MOSCOW, November 24. /TASS/. Russia is taking the lead globally in respect of digitalization of public services, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday at the AI Journey Conference.

"Russia, in the opinion of international experts, is among global leaders in the sphere of digitalization of public services and is among the top ten in the world," the head of state said. About 200 countries are assessed and Brazil, Saudi Arabia and the Republic of Korea are the three leaders. "All of them are our good partners, and some of them we can call our closest partners," Putin added.