Internet News Internet Investing Internet Technology Windows Internet Tech. Analysis on Tuesday, updates on Friday. There are now 5.4 million Russians with access to the Internet, according to a study by the Russian National Institute of Social and Psychological Research. The Institute predicts as many as 8 million Russians may be online by the end of 2000. The highest proportion of Russian Internet users can be found among white collar professionals.
Students also go online frequently.
The elderly, the unemployed, housewives, and those in lower income brackets, are less likely to use the Internet, the study found. One quarter of users use the Internet for more than three hours a week, while another third are online for 1-3 hours every week. The most frequently visited Web sites are news sites, with 42 percent of respondents saying they visited news sites regularly. More than one-third visit science and education sites, while 32 percent go to business and finance sites. Entertainment sites are visited by 31 percent of users while one-quarter of online Russians visit music sites.