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The paper systematized up-to-date information on the status of work to ensure the functioning and development plans of the new generation National Research Computer Network (NIKS), created in 2019 according to the results of integration of RUNNet and RASNet — telecommunication networks in the fields of higher education and science of Russia. The normative grounds and prerequisites for the creation of a unified research and education network in the country are presented. The key characteristics of leading foreign national research and education networks are given. The parameters of the telecommunications infrastructure and network connectivity of NIKS as of the current moment, examples of services developed in the interests of the Russian R&E community are indicated. Special attention is paid to the presentation of the main directions of the accelerated development of NIKS for 2021-2024 and expected results.

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