“This was agreed in Davos at a meeting with Microsoft President Brad Smith. In addition, the Microsoft team plans to help the digital industry of Ukraine during the recovery,” he wrote on his Telegram channel.
Fedorov noted that the Ministry of Digital Development has been cooperating with Microsoft for a long time, and they actively support Ukraine during the war: they became one of the first companies that suspended all new sales of products and services in Russia in early March and provided free cloud services for Ukraine until the end of 2022.
“Microsoft has supported and will continue to support Ukraine, it was very important to hear this from Brad Smith,” the minister added.
According to him, the company calculated that through their initiatives they provided Ukraine with digital support for $242 million. This includes financial grants, promotional campaigns, free access to the company’s products and services, and equipment.
