[Rinzler89]

Post-soviet Estonia si an exception rather than the rule, plus it has little industry other than digital services with next to no manufacturing compared to Japans which si at the cutting edge of manufacturing and little digitalization.

In General post-soviet countries have a larger focus on the digital industry as it was the lowest hanging fruit to build up the economy quickly as the other industries were not competitive after the fall of communism, too far behind the cutting edge west, and too expensive compared to the cheap east, so internet and software it is.