Zelensky Announced Plans to Introduce Online Voting in Ukraine

If the program for online voting is developed by Ukrainians together with specialists from one of the world's leading companies, then "people will trust this technology more," the president said. President Volodymyr Zelensky and Microsoft CEO Brad Smith held video talks, discussing plans to introduce an online voting system in Ukraine. The POU announced on Thursday, November 5. "We were the first to make a digital passport. We also made a digital driver's license. We used to have problems with business registering, long queues but today, within 15-30 minutes you can register your business. I think this is a great victory," Zelensky said. According to him, Ukraine's priority task for next year is launching the Paperless program (paperless office). Zelensky called on Microsoft to invest more actively in Ukraine as well, adding that the Ukrainian authorities will guarantee protection of their investments and create a favorable business climate. Zelensky thanked Smith for announcing implementation of the cloud service program in Ukraine, since it "provides great opportunities for building infrastructure in the country for hosting data centers." In turn, the president of Microsoft noted that new technologies should stand for the protection of democracy. Recall, Microsoft and the Ministry of Digital Industry signed a memorandum of cooperation, according to which the company will invest about $ 500 million in the development of cloud services in the Ukrainian market.