Import substitution of software in government agencies and state-owned companies
Main article: Import substitution of software in the public sector
Free software in the Russian public sector
Main article: Free software (SPO) in the Russian public sector
2024: Ministry of Digital Development of the Russian Federation will determine uniform prices for the purchase of software by government agencies
On October 30, 2024, it became known that it Ministry of Digital Development RUSSIAN FEDERATION intends to form a single price list for purchases software by government agencies and state-owned companies. It is assumed that this will remove possible questions Accounts Chamber for public procurement of the same, software which may differ significantly in price.
The initiative, according to RBC, was told by the head of the Ministry of Digital Development Maksut Shadayev. According to him, the Accounts Chamber revealed the facts of purchases by state-owned companies of the same software with approximately the same volumes of licenses and licensing conditions, but "on completely different price conditions." Such actions can be considered as unfair behavior on the part of both customers and developers. Therefore, Ministry of Digital Development intends to create a price list common to all government agencies.
The idea is to determine for the main software products a range of prices that should not be exceeded during public procurement. In this case, the cost in each specific case will depend on the number of licenses purchased. This approach is expected to ensure transparency of pricing in the context of the transition to domestic software. That is, government agencies under similar contract conditions will purchase the same product at a single price.
Dmitry Kichko, vice president of Borlas for consulting, believes that such a price list should be valid for a certain period, taking into account the cycles of software purchases. In turn, the executive director of the Association of Software Product Developers (ARPP) "Domestic Software" Renat Lashin says that the new initiative "definitely requires further study, taking into account the many models and features of the distribution of domestic solutions." Market participants do not exclude that after the introduction of a single price list, software prices will increase, becoming closer to the maximum.[1]
2022
Approved rules for the use of software on significant objects of critical information infrastructure
The Government of the Russian Federation approved the requirements for software used by authorities and state-owned companies at significant facilities of critical information infrastructure. In addition, the rules for coordinating the procurement of foreign and switching to domestic software have been approved. This was reported to TAdviser on August 26, 2022 in the Ministry of Digital Development of Russia. Read more here.
Chernyshenko instructed to develop a scheme for the quick replacement of foreign software in companies through accelerated depreciation
On June 23, 2022, it became known about the instructions of Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko regarding the accelerated replacement of foreign software with Russian software. Ministry of Digital Development, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Economic Development will have to submit proposals by July 15, 2022 on the introduction of a special procedure for writing off depreciation or calculating accelerated depreciation of the foreign software used, which is to be replaced by domestic products.
As the representative of the apparatus of Dmitry Chernyshenko told RBC, this initiative is needed "to accelerate the introduction of new import-substituting solutions at enterprises."
 | To buy something new, it is necessary to accelerate the depreciation of existing, primarily foreign products, to reduce the tax burden on business, he added. |  |
In addition, Chernyshenko instructed the Ministry of Energy, Ministry of Digital Development, the Ministry of Economic Development, as well as the FAS to propose measures to increase the investment component in the structure of the electricity tariff in order to provide for "measures to import substitution of foreign software."
Natalya Bunina, an adviser to the Pen & Paper Bar Association, in a conversation with the publication noted that in mid-May 2022, the State Duma adopted in the first reading amendments to Part 2 of Art. 259-3 of the Tax Code, according to which the list of fixed assets is expanding, in respect of which taxpayers have the right to apply a special increasing coefficient to the depreciation rate. Such funds in the project include equipment from the register of Russian radioelectronic products and the right to computer programs from the register of domestic software. According to Bunina, the increasing coefficient when calculating depreciation allows buyers of equipment or software included in these registers to write off their costs faster as part of income tax expenses.[2]
Putin forbade state-owned companies to use information security systems of unfriendly countries
The President Russia Vladimir Putin signed a decree "On additional measures to ensure." information security of the Russian Federation According to the document, which was published in early May 2022, government agencies, state-owned companies and strategic enterprises will be prohibited from using information security systems created by companies from unfriendly countries.
Organizations covered by the decree include: federal executive bodies, senior executive authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, state funds, state corporations (companies) and other organizations created on the basis of federal laws, strategic enterprises, strategic joint-stock companies that are system-forming for the economy of the organization, as well as legal entities that are "subjects of critical information infrastructure."
The document says that the ban applies to means of protecting information whose countries of origin are "unfriendly" states, or whose producers are organizations under the jurisdiction of such states, directly or indirectly controlled by them or affiliated with them.
In addition, according to the decree, structural units for ensuring information security, preventing and eliminating the consequences of computer attacks and responding to computer incidents will be created in government agencies and state organizations.
Explanations on the application of the decree will be given by the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank, follows from the decree. The government was instructed to approve the list of persons under sanctions within 10 days and determine additional criteria for classifying transactions as prohibited. The ban on the use of information security solutions from unfriendly countries will enter into force on January 1, 2025.[3]
2021: Ministry of Digital Development wants to check all applications for public procurement of foreign software
In mid-April 2021, the Ministry of Digital Development of the Russian Federation announced plans to complicate the procurement of foreign software by government agencies. The latter, as well as state-owned companies, are expected to have to coordinate with the department the purchase of such software.
This initiative was included in the second package of measures to support the IT industry, developed by the Ministry of Digital Development, a ministry spokesman told Vedomosti.
By April 2021, during the procurement, any state customer must first of all look for the software products he needs in the register of domestic software. If fully suitable software is not found in the register, purchasers write a motivated justification for "the impossibility of complying with the ban on the admission of software originating from foreign countries." The justification is included in the dossier when purchasing the software that the customer is looking for.
As practice shows, the current control system is not enough to effectively filter and identify illegal applications for the purchase of foreign software (that is, those cases when a Russian product can be purchased, but the customer wants to purchase a foreign one).
The Ministry of Digital Development proposes to strengthen the control system, supplementing it with another link - the approval of the application by the department. The idea is that the Ministry of Digital Development specialist will more skillfully check the application for the purchase of software, especially the justification for the impossibility of purchasing domestic software with similar functions.
The press service of the ministry told TASS Information Agency of Russia that bypassing the requirements of the procurement legislation by state-owned companies has nothing to do with the classifier. At the same time, the department noted that such a problem really exists.
| | The second package of IT industry support measures provides for changing the procedure for justifying the impossibility of purchasing Russian software from simply writing to agreeing on such impossibility with the organization appointed by the regulator. Thus, this move will be eliminated, - said Ilya Massukh, head of the Center for Import Substitution Competencies.[4][5] | |
2020
FSTEC signed a decree on the use of domestic software at critical infrastructure facilities
The order of the Federal Service for Technical and Export Control (FSTEC) on amending the Requirements for ensuring the safety of significant objects of the critical information infrastructure of the Russian Federation ( CII ) was signed and published on the official portal of legal information. This became known on September 16, 2020. Read more here.
The Federation Council proposes to tighten the requirements for software of state-owned companies by classifying them as objects of critical information infrastructure
In early September 2020, it became known about the decision of the Federation Council to strengthen the requirements for software for state-owned companies. It is proposed to classify them as objects of critical information infrastructure (CII) on a par with government agencies and banks, and this means an accelerated transition to domestic IT solutions.
Member of the Federation Council Konstantin Dolgov sent the corresponding draft amendments to the law "On KII" to the government. The press service of the government clarified to Kommersant that the document is being worked out by interested federal bodies. The Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Ministry of Communications and the Ministry of Justice reported that the project is under consideration.
As noted by the publication in Rostelecom, state-owned companies are already switching to domestic software, including at KII facilities, and Rostec stressed that this process has been going on in the state corporation for several years.
However, experts see potential difficulties with import substitution of software. Thus, the head of the group for the provision of services in the region cyber security KPMG Russia CIS in Ilya Shalenkov believes that from the point of view of security, plans to partially transfer state-owned companies to domestic software ones are justified, but they can cause organizational difficulties.
According to Pavel Adylin, Executive Director of Artezio, if adopted, the bill will have difficulties due to the fact that there are often no products on the Russian software market that would fully cover the functionality of foreign programs.
| | Large companies, as a rule, use expensive software solutions that require investments not only for their purchase, but also for integration, personnel training and adjusting business processes, he said. | |
Adylin also made integration difficulties for those companies where foreign software is integrated into the international interaction scheme or has specific functions.[6]
2019: Bill on the independence of Russian developments based on third-party software
Software products that are redesigned based on third-party software can be considered standalone solutions. On January 25, 2019, TAdviser was informed about this in the ANO "Digital Economy." The corresponding bill was approved by the working group on regulatory regulation, the meeting of which was held on January 23 at the site of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation.
According to the developers of the bill (the competence center for regulatory regulation of the national project "Digital Economy" of the Skolkovo Foundation), Russian legislation does not yet clearly distinguish between the moment when a derivative work acquires independence and does not depend on the will and desire of the original copyright holder of the source software.
According to the proposed bill, when concluding an agreement providing for the provision of the right to use a computer program or database by processing, the parties to such an agreement have the right to indicate the degree and characteristics of changes in which the result of the product modification will be a new independent copyright object, as well as the moment of creation of such an object. In such an agreement, the parties are obliged to provide for the procedure for exercising the exclusive right to the created independent copyright object after the termination of the agreement.
At the request of the copyright holder, audiovisual displays of such a program and a description of the program containing features of its operation may be included in the materials of the application for state registration of a computer program.
| | The proposed measures are aimed at increasing the level of protection of the rights of authors who create software products based on third-party software, as well as copyright holders, to increase the distribution of innovative solutions. In addition, the opportunity for import substitution of software is expanding, - commented Ruslan Ibragimov, head of the working group on regulatory regulation at the Digital Economy ANO, vice president for corporate and legal issues at MTS. | |
2018
State corporations obliged to switch to Russian software by 2022
On December 17, 2018, it became known about the requirements of the Russian authorities regarding the transition of the largest state-owned companies to domestic software. By 2022, Russian they should have more than half of the software.
According to Kommersant, First Deputy Prime Minister Finance Anton Siluanov approved directives for state-owned companies from list No. 91-r on the transition to the "predominant use" of Russian software products. We are talking about such companies as Aeroflot, Gazprom, Sheremetyevo, Rosneft, Russian Railways, Channel One, Rusnano, VTB, etc.
In accordance with the directive, state-owned companies must approve a plan for the transition to Russian software within two months: by 2021, its share should exceed 50%. Select programs follows from the register of domestic software.
Plans will need to be coordinated with the Center for Import Substitution Competencies in the field of information and communication technologies. Software will be divided into classes, and in three years more than half of the products in each of them should be Russian. An exception is possible if the state-owned company proves that there is no analogue in Russia, says the director of the center Ilya Massukh.
According to him, in the segments of antivirus and accounting solutions, more than half of the market is occupied by Russian products. At the same time, their presence in the segments of office software, database management and ERP systems is measured at less than 20%.
A source at Aeroflot told Vedomosti that not all organizations are ready for such changes. According to him, urgent import substitution can negatively affect the company's income and reduce its competitiveness.
State-owned companies, like the authorities, are interested in ensuring that their IT systems continue to work, import substitution requires serious changes, and this is "time, money and responsibility," said Alexei Smirnov, head of BASEALT[7]
The government approved the centralization of procurement of office software and information security solutions for federal authorities
On June 13, 2018, the official portal of legal information published a decree of the Government of the Russian Federation "On centralized purchases of office software, software for budget accounting, as well as software in the field of information security." The full text of the document is available here.
According to the decree, the authority to purchase office software and information security solutions for federal executive bodies, which are managed by the Government of the Russian Federation, is vested in the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media. The Federal Treasury will be responsible for the purchase of budget accounting software.
The document established that the need for procurement in terms of office software and software in the field of information security in the III and IV quarters of 2018 is determined in the amount of at least 15 and 20 percent of indicators and indicators of the effectiveness of the transition of federal executive bodies to the use of domestic office software, established for 2018 by relevant schedules.
The approved resolution also defines that office software means an office suite, mail applications, organizer, browsers, Internet browser, presentation editor, table editor, text editor, information about which is included in the unified register of domestic software. Software in the field of information security means software that meets the requirements of the legislation of the Russian Federation in the field of information security and belongs to the class of "information security tools." Budget accounting software means software that provides automation of functions required for budget accounting in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation.
According to the document, federal executive bodies must ensure the transition by January 1, 2020 to maintaining budget accounting using software provided to them based on the results of purchases provided for by this resolution.
By 2020, work should be carried out to ensure the compatibility of the software of information systems of federal executive bodies with office software and software in the field of information security of at least 2 different copyright holders.
Also, until 2020, the deadlines for the implementation of measures to transfer federal executive bodies to the use of domestic office software have been extended.
Procurement of domestic office software for government agencies decided to centralize
At a meeting of the government commission on the use of IT to improve the quality of life and business conditions chaired by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, held on February 9, 2018, it was decided to centralize the procurement of office and accounting software, as well as software products for information security. This was announced by the portal D-Russia.ru with reference to a participant in the meeting[8].
According to the portal, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Communications will be instructed to develop and submit to the government a draft regulatory act on the centralization of software procurement by July 1, 2018. The document shall provide for:
- introduction of a mechanism for government agencies to purchase domestic office software integrated with electronic document management systems, including according to the SaaS model;
- determining the procedure for collecting and summarizing proposals from government agencies for the revision of Russian office software and implementing a mechanism for its revision based on the results of analyzing these proposals.
Centralization of office software purchases has already been discussed earlier. So, in October 2017, at a meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Communications was instructed to work out and submit proposals for organizing centralized procurement of office software for the needs of federal executive bodies and state extra-budgetary funds.
At a meeting of the commission, Medvedev also proposed improving the rules for maintaining the register of domestic software.
| | It is necessary that new programs that have been created in Russia are taken into account there, and not only that the ownership of such software belongs to Russian companies, the Russian government portal quotes the Prime Minister as saying. | |
The demand for domestic software is growing, the Prime Minister noted: according to him, Russian software is purchased for state needs twice as often as it was in 2015. At the same time, many authorities continue to acquire foreign software, Dmitry Medvedev stated. This also applies to commercial companies controlled by the state.
| | They explain this, of course, by the fact that Russian programs do not always fit their tasks or do not connect with other programs that cannot yet be created with us. It is necessary to analyze how justified these comments are, probably somewhere they are justified, you need to take into account all the proposals. I am sure that on the basis of Russian software, after some refinement, it will be possible to create such software that will suit customers. Here you just need to make efforts and, of course, money in order to still create programs that will be competitive, "Medvedev said. | |
But it is absolutely unacceptable when such software is purchased unjustifiably, that is, if there are Russian programs that are similar in functionality, he added. This should be monitored, including the Ministry of Communications, the Prime Minister said.
2017
Government purchases of software from the EAEU countries are allowed
In December 2017 Government of the Russian Federation , it lifted the ban on the purchase by Russian state authorities of software from the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union (; EEU in addition, Russia it includes Armenia,,, Belarus Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan). The corresponding order was published on the website of the Cabinet.
| | The ban on the admission of software originating from the states of the Eurasian Economic Union for purchases for state and municipal needs is lifted, the resolution says. | |
Thus, Russia partially allowed the purchase of foreign software for the needs of the state. Since the beginning of 2016, government agencies can purchase foreign software only if domestic software from a special register does not suit the state customer in specific parameters.
As part of the resolution of December 20, 2017 No. 1594, the concept of "software" is specified and the rules for determining the ownership of software are adjusted, it is established that the programs included in the register of Eurasian software are subject to additional requirements established by the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation for Russian software, and the requirements for the registry record of software are specified.
It is envisaged to form and maintain a single register of Russian programs for electronic computers and databases, as well as a similar register with EAEU software. It is also planned to create a federal state information system that ensures the maintenance of these software registers.
In addition, the resolution clarifies the procedure and timing of amendments to the copyright holder for the software - in order to prevent the transfer of rights to the product under the control of foreign organizations and individuals, the message says.[9]
Discussions on the prohibition of purchases of foreign antiviruses for government agencies
The Russian authorities in the near future intend to introduce a complete ban on state purchases of foreign antivirus programs, electronic document management and accounting systems, said in October 2017 at the conference "Russian Software: Effective Solutions" Ilya Massukh, head of the Competence Center for Import Substitution in ICT created on behalf of the president, RBC correspondent reports [10]
The most famous Russian antiviruses are the products of Kaspersky Lab (Kaspersky) and Dr.Web antivirus.
As a result of this decision, the authorities will no longer be able to purchase antivirus software from well-known manufacturers Eset, Symantec, accounting programs from Microsoft, electronic document management systems manufactured by IBM, DELL EMC, Oracle, etc.
One of the Russian companies - Kaspersky Lab (Kaspersky) - previously faced symmetrical restrictions on the American market. On July 12, the White House removed her from the list of software suppliers whose products are approved for use by US government agencies. In September, the US Department of Homeland Security ordered all government agencies to abandon the use of Kaspersky Lab antiviruses and replace them with other software within three months.
Plans of the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media to forbid updating foreign ON in state structures
On January 26, 2017, it became known about the plans of the Ministry of Communications to ban Russian state bodies and state-owned companies from updating foreign software. This issue will be submitted to one of the meetings of the Government of the Russian Federation.
At the disposal of Vedomosti was the report of the Minister of Communications Nikolai Nikiforov on import substitution of software. It says that state customers willingly use the loophole associated with the fact that restrictions on public procurement of software do not apply to service payments, so they purchase "work to create new software products based on foreign software." As a result, domestic developers and, as a result, the Russian economy are deprived of billions of rubles in lost income, seriously complicating the further solution of the problem of software import substitution, the document says.
According to the Ministry of Economic Development for 2015, the share of spending on public procurement of domestic software amounted to only 23%, but the number of contracts for the purchase of such products more than doubled compared to 2014.
At the same time, as two federal officials told the publication, Nikiforov's report will not be presented at a government meeting on January 26, 2017. He was excluded from the agenda, and perhaps it will be considered another time, one of Vedomosti's interlocutors said.
Press Secretary of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev Natalya Timakova confirmed that the agenda of the meeting on January 26, 2017 does not include the issue of import substitution. But it remains on the government's agenda and will be considered at future meetings, she said.
In 2016, Rostelecom took advantage of the opportunity to update foreign software. In 2013, the state operator paid 1.8 billion rubles for licenses for Microsoft programs. They operated until the end of November 2016, and in December Rostelecom bought them for its indefinite use for 1.26 billion rubles.[11]
2016
Signed a plan for the transition of government agencies to domestic software
Main article: Plan for the transition of government agencies to Russian software
On July 26, 2016, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced the signing of a plan for the transition of federal executive bodies, as well as state extrabudgetary funds, to the use of domestic software.
Order of the Government of the Russian Federation of 26.07.2016 No. 1588-r "On the approval of the transition plan in 2016-2018 of federal executive bodies and state extra-budgetary funds for the use of domestic office software." Item 5. Recommend the executive authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, state corporations and companies, joint-stock companies with state participation to provide for the implementation of measures to switch to the use of domestic office software.
| | This plan is designed for three years, including the current one. During this time, the regulatory, methodological and technical bases necessary for the transition should be developed, the rules for the provision of office software, including cloud technologies, should be determined, and the requirements for the programs themselves that will be used by the authorities should be approved, and a pilot should be launched in these areas, - said Medvedev | |
As TAdviser previously wrote, one of the pilot departments will be the Federal Tax Service. The corresponding decision is contained in the protocol of the government commission on the use of information technologies to improve the quality of life and conditions for doing business following the meeting on April 5, 2016 (a copy of the document is at the disposal of the editorial board).
A TAdviser source familiar with the tax service's plans ,#.D0.9E.D0.B1.D0.BB.D0.B0.D1.87.D0.BD.D0.BE.D0.B5_.D0.BE.D1.84.D0.B8.D1.81.D0.BD.D0.BE.D0.B5_.D0.9F.D0.9E, said that "office software provided using" cloud "technology" primarily refers to the products "MyOffice" (editor of texts, tables and presentations) and "Practice" (electronic document flow).
Order of President Putin on the transition of government agencies to the use of Russian encryption tools
On behalf of Vladimir Putin, released in July 2016, the government must by December 2017 develop and implement measures to transfer government agencies to the use of Russian cryptographic algorithms and encryption tools. More details - at the link.
2015
How to justify the impossibility of abandoning foreign software
The Government Decree defines the rules for preparing a justification for the impossibility of complying with the ban on the admission of foreign software for public procurement, as well as requirements for the content of such a justification.
The justification is prepared by the customer in the implementation of procurement software in the following cases:
- in the register of Russian programs there is no information on software corresponding to the same software class as the software planned for purchase;
- software, information about which is included in the register and which corresponds to the same class of software as the software planned for purchase, according to its functional, technical and (or) operational characteristics does not meet the requirements established by the customer for the software planned for purchase.
The justification should contain requirements for the necessary characteristics of the software, and an indication of the characteristics for which the analogue contained in the register does not correspond to them.
Justification shall be prepared and approved by the Customer as per as of the date of placement of the procurement notice in unified information system in the field of procurement. Then it should be posted on the public procurement website (simultaneously with the placement of a notice of procurement).
It is probably up to the expert council to check the adequacy of the selected justifications (this issue is under discussion as of November 2015).
"It isquite difficult to formalize general requirements, which is permissible and what is not when choosing software. Customers have different tasks, different requirements, there are no identical products. Therefore, you need to proceed from the real tasks of a particular customer and see if he really needs the system to work on 1000 workstations, specific functions, etc., "- said Evgenia Vasilenko, executive director of ARPP" Domestic Software. "
Government Decree on Restrictions on Public Procurement of Foreign Software (published November 20, 2015)
The law on the register of Russian software will be applied in accordance with the Government decree "On establishing a ban on the admission of software originating from foreign countries for the purpose of making purchases to meet state and municipal needs." Its text was published on the Government's website on November 20, 2015 (you can read the document here).
According to the decree, from January 1, 2016, customers are required to limit software purchases for state and municipal needs with software included in the register of Russian software.
An expert council will form and update the register. Its composition was approved on December 31, 2015.
The number of representatives of federal executive bodies cannot exceed 40 percent of the total number of members of the expert council. At least 50 percent of the total number of members of the expert council is formed on the proposals of associations of Russian software developers, the resolution says.
You can buy foreign software if there is no domestic software in the register with the necessary functional, technical and operational characteristics.
The customer will have to justify the need for compliance of the software product with certain characteristics.
The rules for determining the requirements for the purchased software (as well as for development, support, technical support services, etc.) in the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications should be developed together with the interested federal authorities. A document containing proposals on this topic should be submitted in February 2016 to the Ministry of Finance, and then to the Government.
In January 2016, the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications approved a program classifier containing an indication of the characteristics by which the compliance of the software with a certain class is determined, as well as the rules for applying the classifier.
The register operator under the contract with the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications will be an organization endowed with the right to receive a mandatory copy of software in accordance with the Federal Law "On a mandatory copy of documents." In the current version of the law, the Integrated Research Institute is responsible for the software.
In an explanatory note to the draft resolution (which was developed by the Ministry of Communications in February and throughout 2015 was discussed in federal departments) it was indicated that the document was prepared in order to protect the domestic market of the Russian Federation, the development of the national economy, support Russian organizations operating in the field of IT, taking into account, among other things, restrictions on the use of foreign software by certain Russian organizations established by a number of foreign copyright holders in connection with the sanctions imposed by the United States and some other countries.
Recommendations of the Security Council to use Russian software in the fuel and energy complex
In the fall of 2015, documents were sent to all large oil and gas companies from the Security Council of the Russian Federation, according to which they must report on how they carry out import substitution work . In November 2015, at the Fourth National Supercomputer Forum (NSKF-2015), Deputy General Director for System Integration of NPO Soyuzneftegazservice Vladimir Turchaninov told TAdviser about this . They also contain a recommendation to take a closer look at the solutions that are being developed within the framework of the SKIF-Nedra program. More details on the link.
Import substitution plan approved geoinformation systems
On September 1, 2015, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev approved an action plan for 2015-2020 to implement the "Fundamentals of State Policy in the Field of Using the Results of Space Activities in the Interests of Modernizing the Economy of the Russian Federation and Developing Its Regions for the Period until 2030." The document, among other things, refers to plans for the creation and implementation of domestic geoinformation systems (GIS) to solve the problems of state and municipal administration (Action_plan_for_use_of_results_of_space_activities_for_modernization_of_the economy_of Russia more...).
Ministry of Finance and FAS against restriction of public procurement of foreign software
In June 2015 , the Ministry of Finance and the Federal Antimonopoly Service spoke out[12] the proposed restrictions on public procurement of foreign software . The Ministry of Finance believed that it was necessary to leave government agencies the opportunity to purchase foreign software products in order to "finalize, expand or renew licenses for the software they already use." Otherwise, the ministry believed, the implementation of the resolution will require additional funds from the federal budget.
In turn, the FAS believed that the measures taken could lead to abuse: in order to bypass restrictions and purchase foreign software, government agencies in tenders will specifically indicate such functions that the Russian one does not have. The FAS also proposed to consolidate in the decree that products from the register of domestic software should be distributed in Russia at uniform prices in order to prevent their growth.
Notes
- ↑ The Ministry of Digital Development will develop the uniform price list on purchase of software state structures
- ↑ The authorities will work out a scheme to speed up the replacement of foreign software
- ↑ Putin signed a decree on retaliatory measures against unfriendly countries
- ↑ Ministry of Digital Development will complicate the purchase of foreign software by government agencies
- ↑ source=yxnews & utm medium=desktop State-owned companies will begin to coordinate the purchase of foreign software with the Ministry of Digital Development
- ↑ Import substitution is looked at critically. The requirements for software of state-owned companies were proposed to be strengthened
- ↑ State-owned companies distributed program instructions
- ↑ , the Government Commission on IT decided to centralize public procurement of office software
- ↑ On changes in the procedure for admission of foreign software to procurement for state and municipal needs
- ↑ The Russian authorities will ban the purchase of foreign antiviruses for government agencies.
- ↑ 140737488906827/normal/1 The Ministry of Communications wants to prohibit government agencies from updating foreign software already purchased
- ↑ The software showed softness against
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