Electronic governance has received much interest worldwide and a significant amount of attention and money is being put into making e-governance a reality. Proper assessment of e-governance projects gives us crucial information on the kinds of changes needed in order to make them successful.

International ratings are extremely important in relation to comparing the achievements of different countries, analysing their experiences and making decisions about further development. On the other hand, a country's ranking position forms or adjusts the world's attitude toward this country.
This article discusses the possible problem when a high position in such ranking becomes an aim in itself and determines the misdirection of e-Governance development -- in this, the case we have chosen to study is Russia.