The company Mail.ru Group has announced the beginning of the second programming contest Russian Code Cup 2012.

All interested programmers can take part in it, those who are ready for an honest and serious struggle to fight for the grand prize of the tournament, which is 10 thousand U.S. dollars.

The winners who will take the second and third place will receive a prize of three and five thousand dollars, respectively.

In addition, the organizers promise to give prizes and open new horizons for the professional growth to all the finalists.

Programming contest Russian Code Cup 2012 will be held from May 27 to September 10 this year.

About 50 of the best programmers will reach the final to be held in Moscow on September 10.

According to the co-founder and CEO Mail.Ru Group Dmitry Grishin, a huge interest among young domestic programmers, which has been shown at the previous Russian Code Cup, demonstrated that these tournaments are urgently needed.

Such events allow you to open and maintain talented young professionals who will take Russian IT-industry to the highest world level in the very near future.

“The company Mail.ru Group will continue to open new opportunities and prospects for young IT-experts”, – said Dmitry Grishin.

Everyone who wants to take part in the contest must be registered on the site www.russiancodecup.ru.

Recall that last year, Russian Code Cup was attended by over 3000 people.