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Import substitution of software in the public sector

In June 2015, a law was adopted on the creation of a register of domestic software, and in November a resolution was signed that introduces a restriction for state customers on the purchase of software that is not in the register. The register itself has been operating in Russia since the beginning of 2016. In July 2016, the plan for the transition to Russian software was approved.

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Legislative regulation of software in the public sector

Main article: Regulation of software in the public sector

Register of Russian Software

Main article: Register of Russian software

Import substitution of software in higher educational institutions

Main article: Import substitution of software in higher educational institutions

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2023

State-owned companies in the Russian Federation will be obliged to spend at least 70% of IT budgets on third-party products

In mid-December 2023, it became known that the Center for Import Substitution Competencies in the field of information and communication technologies prepared recommendations according to which Russian state-owned companies will be required to spend at least 70% of their IT budgets on software and services of third-party developers. It is assumed that this will contribute to the development of the domestic IT industry, which is important in the current geopolitical situation.

According to the Izvestia newspaper, the recommendations were agreed with the departments supervising the activities of large state-owned companies, and submitted to the Ministry of Digital Development. The new rules suggest that state-owned enterprises will be able to direct no more than 30% of their IT costs to domestic projects. The same restrictions apply to electronic products developed for the needs of government agencies. The only exceptions will be state enterprises, the tariffs for the services of which are regulated by the state, as well as organizations with a high level of investment in digital infrastructure.

CKIT has prepared recommendations according to which Russian state-owned companies will be required to spend at least 70% of their IT budgets on software and services of third-party developers

The authors of the project believe that these measures will allow to allocate hundreds of billions of rubles to the development of the Russian IT industry. Money, in particular, can be used to support independent high-tech companies that create products for different sectors of the economy.

Ilya Massukh, director of the Import Substitution Competence Center, notes that the proposed measures will not create problems for the internal IT divisions of state-owned companies or structures affiliated with them. According to estimates, by the end of 2023, only 32% of budgets are spent on internal IT products of state organizations, and therefore "the establishment of a clear spending rate will practically not affect the situation." On the other hand, the Association of the Largest Consumers of Software and Equipment (KP VET) emphasizes, state corporations use solutions developed in-house due to the lack of analogues on the market. Modernization and maintenance of these products is carried out by organizations affiliated with the customer, and therefore funds are needed to pay for the relevant work.[1]

Khakassia government introduces Russian server virtualization management platform

"Astra Group" started implementing a management platform server virtualization VMmanager for. governments of Khakassia The created virtual environment will be used by more than 250 employees, its use will also increase the level of fault tolerance IT infrastructures and provide reliable, data storage representatives of Astra Group said on December 1, 2023. More. here

The Government of the Russian Federation introduces a new procedure for allocating budget funds for the creation of GIS

On September 7, 2023, it became known about the new procedure for subsidizing state information systems developed by the Government of the Russian Federation. As explained in the Ministry of Finance of Russia, the goals of the innovations are to help business in the transition to domestic software and search for sources of financing for such a solution.

The published decree enshrines the mechanism for allocating subsidies from the budget to state corporations, state-owned companies and public law companies for capital investments in the creation and development of GIS. The stages of agreeing on the provision of money to the developer will include several departments: first, obtaining the consent of the Ministry of Finance, then Ministry of Digital Development, and then - the government commission on budget design.

A new procedure for subsidizing state information systems has been developed

In accordance with the document, the developed GIS will be included in the Electronic Budget system for budget planning and government informatization. The final result of the allocated subsidies should be the information system put into operation. The Ministry of Finance will allocate money only to finalize the existing or create a new GIS. The department will conclude an agreement with the recipient of the subsidy, and in case of violation of the deadlines for its execution, the company will pay a fine.

Pavel Grinevich, Technical Director of Tsifa Group of Zyfra, in a conversation with Kommersant, noted that the new rules will give the customer the opportunity to reduce the cost of the final solution. The initiative can stimulate state-owned companies to switch to domestic software, admits Ildar Zakiev, head of the infrastructure department at Lanit-Integration. The fact is that the issued decrees and government decrees clearly establish the term for the transition to Russian decisions, "but state-owned companies do not always have free funds for such large-scale projects," he added. According to the source of the publication, under the new order, the state corporation can act as the recipient of budget funds.[2]

Executive authorities of the Kemerovo region switched to the Russian software "MyOffice"

MyOffice, a Russian manufacturer of office software for working with documents and communications, on October 26, 2023 announced the transfer of all budgetary institutions of the Kemerovo Region-Kuzbass to its products. Read more here.

State Duma deputies switch from Microsoft products to Astra Linux and MyOffice

In early October 2023, it became known that the apparatus of the State Duma of the Russian Federation was transferring employees to domestic analogues of Microsoft products. The project is aimed at import substitution in the field of software in the public sector. Read more here.

The authorities of the Astrakhan region switched to the Russian software "MyOffice"

and Government of the Astrakhan region another 28 regional authorities switched to domestic office. ON MyOffice This was announced on September 20, 2023 by the company. MyOffice (New Cloud Technologies LLC) The region in total acquired more than 3.2 thousand licenses postal systems "MyOffice Mail 2" and "MyOffice 2." Private Cloud The products are used to create a unified communication environment for state employees, Astrakhan region as well as to organize secure storage and management files in your own cloud and work in cloud document editors. Read more here. [1]

CIT of the Murmansk region switched to video communication Vinteo

The system integrator Open Vision , together with the company, Neutronix the general, implemented distributor Vinteo a project to implement Russian the solution () video conferencings AEROSPACE FORCES in the GOBU Vinteo "." This was Center for Information Technologies of the Murmansk Region announced on September 15, 2023 by Vinteo. More. here

The Legislative Assembly of the Tver Region migrated to the import-independent EDMS CompanyMedia

Specialists Trinities"" completed a project to transfer Legislative Assembly of the Tver Region to import-independent electronic document management system CompanyMedia from the company. InterTrust The organization also connected to the Interdepartmental Electronic Turnover through. Representatives GosEDO Ministry of Digital Development of the Russian Federation of InterTrust reported this on August 16, 2023. More. here

TFCMI of the Orenburg region switched to the independent version of CompanyMedia

The Territorial Compulsory Health Insurance Fund (TFCMI) of the Orenburg Region has switched to the import independent system for managing documents and tasks of CompanyMedia. This was announced on August 4, 2023 by InterTrust. The main goals of the transition were to expand the functionality of the current system and transfer it to an updated version of the CompanyMedia system, which is a completely Russian development and is included under number 871 in the Unified Register of Russian Programs for Electronic Computers and Databases. This transfer to non-import-dependent software was carried out as part of the planned transition to the use of domestic operational systems and application software. Read more here.

In the Rostov region, the translation of the "Archival Business" system into an import-independent environment has ended

In the Rostov region, the successful transfer of the regional system of archival storage of documents to completely domestic software has been completed. The work of the archive is automated on the basis of the Archival Business system (used since 2016), and since 2017, a pilot project for creating an archive of electronic originals has been implemented in the region. The region has once again confirmed the status of a leader among the constituent entities of the Russian Federation in the digitalization of public administration processes, fulfilling the important task of ensuring technological independence through independent import-dependent developments. Read more here.

Import substitution of software in Russia has accelerated

According to the results of the first half of 2023, business and public sector spending on import substitution in the field of software reached 53% of total IT investments. For comparison: a year earlier, this figure was 45%. Such data were published on June 28, 2023 by the Competence Center for Import Substitution in the ICT Sector (CKIT).

According to the Kommersant newspaper, import substitution is faster in the public sector than in the corporate market. Many companies implement a "hybrid approach": they purchase domestic software and at the same time continue to use foreign products. It is noted that integrators and suppliers receive orders both to maintain the work of the software familiar to the company, and to integrate systems with domestic products.

Business and public sector spending on import substitution in software reached 53% of total investment

However, the transition to Russian solutions is hindered by long project implementation periods. Against the background of growing demand for domestic software, it can take up to a year to fulfill orders in some cases. Meanwhile, according to the presidential decree of March 30, 2022, government agencies and companies-subjects of critical information infrastructure (CII) since 2025 are prohibited from using foreign software. This is due to the need to ensure cybersecurity.

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Since last [2022], companies have faced a situation where it is necessary to switch to Russian solutions to ensure cybersecurity, including because foreign ones have begun to degrade, but the delivery time for software and related technologies reaches 12 months, said Alexei Martyntsev, director of the information protection and IT infrastructure department at Norilsk Nickel.
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A similar situation is observed in the segment of hardware and software systems. Due to the current geopolitical situation and sanctions, equipment supplies are delayed: in the case of large orders, the waiting times for equipment vary from several months to six months.[3]

Ministry of Digital Development: State-owned companies are required to switch to basic Russian software by January 1, 2025.

In mid-June 2023, the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation announced the need for state-owned companies to switch to basic Russian software.

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The president signed an order, June 12 [2023], on a holiday, that for all state-owned companies by January 1, 2025, to ensure the total replacement of operating systems, office suites, virtualization systems, database management systems. In this sense, the KPI is quite tough. This will definitely give us additional demand, - said the head of the Ministry of Digital Development Maksut Shadayev.
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The Ministry of Digital Development announced the need to transfer state-owned companies to basic Russian software

According to him, this measure will help create additional demand for domestic developments. At the same time, as Interfax notes on June 17, 2023, government decisions in the form of directives to state representatives on the boards of directors of state-owned companies have not yet been published. According to the news agency, earlier the authorities prepared a directive on the transition to the predominant use of Russian software. This document provides that state-owned companies had to develop and approve relevant plans.

By June 2023, there are already many domestic IT solutions on the Russian market, but they still "make up a patchwork blanket, a kind of zoo of solutions," said Astra Linux CEO Ilya Sivtsev.

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We believe that in order to achieve technological independence, first of all, it is necessary to create uniform standards for developers of infrastructure and application software, "he added (quoted by Vedomosti).
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According to Ilya Sivtsev, such a problem did not arise earlier, since the solutions of Microsoft and other global corporations prevailed on the market. Andrei Cheglakov, chairman of the board of directors of the office software developer MyOffice, says that earlier the requirements for the transition to the domestic were formulated in a more general way, did not have specifics.

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Now they will be simpler and more understandable to all potential clients of domestic developers. It is gratifying to see the state's efforts to form a market in terms of clarifying the rules and conditions, he added.[4]
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Russian software and hardware solutions will be tested in the Tver region

Tver region In will test the Russian software and hardware solutions. This was announced on June 15, 2023 by the company. Red Soft

Software and equipment will be provided by RED SOFT, Aquarius and Keysystems. Read more here.

Tver region switches to Russian software "MyOffice"

Organizations, Tver region began the transition to. domestic office software MyOffice Software will be installed on 20 thousand devices by the end of 2023, as of May 2023, more than 2 thousand workplaces have been equipped. The company MyOffice (New Cloud Technologies LLC) announced this on May 23, 2023. More here.

The government of the Penza region switched to the independent version of the EDMS CompanyMedia

On April 20, 2023, InterTrust announced that the Government of the Penza Region had completed a project to switch to an independent import-dependent Electronic Document Management and Workflow System (EDMS), implemented on the basis of the CompanyMedia system. The main goals of the project were import substitution - the transition to an updated version of the CompanyMedia system based on free software and the introduction of the MEDO format - 2.7.1. As of April 2023, more than 2,500 users work in this version of the EDD. Read more here.

Chernyshenko: Public sector investments in Russian software until 2024 will exceed 922 billion rubles

Investments of state-owned companies and state corporations in domestic software for 2022-2024. will exceed 922 billion rubles. This was announced on April 13, 2023 by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko.

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There is no doubt that competitive digital solutions of a global scale operate in our country. Now they need to be prepared for export and do it through the institute of "digital attaches," - said the Deputy Prime Minister.
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Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Dmitry Chernyshenko

According to him, the industrial software being created, including system-wide, almost completely replaces, and in many ways exceeds, existing foreign products. Chernyshenko also noted that by mid-April 2023 there are about 23 thousand IT companies in the Russian Federation, in 2022 there were about 70% more of them.

The Deputy Prime Minister recalled the statement of Russian President Vladimir Putin that technological sovereignty is the key to the country's stability in the coming decades. He also said that in the Russian Federation there are 16 industry committees on key sectors of the economy, which oversee 33 industrial centers of competence, designed to establish effective intra-industry and inter-industry interaction.

On April 13, 2023, Kirill Menshov, Senior Vice President for Information Technology at Rostelecom, noted that against the background of the departure of foreign vendors, the Russian IT market is experiencing a boom in the production of domestic software. However, according to the expert, a large number of identical software products can negatively affect their quality "due to the spraying of resources."

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We had a huge number of opportunities when the vendors left. Everyone decided to occupy this space: we have 19 Linux, 12 virtualization systems, three national mobile operating systems. Obviously we're going to have to go a long way of surviving and dying off those stories that don't find their client. Speaking about the issue of entering foreign markets, I see a very big risk in the fact that we will smear our efforts and investments, and as a result, the product will not be successful due to the spraying of resources, "he said[5]
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Rosobrnadzor will exercise control in the field of education and science with the help of the Russian Aerospace Forces

The Federal Service for Supervision in Education and Science of Russia has switched to the autonomous VKS platform TrueConf. Based on the solution, a video conferencing network was launched for internal communications, remote work and external online meetings with government agencies and regional divisions. TrueConf announced this on March 29, 2023. Read more here.

Omsk region continues the transition to Astra Linux OS

Omsk region continues cooperation with Astra Group of Companies and the transition to the domestic operating system Astra Linux. During the phased implementation of the IT import substitution plan, the regional government additionally acquired 10,000 licenses for Astra Linux. This was announced on January 9, 2023 by representatives of the Astra Group of Companies.

2022

State-owned companies began to spend half as much on the purchase of DBMS

Postgres Professional On February 17, 2023, the company shared the results of a comparative analysis state procurements DBMS and supporting services (certificates for technical support, administration, migration) Russia in 2021 and 2022. The study was carried out on the basis of open data of the EIS Public Procurement platform. More. here

The Ministry of Sports of Russia switched to the TrueConf Server video communication system

The Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation transferred all communications of the department to the domestic video communication platform TrueConf Server. This was announced on January 24, 2023 by TrueConf. Read more here.

The government of the Sverdlovsk region has introduced a video conferencing service from SKB Kontur

The Ministry of Digital Development and Communications of the Sverdlovsk Region has introduced and is using Kontur. Tolk is an import-substituting video conferencing service from SKB Kontur, which announced this on January 12, 2023. Read more here.

The Ministry of Construction of Russia switched to domestic VKS and ATC systems

Hi-Tech Integration, SATEL and IVA Technologies have completed the creation of a digital unified communications platform for the Ministry of Construction of Russia. This was announced on December 19, 2022 by SATEL. The department needed a unified communication environment that ensures effective interaction of employees with each other. It was supposed to fully replace the previous solution, built on the products of Avaya, which completely ceased its activities in Russia. During the project, the video conferencing system IVA MCU and the PBX network based on the RTU platform were integrated. Read more here.

Rosalkogolregulirovanie switched to the Russian videoconferencing platform

Federal Alcohol Market Regulatory Service transferred internal communications, as well as remote meetings with regional divisions to the Russian AEROSPACE FORCES platform. TrueConf Enterprise The platform, video conferencings deployed by the department's specialists, runs on a secure communication protocol and eliminates the risks of blocking and inaccessibility of VKS services, the company said on December 15, 2022. TrueConf More. here

The Republic of Sakha in 2023 plans to transfer all authorities to Astra Linux OS

The Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) plans to transfer all authorities to OCAstra Linux in 2023 . This was announced on November 25, 2022 by the Astra Group of Companies. Read more here.

Krasnodar administration continues migration to Astra Linux OS

More than 3000 licenses are OS Astra Linux delivered in. Administration of Krasnodar The product will be installed on jobs in all divisions of the organization, including, Control and Accounts Chamber as well as in the City Duma. At the same time, active training is planned to begin in the region: to Russian to software Astra will Linux be used and studied in universities and schools. This was announced on November 15, 2022 by the Civil Code. Aster More. here

Ministry of Digital Development instructed to enlarge projects for the development of Russian software

On September 23, 2022, it became known about the instructions of the Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin regarding the consolidation of development projects Russian software in order to replace foreign solutions with them. We are talking about projects based on industry (industrial competence centers ICC). More. here

The Ministry of Finance of the Irkutsk Region protects data using Cyber ​ ​ Backup

The Ministry of Finance of the Irkutsk Region protects data using Cyber ​ ​ Backup. This was announced on September 15, 2022 by Cyberprotect. Read more here.

Rostelecom DPC organized a postal service for the Government of Buryatia on the basis of a domestic decision

On September 5, 2022, the Rostelecom DPC company announced that it had transferred three thousand mailboxes of subordinate institutions of the Government of the Republic of Buryatia from public mail services to the domestic communication platform CommuniGate Pro. Read more here.

Putin instructed to work out the conditions for the use of foreign software in Russia

In early September 2022, it became known Russia Vladimir Putin about the instructions signed by the president to develop the country's technological sovereignty. Instructions were given following a meeting of the Council for Strategic Development and National Projects, held on July 18, 2022.

By October 1, 2022, the Government of the Russian Federation will have to "submit proposals on determining special conditions for the use of foreign software, in respect of which it is impossible for bona fide Russian users to fulfill their existing contractual obligations."

Putin instructed to work out the conditions for the use of foreign software in the Russian Federation

Earlier, the government expected that the share of domestic software in the cost of purchases should be at least 70% for the authorities and at least 50% for state corporations and companies with state participation. But in connection with the departure of Western players and the introduction of sanctions from the spring of 2022, the demand for Russian software increased by 300% both in government agencies and in business. Ministry of Digital Development expects that by 2024 the public sector will increase spending on Russian software by 3.4 times, to more than 650 billion rubles.

At the end of March 2022, Ilya Massukh, director of the Competence Center for Import Substitution in the Field of IT Technologies, a member of the headquarters for measures to support the IT industry under the Ministry of Digital Industry, said that in Russia from 2024 it is possible to introduce a ban on the use of foreign software by state-owned companies and critical infrastructure facilities.

Massukh called on Russian state-owned companies to abandon purchases of foreign software, "especially since it is not sold to you," and re-profile internal resources to stop its use. According to him, in all software classes there are "worthy domestic analogues."

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We have a self-sufficient IT industry that depends little on some supplies and technologies, "he said.[6]
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The public sector in Russia will increase spending on domestic software by 3.4 times

The public sector in Russia by 2024 will increase spending on domestic software by 3.4 times. This is stated in the report to the Ministry of Digital Development of president, agreed with the Ministry of Economic Development. Some excerpts from this document "Kommersant" leads on August 24, 2022.

According to Ministry of Digital Development forecasts, by 2024, Russian solutions will account for up to 80% of the IT budgets of state-owned companies. 43 state-owned companies in 2021-2024 will have costs for IT products of more than 934 billion rubles, of which 650 billion rubles will be spent on Russian software and related work during this period.

The public sector in Russia will increase spending on domestic software

Allocating 80% of the cost of software is not an imbalance, but a reflection of the current situation, "sanctions are for a long time, therefore, the public sector in the next couple of years will be able to purchase only domestic software and services - Western software will not be sold to us, as well as new equipment," says Director of the APKITNikolai Association Komlev. He considers it justified to spend 80% of IT funds on the purchase of Russian software, however, as Komlev noted, the authorities must also provide for the purchase of equipment that cannot be supplied to Russia legally by August 2022, and is assembled in the country from foreign components.

According to Softline, the demand for domestic software in the public sector has literally grown "tenfold," and the highest demand was noted in financial institutions and the fuel and energy complex. At the same time, the departure of some foreign companies from the market dictates either the use of foreign software without updates or domestic options, but there is a request to transfer the functionality of foreign developments to domestic solutions.

At the beginning of June 2022, Deputy Head of the Ministry of Digital Development of the Russian Federation Maxim Parshin said that the ministry was discussing amendments to the methodological recommendations for the digital transformation of state-owned companies, in particular, it was proposed to normatively consolidate the increase in total spending on domestic software to 80%. Moreover, 70% of such software should be purchased from external developers and only 30% can be developed within the state-owned company, the deputy minister said.[7]

Chernyshenko instructed to develop a mechanism for assessing the transition of the public sector to domestic office software

As it became known on July 11, 2022, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko instructed the Ministry of Digital Development to develop a mechanism for assessing the transition of federal executive bodies (FOIV) and executive bodies of state power of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation to domestic office software by August 15, 2022.

On the basis of this form, the departments were instructed to send information to the Ministry of Digital Development by mid-September 2022 on the transition to the use of non-import-dependent office software.

Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko

The office software package includes all applications necessary to organize the work of employees of departments and organizations, including a messenger, a document management system, an application for conducting online video conferencing, and so on.

In addition, the chairman of the board of directors of BASEALT, Alexei Smirnov, said that the order applies to other software, including antiviruses, OS, applied software and other programs. According to him, the mechanism is being developed for inclusion in the KPI of officials.

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Each manager has parameters by which his work is evaluated, now import substitution of software will be added to them, "he stressed.
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The source Businessman"" in the IT market claims that many regional departments simply do not have enough budget to switch to the Russian office suite, so by July 2022 they are still using solutions, Microsoft including after the American vendor refused to renew licenses and support. Windows

According to the interlocutor of the newspaper, over the past two months, the government has sent a number of documents to the federal and regional authorities aimed at forming additional indicators for assessing the level of support for the IT industry. The plans include financial support for the revision and implementation of domestic software in all segments of the economy, he said.[8]

The authorities of Yakutia are switching to the Russian software "MyOffice"

The Ministry of Innovation, Digital Development and Infocommunication Technologies of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) and MyOffice have signed an agreement on cooperation in the innovation field. MyOffice announced this on June 15, 2022. Read more here.

MyOffice will help Rosmorport switch to domestic software

FSUE Rosmorport and MyOffice combine expertise to solve digitalization problems. The company "MyOffice" announced this on June 2, 2022. Read more here.

Irkutsk region switched to the domestic postal system with the help of Greenatom Simple Solutions

Specialists of the Competence Center for Import Substitution of Greenatom Simple Solutions JSC, within the framework of a state contract with OGAU Information and Technical Center of the Irkutsk Region, implemented the transfer of the IOGV postal system of the Irkutsk Region from the imported Microsoft Exchange product to the Russian CommuniGate Pro system. The company Greenatom announced this on May 13, 2022. Read more here.

The government of the Vologda Oblast has switched to the independent import system Directum RX

On May 12, 2022, the Directum company announced that the Vologda Oblast Government had switched to the Directum RX import-independent system and retained the amount of accumulated data - more than 40,000 documents. Read more here.

CIT of the Volgograd Region has introduced the Russian communication platform CommuniGate Pro

On April 20, 2022, Axoft announced that the state budgetary institution of the Volgograd Region "Center for Information Technologies of the Volgograd Region" (GBU VO "CIT VO") has completed work on setting up the CommuniGate Pro communication platform for executive authorities and municipal institutions of the region. The project was implemented within the framework of the import substitution policy with the technical support of Axoft. Read more here

The Ministry of Digital Development announced the inadmissibility of using Zoom, Webex and Microsoft Teams in government agencies

The Ministry of Digital Development informed government agencies about the inadmissibility of using foreign software video conferencing systems (VKS) - Zoom, Zello, Webex, Discord, Microsoft Teams and Skype. For video calls and conferences, government agencies are recommended to use software products from Russian companies IVA Technologies and TrueConf. An official letter signed by Minister Maksut Shadayev (TAdviser has it) was sent on April 1, 2022 to all plenipotentiary representatives of the president in federal districts, to federal executive bodies and senior officials of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation.

In mid-March, Russian developers turned to Ministry of Digital Development with a proposal to act as an information intermediary between consumers and domestic vendors.

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Large international IT companies cease their activities in Russia, which will inevitably lead to the impossibility of fulfilling and breaking existing contracts for the supply of software and hardware video conferencing solutions for domestic organizations. As a Russian manufacturer of video communication solutions, whose products are used in all spheres of the domestic economy, we recognize all the threats of such an outcome: companies will not be able to receive the IT products announced in the contracts, which are necessary for organizing communication and collaboration, as well as ensuring a continuous working process in remote mode, - turned to the Ministry of Digital Development, CEO of TrueConf Lev Yakupov.
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We have launched a support program for Russian companies, according to which we are ready to provide our system to any Russian company for free in an amount that will help maintain the usual tools for interaction between the organization's employees, "wrote Stanislav Iodkovsky, CEO of IVA Technologies, in a letter.
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In addition to IVA Technology and TrueConf Ministry of Digital Development as an alternative to the solutions of foreign companies, it also recommends using other domestic solutions: Videzovonki VK, Yandex.Telemost, Вебинар.ру, Spherum, Vega-Irida, Jazz [2] and Vinteo.

In addition, in the same letter, the Ministry of Digital Development recalled that more than 12 thousand products were registered in the Russian register of domestic software and recommended using the register of domestic software and the Domestic Software ARPP catalog, which compares domestic and foreign products. In the appendix to the letter, Ministry of Digital Development listed domestic analogues of the most popular services and digital solutions of foreign companies that have completely or partially stopped working in Russia.

No. PO Category Company Name Complete or partial suspension of activities in Russia (yes/no) Service Name Recommended analogues
1.Social media messengers andMeta (extremist organization banned in the Russian Federation)Facebookrowspan =Vkontakte '8'|(VK
Schoolmates
Yappy
Telegram
) TamTamYash

TenChat
My World
ICQ
Frisbee
Twitter да Twitter
ByteDance yesTikTok
[[Meta Platforms|Meta да Instagram]]
Meta да Messenger
Meta yesWhatsApp
Snap Inc. yesSnapchat
Salesforce yesSlack
2.Video conferencing and communication programs |Zoom Video CommunicationsnoZoom|rowspan = '5' |
Spherum Video Calls
Mail.ru VK
Yandex.Telemost
Вебинар.ру
TrueConf
Jazz
IVA AVES
IVA AVES S Video Calls
IVA LARGO
Vega-Irida
Vinteo
Zello Inc. yesZello
[[Cisco|Cisco System Inc. да Webex]]
Discord Inc. noneDiscord
Microsoft Microsoft Teams Skype|
3.rowspan = '3'Anti-virus|programs|NortonLifeLock|Inc.yesNortonrowspan = '3 Kaspersky
Dr. Web' |
[[AVAST Software|Avast Software да Avast]]
McAfeenoneMcAfee
4.Document Editors |AlphabetyesGoogle
Google Documents
Google Tables
My office
P7 Office
Yandex 360
Microsoft yes
Excel
PowerPoint Word
Apple да Apple Keynote
5.E-mail servicesAlphabetyesGmailrowspan = '4 '|Mail Mail.Ru
My Office Mail
[[Microsoft OutlookдаOutlook Hotmail]]
Yahoo Inc.noYahoo! Mail
[[Proton Technologies AG|
Proton Technologies AG
да ProtonMail]]
6.Online translation servicesAlphabetyes [[Google TranslateGoogle Translate]]rowspan = '2'|Yandex.TranslatorPROMT
Microsoft yesBing
7.Web browsersAlphabet[[Google ChromeGoogle Chrome]]rowspan = '5 '|Yandex.Atom Browser
Mozilla
Foundation
noneFire fox
Opera Software noneOpera
Samsung нет Samsung Internet
Apple yesSafari
8.Web AnalyticsAlphabetYes Google Analyticsrowspan = '4'Yandex.Metric
Roistat
CoMagic
|Satellite/Analytics
Clicky noneClicky.com
Matomo noneMatomo
Chartbeat noneChartbeat.com
9.Educational Resources |StorytelYesStorytelrowspan = '3 Skillfactory
' |
GeekBrains
Openedu
Udemy
SberUniversitet
Stepik Netology
SF Education
Wayup
CoreApp
Inginirium
Codemics
Network Academy Training Center InfoTeCS
School of Data Analysis () - Yandex.Workshop
Academy of Information Systems (ANO DPO CPC AIS)
Mobile Electronic Education (MEO)
1CEducation
Training Center SKB Kontur
Pearson да Pearson
Coursera Inc. да Coursera
10.Mapping servicesAlphabetyes Google Mapsrowspan =Yandex.Maps
2GIS
'3'|Maps
Mail.ru GUI Horizon
[[Apple Mapsда Apple Maps]]
HERE Maps B.V. noneHERE
11. Online employee search sitesHaysyesHaysPro
Head Hunter
Work in Russia
Работа.ру
YouDo
Federal Management personnel Portal
12.e-commerce VenuesEbayyesEbayrowspan = '2' Wildberries
Ozon
Yandex.Market
SberMegaMarket
SberMarket|
Amazon.com Inc. yesAmazon
13.Accommodation booking servicesAirnbyesAimb
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Rosfinmonitoring translates its systems to PostgreSQL

The Federal Financial Monitoring Service (Rosfinmonitoring) has begun to transfer the components of its Unified Information System (EIS) to a database management system (DBMS) based on domestic or open source software . This became known on March 23, 2022. Read more here.

More than 3 thousand licenses of the Russian Red OS will be introduced in the Perm Territory

On March 18, 2022, the RED SOFT company announced the supply of more than 3 thousand licensing operations system RED OS for the Ministry of Information Development and Communications of the Perm Territory. Read more here.

Kursk region acquired office software "MyOffice" for employees of all executive bodies of the region

Kursk region acquired an office ON MyOffice for employees of all executive bodies of the region. The company MyOffice announced this on March 16, 2022. More. here

Tyumen region switched to Directum RX

On March 14, 2022, Directum announced that now authorities employees work in a single electronic document management and workflow system created on the basis of Russian software. Read more here.

Government agencies in Russia banned the use of foreign software for processing geodata

On February 22, 2022, the State Duma of the Russian Federation adopted a bill that prohibits state bodies from using foreign software for processing geospatial data.

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State authorities and local governments, as well as organizations subordinate to them, using geoinformation software for processing spatial data in order to exercise its powers and using geoinformation software, are not domestic and do not comply with the requirements of this Federal Law, is not entitled to use such software from January 1, 2026, - says the text of the bill, which leads TASS.
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The State Duma approved restrictions for foreign software when processing geodata

The explanatory note notes that about 87) federal and regional executive bodies by February 2022 are already using domestic geoinformation systems software in their activities every day.

The search, collection, storage, processing, provision and distribution of spatial data, including using information systems, is regulated by the federal law of December 30, 2015 No. 431-FZ "On Geodesy, Cartography and Spatial Data...." It provides for the creation of a federal spatial data fund, and also defines the requirements for its operation and development.

The law also establishes the peculiarities of organizing cartographic activities and using geo-information software, including the protection of spatial data. In particular, to protect information about regime and other objects, information about which is submitted to state secrets, the Cabinet of Ministers will be able to establish a special procedure for performing geodetic and cartographic work in certain territories. Also, the spatial data themselves will be able to be attributed to information constituting a state secret.[9]

Kaluga Information Support Service switched to "P7-Office"

Information Support Service of the Kaluga Region January 18, 2022 announced the completion of the transfer of employees to work with the ecosystem office applications P7 Office"." The implementation Russian of the solution allowed employees to optimize the processes of working with documents, as well as reduce the import dependence of the organization. More. here

The Ministry of Digital Development and Communications of the Saratov Region has switched to a domestic office suite

On January 18, 2022, the ALMIS Group of Companies announced that, as part of the implementation of the policy of import substitution and the formation of digital sovereignty, it had supplied the Ministry of Digital Development and Communications of the Saratov Region with unlimited licenses for the AlterOffice office suite. Read more here.

2021

"Employment Center of the City of Nizhny Novgorod" switched to AlterOffice

The group of companies ALMIS December 7, 2021 announced the supply of unlimited licenses for the AlterOffice office suite to the State Government Institution "Employment Center of the City of Nizhny Novgorod." Read more here.

The State Emergency Service Department of the city of Moscow has implemented CommuniGate Pro

The State Emergency Service Department of the city of Moscow is switching to domestic IT solutions. This was announced on December 6, 2021 by CommuniGate Systems. Read more here.

State institutions of the Krasnoyarsk Territory are switching to Russian OS Alt

In the Krasnoyarsk Territory, a large-scale project continues to transfer state digital resources to the Alt Russian operational systems. Basalt SPO (BaseALT) previously announced this ALT Linux on December 6, 2021. Read more here.

Putin instructed to introduce personal responsibility for import substitution of software in state-owned companies

Following a meeting with members of the government, Russian President Vladimir Putin gave a list of instructions that were published on the kremlin.ru website on November 30, 2021.

So, from May 1, 2022, the personal responsibility of the heads of state corporations, state-owned companies and organizations with state participation for the implementation of plans for the transition to domestic software should be established. In addition, by this time, targets should be set that determine the share of Russian use software included in. register of domestic software Ministry of Digital Development

Postgres Professional Deputy General Director Ivan Panchenko believes that the president's order is aimed at stimulating the import substitution process, which now often slips through. He drew attention to the fact that the effectiveness of the measures will depend on how this order will be formalized by law, as well as on the practice of law enforcement. At the same time, Ivan Panchenko, in a conversation with TAdviser, noted: despite the fact that the meeting with members of the government took place quite recently, there is already a noticeable increase in the level of interest in domestic developments.

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Regardless of the measures taken, it is necessary that government agencies and state corporations are more responsible for the transition to domestic software, and not continue to use pirated foreign or Russian versions of the software, as happened, for example, as a result of the cancellation of the centralized purchase of domestic office programs for the needs of 55 FOYV, - said the General director MoyOfisDmitriy Komissarov, answering TAdviser questions.
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By July 1, 2022, the government must amend the legislation establishing mandatory requirements for the predominant use of domestic software, telecommunications equipment and electronic products by subjects of the critical information infrastructure of the Russian Federation.

In addition, Vladimir Putin instructed the government to work out mechanisms for stimulating investment activities related to the introduction of domestic systems and solutions created on the basis of artificial intelligence technologies. Relevant changes to the legislation must be made by July 1, 2022.

The President also instructed in 2022-2025 to modernize 25.16 thousand branches of the Russian Post, located in remote areas, rural and hard-to-reach areas.

Putin supported the initiative to change the rules of the game in the import substitution of IT. One of the proposals is to limit internal development in state-owned companies

The Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation Maksut Shadayev, on a direct line with Russian President Vladimir Putin, drew the president's attention to the fact that the directive on the transition of state-owned companies to domestic software has not been fulfilled, and the indicators that the companies themselves laid for themselves have not been achieved. State-owned companies spent half as much on Russian software as they planned. In 2019-2020 alone, the Russian market received less than 70 billion rubles, which were announced within the framework of approved programs. In this regard, Maksut Shadayev proposed introducing personal responsibility of company leaders for failure to comply with the digital transformation programs currently approved, which should be implemented based on domestic software.

The minister recommended limiting the internal developments of state corporations, because often such expenses are unreasonable. And also introduce a requirement for the commercialization of internal developments of state corporations.

{{quote 'I oppose such a story. When a state-owned company, using its size and political weight, says that it has made, for example, the best package of engineering software, and wants to receive a state subsidy, because "it is important for the state to have its own package," we answer this: listen, there are specialized commercial companies that make and successfully sell engineering packages. No need to replace the market.

Therefore, I consider it possible for state-owned companies to conclude contracts for software development. Moreover, I advocate that they increase their expertise, create and develop production units within. But it is important that they always use the products and technologies that are on the market. They did not make analogues, and, moreover, did not enter the market with any circulation solutions. In the development market for departments of state-owned companies, they often show their effectiveness, but it is better to leave the market for commercial products and solutions to those who know how to do this, - said Maksut Shadayev in an interview with TAdviser in September 2021.}}

In addition, the minister asked for the president's help in accelerating the process of integrating the draft decree "On the transition of critical infrastructure facilities to domestic solutions" into federal legislation. According to him, the project is ready, but if you now launch a full cycle of reformatting it into changes to federal laws, then this may take a significant time.

Report of the head of the Ministry of Digital Development Maksut Shadayev to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. Photo - screen of the television broadcast

Vladimir Putin supported Maksut Shadayev and proposed this year to submit the relevant changes to the legislation to the State Duma for consideration. He also agreed with the need to increase the level of personal responsibility of heads of state corporations for failure to fulfill plans for import substitution and digital transformation.

Maksut Shadayev in his report told Vladimir Putin about the impact of the tax maneuver on the IT development industry, including in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). According to him, after the launch of the tax maneuver for IT companies, which implies significant benefits for developers - zeroing the regional part of the profit fee and reducing the rate of insurance premiums for IT companies from 14% to 7.6% - the revenue part of the federal budget was not affected.

At the same time, for the nine months of 2021, according to Rosstat, Russian companies delivered 38% more solutions and services than in the same period a year earlier, exceeding 1.14 trillion rubles. In 2021, the Russian market is growing twice as fast as in the previous one.

Despite international sanctions, software exports are growing. For six months, according to the Central Bank, Russian companies have exported 18% more products and services than in the same period in 2020. According to the results of the first half of 2021, the volume of exports of software and services reached $2.9 billion. Following the results of nine months of the tax maneuver, we see additional tax deductions totaling 49 billion rubles. That is, benefits allowed the budget to receive additional funds.

In September 2021, the government approved the second package of measures to support the industry, which is aimed at stimulating demand for Russian developments. It is important to simplify the path for the Russian consumer.

Three tax incentive measures were agreed with the Ministry of Finance. The first is that if a company introduces Russian solutions based on AI, then it can reflect them in the expense item with a coefficient of 1.5, reducing income tax. The second provides for an accelerated process of depreciation of Russian-made PAC. Business will be able to write off domestic solutions three times faster than foreign production. The third measure provides for the possibility of introducing tax deductions by the regions for companies using Russian solutions and PAC.

The Ministry of Digital Development will ask the regions to introduce such a deduction as a priority for systems and solutions with AI, and in this matter it very much counts on the support of the president. The corresponding amendments to the tax code will be made by the Ministry of Finance by the end of 2021.

In addition to tax incentives, there is support for developers and stimulation of new developments in the field of AI. In 2020, about 200 grants worth up to 10 million rubles were allocated for startups and development groups in the field of AI. The state supports large companies through co-financing of development and the first pilot implementations. By the end of 2024, the Digital Economy program is planned to spend up to 10 billion rubles on development support.

The Ministry of Digital Development of the Sverdlovsk Region will test the domestic communication platform

The Ministry of Digital Development and Communications of the Sverdlovsk Region and CommuniGate Systems signed a memorandum of cooperation as part of the transition to domestic software provided for by the national project "Digital Economy of Russia." CommuniGate Systems announced this on November 1, 2021. Read more here.

FSO buys domestic DBMS Postgres Pro instead of Oracle

On September 27, 2021, it became known that the special communications and information service of the Federal Security Service of Russia (FSO Sepetsvyaz) is ready to spend up to 2.09 million rubles. for the purchase of licenses of the Russian Postgres Pro Enterprise DBMS by Postgres Professional. Read more here.

Jobs of civil servants in the Novosibirsk region transferred to domestic software

The Ministry of Digital Development of the Novosibirsk Region is transferring regional infrastructure to domestic software. This was reported on September 23, 2021 in the Galex Group of Companies. Read more here.

The authorities suggested that state-owned companies import substitution of software for the Internet of Things, robotics and face recognition

On September 17, 2021, it became known that the Ministry of Digital Development had expanded the list of software that state-owned companies should be guided by when switching to the predominant use of domestic software. This follows from the order of the ministry on amending order No. 486 of September 20, 2018 "On the approval of methodological recommendations for the transition of state-owned companies to the predominant use of domestic software, including domestic office software."

According to the document, now state-owned companies should mainly choose not only system and application software, as well as databases, but also software of the Internet of Things, robotics and sensorics. The list of data analysis tools has been expanded. For example, the list includes software that processes video streams and images, including from video surveillance cameras, as well as software for 2D- and 3D scanning in order to detect images of faces. In addition, industrial software was included in the list, including product lifecycle management tools, universal computer-aided design engineering tools, engineering analysis tools, etc.

In the document of the ministry, it is recommended to switch to the predominant use of domestic software in relation to classes of programs for electronic computers (computers) and databases, the list of which is established by order of the Ministry of Digital Development dated September 22, 2020 No. 486 "On approval of the classifier of programs for computers and databases." In the previous edition, state-owned companies focused on the list in Order No. 621 of December 31, 2015[10]

Ministry of Digital Development of the Kaluga Region switches to Red OS

The Ministry of Digital Development of the Kaluga Region and the Russian developer RED SOFT have signed an agreement on interaction and cooperation in order to implement a program of import substitution of information technologies in the region. Red Soft announced this on August 12, 2021. Read more here.

The electronic government of Russia has 100% switched to domestic software

The electronic government of Russia has 100% switched to domestic software. This was announced on August 13, 2021 by the Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation Maksut Shadayev. According to him, the decision to completely exclude foreign software was influenced by a large-scale failure on the public services portal, which occurred in May 2020 (then problems with the site were observed for almost a day). Read more here.

The Accounts Chamber of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug has introduced "P7-Office"

The Accounts Chamber of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug on August 11, 2021 announced the completion of the transfer of employees to work with the Russian office suite "P7-Office." The introduction of software made it possible to establish remote work with documents, maintain productivity under quarantine restrictions and reduce paper document turnover. Read more here.

Transfer of all civil servants and state employees to Russian messengers and VKS services

On August 9, 2021, it became known about the plans of the Russian government to forcibly transfer all civil servants and public sector employees to domestic messengers, postal services and video conferencing solutions (VKS).

Such information, as "" writes, Kommersant is contained in the action plan of the state program "Creating additional conditions for the development of the industry information technology," which Ministry of Digital Development was sent to the government. The publication got acquainted with the document and reports that by the end of 2021, the Ministry of Digital Development will create a regulatory framework for such a translation, by February 2022, the Ministry of Education Ministry of Education and create appropriate recommendations for teachers and teachers.

All civil servants and state employees will be transferred to Russian instant messengers and VKS services

The office of Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko, who oversees communications, said that the initiative had already been approved by the government commission on digital development. The concept of the state platform involves the development of services for the operational exchange of data between departments, including during remote work. These are e-mail, instant messengers, audio and VKS services, electronic document management services and a number of other digital services of Russian development. The Chernyshenko apparatus noted that we are talking about existing software solutions, but did not specify the names of the products.

IVA Technologies CEO Stanislav Iodkovsky said that even at the state level, foreign platforms are often used. According to Vladimir Ufnarovsky, co-owner of LANIT-Terkoma, the initiative is useful, but it is difficult to implement it.

In addition, Valentin Makarov, President of the Russoft Association, expressed his opinion on this matter. He stressed that the implementation of state policy requires a combination of "stick and carrot." As Makarov added, he meant that subsidies and other incentives for switching to domestic software are often combined with the dismissal of specific performers.[11]

Russian Railways created a national competence center for import substitution of ERP systems

Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko at a meeting of the Committee on Digital Transformation and Innovative Development of the Board of Directors of Russian Railways on June 21, 2021 approved the creation of the National Competence Center for Import Substitution of ERP Systems on the basis of the company. Read more here.

Sberbank decided to oblige to purchase Russian software and equipment

As it became known at the end of April 2021, the Competence Center for Import Substitution in the field of ICT will send a letter to the Government of the Russian Federation with a request to include Sberbank in the list of joint-stock companies in federal ownership in order to take control of the strategy of the credit institution for import substitution in the field of equipment and software. Read more here.

Due to which you can speed up import substitution of software. Public sector opinion

The state has been supporting the transition to domestic information technologies for more than five years. In 2015, foreign software was banned from being purchased by government authorities. Then, for them, as well as state corporations, they approved a plan for the transition to domestic software.

Further, in the national program "Digital Economy of Russia," state structures and state-owned companies have established a strict deadline for switching to Russian software: its share in state authorities by 2024 should be more than 70%, in companies with state participation - at least 50%. From 2024 to 2025, the transition to Russian developments should be carried out by those organizations that fall under the 187-FZ "On the Security of Critical Information Infrastructure." These, in particular, include many large industrial and financial companies.

However, the process of import substitution of software is not going as quickly as lawmakers would like. TAdviser interviewed a number of departments and state corporations and learned what features of Russian software are important for them and what steps IT companies should take to accelerate the development of this area.

According to Alexander Kuzhekin, director of digital transformation of organizations at the Rostec-digital Transformation ANO, it is important that Russian software has sufficient functionality that is not inferior to its imported counterparts. This is necessary to ensure continuity of business processes and sustainable development.

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For each of the activities of the State Corporation - engine building, aircraft manufacturing, radio electronics, the production of medical equipment, mechanical engineering - specialized, often narrowly focused, "sharpened" solutions for a certain industry are needed. At the same time, they must meet the tasks of unification and compatibility with general corporate digital management and accounting systems, "said Alexander Kuzhekin in a conversation with TAdviser.
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An extremely important condition for IT contractors to work with customers in industry, in his opinion, is close interaction with constant feedback at all stages of creation, testing and implementation of digital products, as well as a deep immersion in the specifics of the industry. No less important, according to Kuzhekin, is the effective timely technical support of users for an operational transition to solutions created on the basis of domestic software. The expert considers the fulfillment of all requirements related to information security to be the basic condition for the successful import substitution of foreign software.

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Thus, for the successful import substitution and development of domestic IT products, it is necessary to consolidate the efforts of all players: developers, customers and regulatory bodies, - said Alexander Kuzhekin.
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The Central Election Commission adheres to a similar position, recommending to Russian manufacturers and suppliers "the implementation and provision of competitive key functional, technical, high-quality and operational characteristics of the manufactured ICT products and supplied services, confirmed by the requirements of state and municipal customers." The agency also recommends that companies include their decisions in the relevant registries.

In Rosseti, TAdviser drew attention to the fact that, ultimately, import substitution should lead to the creation of a holistic domestic IT landscape.

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Therefore, it is necessary to start a convergence in IT solutions of different directions so that the customer is not left alone with the problem of product interaction. It is necessary to create more "open storefronts" for unhindered acquaintance with the functionality of Russian IT solutions, placing development plans, and reducing the risks of the absence of critical functions. More load tests are also required with the publication of their results in the public domain, - noted in Rosseti.
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They also recommended that IT companies strengthen the direction of ERP systems, since by April 2021, in their opinion, there are no competitive solutions that can cover all risks. In addition, the company sees the need for domestic operating systems with office packages.

"Such solutions exist, but there is a shortage of large successful projects," Rosseti explains. According to the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia, Russian developers can concentrate their efforts on the formation of digital ecosystems around software and hardware platforms of domestic production.

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Companies that will participate in the formation of such platforms will be able to receive additional measures of state support. At the same time, it is advisable to form ecosystems in conjunction with the development of domestic processors and system software. This will allow initially to develop domestic software products, taking into account the capabilities of the domestic one, microelectronic industries which will reduce the total financial and time costs, - explain in. Ministry of Economic Development
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Stimulating the production of domestic processors, on the basis of which technological platforms are being developed, according to the department, is a key core in increasing the technological stability of the economy. However, the development of such platforms will take considerable time.

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State customers and state-owned companies should be supplied with Russian software products of proper quality. This will ensure a flexible transition to domestic technologies. This is especially true for state facilities of critical information infrastructure, the Ministry of Economic Development notes.
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According to Elena Martynova, Deputy Head of Rosreestr, for the development of import substitution in Russia, IT companies should pay attention to the preparation and development of high-quality technical documentation - for example, methodological materials, since the manufacturer's technical support is often absent.

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For example, to design and implement a multi-domain catalog service, it is necessary to support the manufacturer in a large volume and on an ongoing basis. At the design stage, methodological materials are required, but they are practically not. This includes the development of internal competencies of IT companies. In addition, Russian software in some cases needs access to imported repositories. Therefore, for the successful introduction of Russian systems, it is necessary to ensure the creation and placement of the necessary repositories in Russia, - Elena Martynova assured Tadviser.
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She also considers it necessary to speed up the release of security updates for Russian software, which, according to her, appear with a long delay in April 2021 and do not mitigate current vulnerabilities in the software. This situation, as Martynova explains, in particular, is caused by the need to certify each update from the regulator.

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It is also necessary to ensure the release of high-quality and stable updates. To this end, it is necessary to organize the necessary tests on the side of the solution manufacturer. Installing system updates is a risky operation, which creates operational difficulties. Another necessary measure is a clear designation of the "life cycle" of equipment and software, - Elena Martynova told Tadviser.
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According to the Federal Property Management Agency, Russian IT companies first of all need to pay attention to the support measures implemented by the government and adopt the established rules, secondly, to the quality of the decisions created - how high-quality their functionality and documentation are.

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When the development of information and digital technologies is proceeding at a faster pace, functionality often needs to be anticipated. At the same time, in order to easier and faster confirm the compliance of its products with the requirements, it is necessary to have high-quality documentation that meets the standards in force in Russia, - explained TAdviser in the Federal Property Management Agency.
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The department also noted that there is already competition in many IT areas in Russia - there are a sufficient number of information systems that automate the basic functions of state authorities and commercial organizations.

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Developers who are ready are known, and, importantly, capable of creating unique solutions. At the same time, there remain free "niches," for example, such as the production of computer equipment and certain types of telecommunication equipment. It is clear that some of them require investment, but even here today the state offers various forms of support, from grants and subsidies, to partnerships. Do not neglect them, - noticed in the Federal Property Management Agency.
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Rosstat noted the importance of providing effective technical and warranty support for information systems and operated equipment. In addition, the department announced the need to motivate the staff of IT and digital development departments, providing them with professional growth and the ability to create project and industry teams within the framework of the department and interdepartmental projects.

In Rosavtodor, a large number of departmental information systems developed at different times in different software environments using heterogeneous technologies are considered the main problem in making a full-fledged transition to domestic software. As noted in the department, this process requires time and appropriate funding.

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It should be noted that since 2019, the agency has adopted a practice when planning IT costs not even to consider import solutions, if it is possible to use domestic or import-independent (distributed under a free license) software with comparable characteristics, - said TAdviser in Rosavtodor.
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According to Yuri Ursu, Director of the Department of Audit of Digital Development and State Support for Entrepreneurship of the Accounts Chamber of Russia, IT companies should pay attention to the observance of the legal purity of rights to their products, especially when using open source software in their composition, since GNU GPL and other publicly available licenses impose certain restrictions and obligations when using such open source products that are often ignored by developers.

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It is also important to undergo procedures for entering products into the registers of domestic software and domestic radioelectronic products, since it is mandatory for state customers to purchase products from the relevant registers. At the same time, it is necessary that domestic IT companies spend more resources on R&D and a global increase in the competitiveness of their products, since limiting or eliminating competition with foreign products creates almost guaranteed revenue for them and, as a result, reduces their motivation for development, "Yuri Ursu explained to TAdviser.
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The Director information technology Ministry of Health Vadim Vankov of the Department of Digital Development and Russia told the publication that IT companies should pay attention to the real needs of consumers and to the level of functionality of imported analogues.

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It is important to understand how the product or solution fits into the customer's infrastructure. IT companies also need to strengthen the level of service and approaches to after-sales service. This applies both to the customization and individualization of the product, and the quality and timing of the provision of services, - said Vadim Vankov.
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The Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia TAdviser said that IT companies should pay attention to the expansion of the range of manufactured radio-electronic products and software, as this will help accelerate the import substitution process.

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Also, IT companies must not forget about "feedback," determining the needs of potential consumers, focusing on the demand for the release of current products that are fully ready for use. IT companies should organize a wide demonstration of successful products to potential customers, said TAdviser in the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
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Belousov instructed to deal with the problem of import substitution of software in the public sector

As it became known on April 12, 2021, the Deputy Prime Andrey Belousov Minister sent Ministry of Industry and Trade Ministry of Digital Development Ministry of Economics Ministry of Finance an order to,,, and other ministries, which deals with the need to work out the problem of reducing the pace of import substitution of IT in the public sector.

According to Kommersant, the order was given at the request of the developer of the ALMIS Partner software, who complained that the decrease in the pace of import substitution negatively affects the financial stability of domestic developers. In addition, "there are barriers to placing government orders, for example, the opacity of technical tasks and unnecessary, unreasonable requirements that make it impossible to participate in tenders," the company said.

Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov
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There are barriers to placing government orders, for example, the opacity of technical tasks and unnecessary, unreasonable requirements that make it impossible to participate in tenders, - added to ALMIS Partner.
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This complaint was also supported by other domestic developers. Natalia Agafonova, general director of the P7-Office company, recalled that often public procurement specifically prescribes requirements for a foreign company.

In turn, the head of the board of directors of the developer BaseALTAlexey Smirnov noted that the main problem of import substitution remains the sharpening of state information systems for Windows. At the same time, he believes that in the near future the situation will worsen, since the Ministry of Digital Development intends to simplify access to the register of domestic software.

Mechanisms are required that will prevent clones of foreign software from entering the register, said Renat Lashin, executive director of the Domestic Software Software Developers Association.

The Ministry of Digital Development confirmed to the publication the receipt of Belousov's order, the Ministry of Finance said that it would be "worked out when it arrives."[12]

The Ministry of Digital Development plans to transfer IoT equipment in the public sector to Russian software

At the end of March 2021, it became known about Ministry of Digital Development 's plans to introduce in Russia a requirement for the mandatory use of domestic operating systems on Internet of Things devices in regulated areas. Due to this measure, which is included in the plan developed by the department to support the IT industry, it is planned to increase the security of IoT in government agencies and sectors of the economy sensitive to cyber threats. Read more here.

Information systems and IT infrastructure of the ZATO Seversk Administration have been transferred to Astra Linux OS

On March 26, 2021, Astra Linux GC announced that, together with Mask Safe (Musk Safe LLC), IT infrastructures, as well as Electronic Interaction and Electronic Document Management information systems of the ZATO Seversk Administration of the Tomsk Region, were transferred to operating systems of the Astra Linux family. Read more here.

"Greenatom" transferred the jobs of civil servants of the Chelyabinsk region to Russian software

Greenatom March 22, 2021 announced the completion of the transfer of jobs of civil servants of the Chelyabinsk region to Astra Linux. Read more here.

Created Regional GIS of the Ryazan Region with a server part based on the Russian Astra Linux OS

The Panorama Design Bureau has released the Regional Geo-Information System of the Ryazan Region with a server part based on OCAstra Linux. The product makes it possible to provide the state authorities of the region with reliable information about its territory, as well as to form and integrate information resources that employees need to exercise their powers and make decisions. This was announced on March 1, 2021 by Astra Linux. Read more here.

The administration of the city of Murmansk switched to the import-independent EDMS CompanyMedia

On February 7, 2021, it became known that in 2020, the administration of the city of Murmansk carried out the introduction of the import-independent EDMS CompanyMedia in 141 subordinate organizations. In total, as of February 2021, 155 system organizations operate in the city administration in the CompanyMedia system: an administration with different committees and institutions subordinate to the education and housing policy committees. The administration of the city of Murmansk is planning a complete transition to the independent version of CompanyMedia. Read more here.

Greenatom transfers Magnitogorsk administration to Russian software

On January 18, 2021, the Green atom announced that its specialists of a separate unit in Chelyabinsk had implemented a pilot project to transfer jobs of employees of the administration of the city of Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Region, to use an import-independent operating system. Read more here.

State authorities in Stavropol are switching to Russian Alt operating systems

In the Stavropol Territory, the first stage of a large-scale project to transfer the regional government to Russian software has been completed. This became known on January 12, 2021. Read more here.

2020

Office software market in the public sector 5.96 billion rubles. 80% falls on Microsoft

At the end of 2020, the office software market for the B2G segment (business-to-government; sales to government agencies and state-owned companies) in Russia will not show the expected growth and will remain almost at the level of 2019 - 5.96 billion rubles, according to the report of the company "New Communication Technologies" (NKT; developer of the P7-Office package).

About 80% of the segment is occupied by the American Microsoft. The situation will begin to change from 2021, the NKT is expected. According to her, in the next three years the market will grow by an average of 9% due to the replacement of foreign products with domestic ones and by 2023 will reach 7.72 billion rubles. Import substitution has ceased to be "directive," the market is seriously considering domestic software products, they are confident in the NKT.

The growth rate of the Russian office software market this year was lower than expected, but interest in it is still growing, said Dmitry Sorokin, head of the sales development department of domestic software at Softline. Commercial organizations and state-owned companies, according to him, are interested in the functionality of domestic products, it is important for them not only to fulfill the requirements of the regulator, but also to receive economic benefits from implementation.

He calls MyOffice and P7-Office the most popular products among customers, and among their advantages are multiplatform, stability of pricing against the background of currency fluctuations and the territorial proximity of developers, which simplifies the work of technical support and allows you to respond faster to user responses.

SearchInform: almost 50% of state customers admitted that they have not yet begun import substitution

Almost 50% of state customers admitted that they had not yet begun import substitution. This was announced on December 14, 2020 by the SearchInform company.

In 2020, the program of import substitution of software in the public sector was supposed to be completed, but since 2019, the issue of postponing has been repeatedly raised. The SearchInform company interviewed representatives of domestic companies about the progress of import substitution and the difficulties they face.

In the public sector, almost equally those who have not yet replaced anything (such 47%) and those who have the process or have come to an end (in the amount of 53%). But the number of companies that have most of them already replaced by only 13%.

In the commercial sector, only a third of the companies surveyed are relevant to the issue of import substitution - these are large commercial organizations with state participation. Of these, 43% have not yet replaced anything, and half of the respondents are actively involved in the process.

Thus, only every tenth company has time for the initially established deadlines within the framework of import substitution.

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In the commercial sector, the import substitution process has overtaken the state in terms of efficiency. This is a consequence of the specifics of private business, which demonstrates dynamism, autonomous decision-making, the availability of personnel and finances. However, classic state-owned companies did not lag far behind - an indicator of a conditional 50% is a good result. However, it is worrying that very few companies are completing or completing the transition to domestic software. This is evidence not of applied, but of systemic problems of import substitution, - comments Alexey Parfentiev, head of the analytics department at SearchInform.
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The questionnaire also asked about the difficulties in import substitution. The layout of the answers reflects the situation regarding the availability of production programs and equipment Russian for customers. There are no difficulties in developing corporate systems on the Russian market, but there is a shortage ON for a wide range of users.

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System software is the hardest to replace. This is the expected result of the survey, because it's not only about labor costs, but also about the need to retrain employees, adapt the fleet of existing application software. You can't do it quickly - it will take years to debug, refine and integrate software into large companies, - comments Alexey Parfentiev. - The transition to domestic equipment has not really started at all, because the basic hardware (processors, hard drives, boards and chipsets) on an industrial scale has not yet been made. A relatively low number of answers can be associated with this: respondents consider the work on replacing equipment to be the least relevant, its turn has simply not yet come.
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SearchInform conducted a survey in September-November, more than 800 companies took part in it.

The Ministry of Digital Development asked for compatibility of IT systems of ministries and departments with domestic software

As it became known on November 26, 2020, the Association of Software Developers (ARPP) "Domestic Software" sent a letter to the head of the Ministry of Digital Development Maksut Shadayev, in which it asks the department to oblige government agencies to implement the compatibility of their state information systems (GIS ) with domestic software. Read more here.

The UED of the Government of the Ulyanovsk Region has been upgraded to an import-independent version of CompanyMedia

On November 16, 2020, it became known that the Government of the Ulyanovsk Region modernized the unified electronic document management system (ESED) at the end of 2018. As of November 2020, the Government is working in an independent EPED based on the CompanyMedia system . During the transition, more than a million documents were also transferred from the previously existing system storage to another, more modern one. The Government of the Ulyanovsk Region, 20 executive bodies of state power, 167 municipalities, including 3 urban districts, work in a single space of electronic document management. Read more here.

Ivanovo region switches to Russian OS

On November 11, 2020, the company [Astra Group of Companies' Astra Linux]] informed TAdviser that the transfer of IT infrastructures of 26 executive authorities to operating systems of the Astra Linux family and other domestic software products has started in the Ivanovo region. Read more here.

Executive authorities of the Irkutsk region are switching to domestic software

On November 9, 2020, TAdviser received material on the introduction of software for workplaces in the Irkutsk Region. The main composition of the tools used included P7-Office, the 1C cloud and the network version of the Consultant Plus software product running MicrosoftWindows Server. Read more here.

Rosatom will transfer 90 industry organizations to the domestic operating system

On November 2, 2020, the State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom announced the purchase of licenses for the Astra Linux operating system, as well as technical support and advice for industry enterprises. In total, Rosatom will acquire more than 40,000 licenses for 90 subsidiaries. Read more here.

IT companies consider the new timing of the transition to domestic software and equipment of CII owners too tough

The Ministry of Digital Development has outlined new dates for the transition to domestic software (software) and equipment of owners of critical information infrastructure ( CII ). TAdviser learned the opinion about the new terms of representatives of the IT industry. Most respondents consider them too tough. Read more here.

BFT and Red Soft will transfer state authorities of the Kaliningrad region to domestic software

On September 22, 2020, a meeting was held in Kaliningrad, within the framework of which the Ministry of Digital Technologies and Communications of the region, BFT Company and RED SOFT Company signed a tripartite cooperation agreement. Within its framework, a number of joint measures will be taken to transfer the state authorities of the Kaliningrad region to the use of Russian software. Also, the region will consider the possibility of creating a resource center to popularize domestic software. This was announced on September 23, 2020 by BFT. Read more here.

The share of domestic software in the procurement of government agencies should increase to 70%

On September 10, 2020, it became known that the share of Russian software in the cost of purchases by the end of 2020 should be at least 70% for government agencies and at least 50% for state corporations and companies with state participation. Read more here.

What is the reason for the low activity of state corporations in the direction of import substitution

By the end of 2019, the share of Russian products in the total volume of software used in state-owned companies was 10%. Such data were cited by Ilya Massukh, director of the Center for Competencies in Import Substitution in ICT. According to him, the state does not strive for 100%, but 60% is considered a comfortable, safe and sovereign level that allows the country to be independent in this area.

TAdviser conducted a survey of Russian experts whose companies are engaged in the development and implementation of domestic software, including in state-owned companies, and found out what is the reason for the low activity of state corporations in the field of IT import substitution and what steps should be taken for state-owned companies to intensify these processes.

Lack of developed methods for switching to domestic software

Roman Mylitsyn, Astra Linux GC Innovation Director, believes that the low activity of state corporations in the field of IT import substitution is primarily due to the lack of developed methods for switching large information systems to domestic software with calculations on the payback of this process in the medium and long term.

An important role in this direction is played by the ecosystem on the market, says Stanislav Iodkovsky, First Deputy General Director of Hi-Tech. System integrators, distributors, a whole "army" of trained specialists, from sales to technical experts of all levels, are well able to sell, implement and support solutions of international vendors. In such a situation, Russian manufacturers, in addition to the release of first-class solutions, require the allocation of resources for integration into this very ecosystem by creating laboratories, training centers, marketing, which will help increase the level of competencies and trust in the expert community, the Hi-Tech expert believes.

Insufficient financial support

According to Dmitry Ivanov, CEO of HandySoft, replacing one solution with another is always stress and significant costs for any company, including the state corporation. Therefore, such steps are taken when the old solution is outdated and does not meet current needs, or when licensing and maintenance are too expensive compared to implementation.

He believes that in order to activate the processes of switching to Russian software, the deadline for using foreign software can be determined at the legislative level in the presence of a similar Russian or phased transition plan, additional benefits for paying licenses and the cost of support services for Russian software.

His proposed measures include:

  • Allocation of additional target amounts of financing to cover the costs of the transition period (possibly using special tax regimes).
  • Mandatory retraining of specialists through targeted financing.
  • Providing "soft mode" control over performance indicators in the transition period.

Vladimir Kokhan, Commercial Director of Digital Design, also believes that the state needs to allocate targeted funding to ensure compatibility of the most frequently used products as part of pilot projects for specific customers. He recalls that such initiatives are already being carried out: for example, work on organizing an official's workplace.

The need for prohibitive measures

To activate the processes, we need not advisory measures for transferring to domestic IT solutions, but prohibitive measures for the use of imported soft- and hardware, if there are domestic analogues, says HandySoft CEO Dmitry Ivanov.

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Legislative restrictions on the purchase of foreign software in recent years, regulatory acts and direct directives to the boards of directors of the largest companies with state participation should be an incentive for the implementation of the import substitution program. However, in practice, real import substitution is rather realized by companies seeking to optimize and minimize the cost of maintaining IT infrastructure, "says Mikhail Gusev, Deputy General Director of BOSS. Personnel systems. "
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Yes, there is a "Siluanov directive" obliging to switch to domestic software, but the risks of its non-fulfillment for the corporation's IT divisions are lower than the risk of system inoperability. And there are no requirements at the level of the law, since the changes were made to the 44-FZ, and not to the 223-FZ by which state corporations work, "adds Alexey Smirnov, General Director of BASEALT.
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Akronis Infozashchita believes that the state should support customers who really follow the path of import substitution in every possible way.

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In the process of import substitution, the key role is played by the will of the state and the actions of the regulator. Import substitution in government agencies and state-owned companies is normatively structured in different ways. If in government agencies this process is mainly regulated by Government Decree No. 1236 and is prohibitive in relation to purchases of foreign software, then for state-owned companies only recommendations have been in effect for a long time. The adopted government directives for key companies with state participation were supposed to shift the process, a lot of time was spent on coordinating import substitution plans. Now that many of them are drilled, it is necessary to create conditions for their implementation, - said Elena Bocherova, executive director of Akronis Infozashchita.
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Anton Vaganov, director of ESM projects at LANIT, believes that mandatory indicators of the use of domestic software should be set, measures to control the implementation of these indicators and fines to corporations that do not comply with the law should be provided.

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On the other hand, there should be a positive motivation: for example, a reduction in the tax burden for corporations using Russian software. In addition, close contact with vendors is needed, creating economic conditions for Russian developers, because they have to invest a lot of long-term investments in order to create software from scratch, which has been developing in the West for many years, "notes Anton Vaganov.
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Mikhail Gusev recalls that in addition to legislative measures, the expert council on software, by its protocol, essentially introduced a very strict restriction on the possibility of using foreign DBMS and platforms in domestic software. However, this may lead to the fact that new risks loom before state customers - to choose not from the best domestic programs, but only from those that will remain in the pretty "lost weight" Register of domestic software.

Low level of automation of state-owned companies

A significant part of state corporations was formed by absorbing previously unprofitable assets, in which there was no automation as such, and the GC did not organize end-to-end management processes, recalls Timur Akhmerov, General Director of BARS Group. Therefore, much in matters of import substitution is hindered by the fact that the automation object is not ready for this. At the same time, he believes that the modernization of the activity management system itself, the formation of requirements for IT systems is undoubtedly an internal issue of the Civil Code. And the state or IT partner will not help here.

In addition, according to Akhmerov, the implementation of import substitution is constrained by the immaturity of basic domestic solutions for managing activities, the complexity of their integration.

{{quote 'With some probability, additional funding for the development of domestic products from the state can help. It also makes sense to define more clearly which specific products should be allocated resources. At the same time, the declarative procedure for state financing may not solve the problems of the quality of Russian software, - says the general director of BARS Group. }}

Insourcer inertia

Most large state-owned companies concentrate on full and unconditional ownership of their own technologies, creating all the necessary solutions within their own circuit.

According to Leonid Tikhomirov, head of ITPS, the import substitution process often restrains the fact that, without proper competition, insourcers are often relatively inert and develop more slowly than market IT companies. It is necessary that state-owned companies cooperate more actively with independent domestic performers who need support and orders.

"Sensitive" legislative field

State corporations, like any government agencies, have features in which the reliability of an IT solution has the highest priority. State bodies work in a very "sensitive" legislative field, which puts information protection at the forefront.

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There are many different stages of coordination. In turn, their passage time is much longer than in the commercial segment of the market. An effective solution here is to create test sites in various areas of industry with reduced safety requirements for the sake of accelerating implementation. The practice of business incubators, which is used by state corporations that allow small teams to effectively interact with state corporations and solve various problems more and more efficiently, also helps, "said Sergei Kuznetsov, CEO of Unidata.
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The need for Russian software that surpasses foreign counterparts

In state corporations, not only general accounting processes are tied to information systems, but also production, logistics, and management processes. Information systems for this have been developed and implemented for years, primarily on the basis of foreign software. Therefore, it is objectively more difficult for them to replace existing products with analogues.

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In my opinion, only the gradual emergence of Russian analogues, which really exceed foreign software in functionality, level of technical support, flexibility, can change the situation. Also an important factor will be a significant decrease in the cost of implementation and subsequent ownership compared to foreign counterparts. In my opinion, legislative and restrictive measures aimed at replacing foreign software in state corporations will not work, - said Evgeny Shonov, head of the Local Software Solutions for Accounting Automation section of SKB Kontur.
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Russoft Opinions and Suggestions

Valentin Makarov, President of the Russoft Association, believes that the low activity of state corporations is associated with a number of factors:

1. It is unreasonable to replace pieces of an entire IT system, since the delivery price of the remaining imported part of the IT system will cost the GC the same amount as I am the whole system (this is the business model of foreign vendors);

2. When replacing the entire IT system, the GC will definitely face compatibility problems for individual software blocks produced by different Russian manufacturers;

3. The replacement price will be extremely high, since it will include current license payments for imported software in accordance with the current contract, payments for Russian software and payment for services to fine-tune the compatibility of new software and the existing IT system;

4. The Chief information officer will have constant fear for being accused of breaching a valid contract with an import supplier through misuse of budget funds.

To solve these problems, Valentin Makarov proposes to apply "carrot and carrot" to state corporations. Firstly, according to him, it is necessary to introduce the obligation to notify the FSB or FSTEC of its intention to purchase imported software (as is done in the United States when importing software by government agencies). Secondly, to introduce an obligation within a short period (1-2 years) to form a consortium of developers who must import substitution of a large IT system, plus the obligation to purchase the IT system developed by the Consortium.

As an incentive measure, he proposes to introduce co-financing of the development by the Consortium of an IT system for import substitution by the state (development institute).

Vitaly Balanda, coordinator of the import substitution committee of NP Russoft, director of innovations at Reksoft, says that the Russoft import substitution committee is working in four main areas to get out of this situation. The first of them is the departure from point digital transformation and the gradual movement of the industry towards the formation of fully compatible package solutions. The second is Customer Development - involving customers in the formation of requirements and license policies for such packages. The next important point is the emergence of a new type of integrator companies that could provide multivendor support for single-window packages. And the latter are the creation of mechanisms for interaction with the community by regulators, the development of general mechanisms for project investment and insurance of project risks.

Other opinions

Yulia Kudryavtseva, director of strategic development at Forsyth, says that state-owned companies often have the main business processes already automated: everything is established and working.

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Our experience shows that corporations use Russian software in new projects. For example, Transneft has developed software complexes based on Forsyth products to manage investment programs and projects, as well as a transport fleet. The software package provided the possibility of working with several tens of thousands of investment projects, data on which are used by several thousand employees of Transneft system organizations, - says Yulia Kudryavtseva.
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According to her, many state-owned companies are now engaged in the formation of a digital transformation strategy, within the framework of which they are making attempts to combine "digitalization" and "import substitution." The formation of such a strategy requires detailed knowledge of the market of products of Russian vendors, understanding how to "assemble" complex transformation solutions from domestic technologies. At the same time, the IT market understands this difficult task of customers. The Association "Domestic Software" created the Committee for the Integration of Domestic Software and released a catalog of compatibility of solutions of Russian developers. Forsyth also actively participated in this initiative.

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Today, import substitution of certain types of software in state corporations is regulated at the level of the Government of the Russian Federation. In addition, the Ministry of Communications and the Competence Center for Import Substitution in the field of information and telecommunication technologies have developed methodological recommendations for the transition of state-owned companies to the predominant use of domestic software, including domestic office software. I.e. today there is an answer to the question of how to implement the transition, as well as specific deadlines and volumes of import substitution measures that should be implemented, including by state corporations. And most of the deadlines are the end of this year, so the activity of state corporations in the field of import substitution is already high and will only grow, "said Nikolai Domukhovsky, Deputy General Director for Scientific and Technical Work of the UTSB.
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In our opinion, most state corporations are actively working on import substitution in IT, both inside and in the cooperation of various state corporations. The state consistently motivates the transition of state corporations to domestic solutions, creates favorable conditions, gives benefits, subsidizes acquisitions, helps with centers that accumulate competencies. A lot of work has been done, and the main task, the main challenge is to ensure the effective operation of all adopted regulations, requirements, instructions and directives, "says Armen Kocharov, Commercial Director of MyOffice (New Cloud Technologies LLC).
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Natalia Agafonova, General Director of JSC NKT (developer of P7-Office), believes that today there are a number of reasons why state-owned companies are in no hurry to switch to domestic software in full, but the main ones are three: financial, technological and legislative.

{{quote 'The first reason, of course, is financial. In this case, subsidizing state-owned companies in a targeted way for testing and purchasing domestic products would help to rectify the situation.

The second reason is technological. It consists in the unavailability of the infrastructure of state corporations for integration with domestic software. Simply using Russian software as a stand alone product is not sufficient for them to provide business processes, and most internal systems are traditionally sharpened to work with foreign software. And if in relation to FOIV in 658 Government Decree there are requirements for the need to ensure compatibility from the beginning of 2020 GIS with at least 2 products from the register of Russian software in each of the classes, then there is no such regulatory requirement for state corporations.

The third important reason is the insufficient legislative regulation of the transition of corporations to domestic software. This is expressed, for example, in the absence of an official possibility of including requirements that the software be from the register of Russian software, when the corporation conducts competitive purchases for 223-FZ. Or in the delay in the entry into force of the requirements for the pre-installation of domestic software for PCs purchased in the Russian Federation. Law No. 425-FZ will enter into force on January 1, 2021, that is, it was adopted, but de facto does not apply. The inclusion of such requirements in the law should contribute to the organic transition of corporations to domestic products (OS, office packages, antiviruses, etc.) when updating the fleet of equipment, says Natalia Agafonova.}}

Rosatom's daughter engaged in the transfer of government agencies to Russian software

On May 14, 2020, Greenatom, the IT integrator of Rosatom State Corporation, informed TAdviser about the completion of a comprehensive survey of the IT infrastructure of executive authorities of the Chelyabinsk region as part of the execution of a state contract with the Ministry of Information Technologies, Communications and Digital Development of the Chelyabinsk Region. Read more here.

2019

Import substitution of software in Russian government agencies for the first time decreased

The level of import substitution of software in Russian state bodies in 2019 for the first time decreased - to 55% from 62.2% a year earlier. In state corporations and companies with state participation, the indicator also decreased - from 65.2% to 38.9%. Such data are given in the draft government plan to achieve the national development goals of the Russian Federation until 2024.

According to the document, excerpts from which "," the Kommersant expenses of state corporations and state-owned companies for the acquisition of Russian software in 2019 reached 1.6 billion, and rubles in aggregate with foreign - 4.2 billion rubles, - state agencies 7.3 billion rubles and 13.3 billion rubles, respectively.

It is assumed that the share of domestic software in the cost of purchases should be at least 70% for state authorities and at least 50% for state corporations and companies with state participation.

The level of import substitution of software in Russian state bodies in 2019 for the first time decreased - to 55%, in 2018 the figure was 62.2%

As explained to the publication in Rosstat, the data are based on information published in the Unified Interdepartmental Information and Statistical System.

The draft government plan to achieve the national development goals of the Russian Federation until 2024 by September 10, 2020 is being developed, Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media Ministry of Economic Development as well as experts and the business community. RUSSIAN FEDERATION Vladimir Putin The Ministry of Economic Development told the newspaper that the results will be presented to the president by October 30, 2020.

Softline does not feel a decrease in the share of purchased Russian software in working with its customers, Dmitry Sorokin, head of the sales development department of the company's domestic software, told Kommersant.

According to the head of Astra LinuxIlya Sivtsev, if earlier domestic software could only be found in a number of national projects and individual authorities, then by September 2020 every federal executive body is engaged in import substitution.[13]

Akimov: for 2019-2021. state-owned companies will buy Russian software for 150 billion rubles

In 2019, the expenses of state-owned companies for the purchase of Russian software will amount to more than 10 billion rubles, - said on December 25, 2019, Deputy Prime Minister Maxim Akimov at a meeting of the Presidential Council for Strategic Development and National Projects.

As the deputy chairman noted, in order to grow in 2020 the costs of state-owned companies for the purchase of domestic software up to 82 billion rubles, in 2021 - up to 150 billion rubles.

In 2019, according to Akimov, 220 thousand office Russian packages and 520 thousand antivirus applications worth more than a billion rubles were purchased for state authorities.

In 2019, 220 thousand office Russian packages and 520 thousand antivirus applications worth more than a billion rubles were purchased for state authorities, Akimov said (photo - divanews.ru)

Among antiviruses, as the representative of Akimov specified, 80% are Kaspersky Lab software products (409 thousand licenses), 20% are Dr.Web (106 thousand licenses). Two-thirds of the purchased licenses of office packages (150 thousand units) are developed by MyOffice of MyOffice (New Cloud Technologies LLC), one-third - (70 thousand units) - P7-Office of New Communication Technologies[14].

Ilya Massukh: state-owned companies will pay 180 billion rubles for Russian software in 2020

State-owned companies will pay 180 billion rubles for Russian software in 2020. This was announced on November 26, 2019 by Ilya Massukh, director of the Center for Competencies in Import Substitution in ICT, speaking at the conference "Anti-Sanctions. What is the benefit of import substitution in the IT sector. "

According to him, by the end of 2019, for Russian products, the total volume of software used in state-owned companies is 10%. The state does not strive for 100%, but 60% is considered a comfortable, safe and sovereign level that allows the country to be independent in this area.

Ilya Masuukh announced that state-owned companies will pay 180 billion rubles for Russian software in 2020

At the same time, Massukh noted that Russia's dependence on foreign technological equipment is not as high as in the case of software.

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State regulatory action has put this rise in addiction on hold. And this is a decent achievement. The task is to reduce dependence, switch to the use of domestic developments and equipment, - he added.
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Ilya Massukh listed the main advantages and disadvantages of the import substitution policy in the field of software. He attributed the following to the disadvantages:

  • lack of responsibility for its failure to comply and, as a result, inefficient spending of budget funds;
  • lack of standard scalable industry solutions (fully domestic technology stacks).

Plus these:

  • active technological cooperation of Russian vendors;
  • growth of the domestic radio-electronic industry.

Ilya Massukh said that the directives for the transition to domestic software, which were approved in 2016, begin to work only by the end of 2019. State-owned companies realized that the government would not cancel the tasks of drawing up the relevant plans until 2021, he said.

He also added that from 2020, the purchase of foreign software in a state-owned company will become a reason for the Accounts Chamber for increased verification.[15]

In "Voskhod" will start a stand for testing for compatibility of various software configurations for civil servants

On November 8, 2019, it became known that from 2020 Research Institute "Sunrise" a stand for testing for compatibility of various configurations ON for will be constantly launched in. government employees Will be investigated from. software In the " Register of domestic software iron" part of the stand Russian to processors , there is still a place only on - not computers on. servers The testing itself will begin in 2020. This CNews was told in and in the Research Institute " Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media Sunrise." More. here

Russian software manufacturers asked for 70 billion rubles for import substitution

On September 17, 2019, it became known that Russian software manufacturers estimate import substitution of software in state bodies at more than 70 billion rubles.

The developers asked for state support for the introduction of Russian software instead of foreign software, Vedomosti reported with reference to the presentation of the working group on information security of the Digital Economy program.

Programmers ask the state for 70 billion rubles for import substitution

The workgroup has identified several software classes that require additional support:

  • operating systems;
  • office applications, search engines, browsers and communication software;
  • Database management system (DMS);
  • enterprise management systems, etc.

For each of the classes in the presentation there are examples of companies that produce such software, and the means that may be needed.

Money, in particular, is proposed to be spent on the development of products, on training users, on financing their purchases by government agencies.

Operating systems developers asked for 25.5 billion rubles for 2019-2024. They want to transfer about 5 million jobs to domestic software and earn up to 1 billion rubles a year from exporting their OS.

Developers of office applications, search engines, browsers and communication software asked for more than 1.5 billion rubles for 2019-2022. These funds are supposed to be used for subsidies to developers and for the creation of user risk insurance systems when introducing domestic software.

According to the presentation, DBMS requires 1.8 billion rubles until 2022. These are, first of all, subsidies, compensation for the costs of state-owned companies for Russian software and personnel training. If you add all the requests for different classes of software, the amount is about 70 billion rubles.

The representative of the ANO "Digital Economy" told the publication that the program provides for 5 billion rubles for import substitution of foreign software in government agencies.[16]

Putin on a direct line: the market for domestic IT products should be provided even with not entirely market methods

On June 20, 2019, a direct line took place with President Vladimir Putin, during which he answered questions from citizens. The direct line lasted more than 4 hours, and the vast majority of it fell on burning issues related to the social sphere. However, other areas were also affected, including information technology. Read more here.

The share of Russian software in the procurement of government agencies reached 65%

On April 24, 2019, it became known that the share domestic software in procurement state agencies is 65% as of April 2019, while in 2015 it reached only 20%. Such data were cited by the deputy head. Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media Aleksei Sokolov

According to the calculations of the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications, by 2024 the share of Russian software will be brought to 90% in the procurement of government agencies, and to 70% in the procurement of state-owned companies. For 2019, an indicator of at least 45% is planned for state-owned companies.

The ministry also cited current data on the Register of Domestic Software, which has been running since 2016 - as of April 2019, there are more than 5.2 thousand software products in 24 different classes.

In April 2018, the previous head of the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications Nikolai Nikiforov reported that the share of Russian software in the procurement of federal government agencies during the existence of the register increased from 20% to 65%. Interviewed market representatives then expressed distrust of the reliability of these data.

According to Sokolov, Russian Railways managed to achieve certain successes in the transition to Russian software. Under the state-owned company, a permanent coordination body was formed, headed by the head of the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications Konstantin Noskov. The IT strategy was also finalized, in addition, the government approved a plan for the phased transition of the company to domestic architecture, and Russian Railways is already implementing this plan.

The ministry also notes that state-owned companies were asked to create an interdepartmental working group in the field of import substitution of software. The group will have four sections - finance, transport, power and industry.

According to Sokolov, import substitution is also implemented in the field of public procurement of telecommunications equipment. As of April 2019, a draft government decree is already under interdepartmental approval, which will limit government purchases of foreign electronic products. Software, which is part of such products, must be in the Register of Domestic Software.

The authorities also intend to issue directives prescribing the purchase of mainly Russian telecom equipment when creating IT infrastructure at public expense. For example, the list of equipment required to connect socially significant objects to the Internet includes 419 items. The list has already been prepared by the Ministry of Communications and the Ministry of Industry and Trade, with a quantitative breakdown by year and technical characteristics of products[17]

2018

Rostelecom will prepare a plan for the transition to Russian software

On December 26, 2018, it became known that the board of directors of Rostelecom instructed the company's manager to prepare a plan for the transition to the use of domestic software in the next two months. The board of directors will approve this plan within a similar period, and then it will be included in the long-term development program of Rostelecom. Read more here.

Plan and start of the pilot for the transition of federal departments to 1C cloud accounting

On October 31, 2018, an order of the Treasury was registered with the Ministry of Justice establishing a schedule for the transition of departments to centralized accounting[18] the[19]Earlier in 2018, the development of a cloud solution for centralized accounting in departments also began. She is engaged in the company "1C," which by the end of 2018 should launch a pilot project. Read more here.

Ilya Massukh: The transition of state-owned companies to domestic software should start in 2018

Orders of the Government of the Russian Federation on the transition of Russian state-owned companies to Russian software (software) will be issued in May 2018, Vesti.Ekonomika reports on April 25, 2018, citing a statement by the head of the Center for Import Substitution Competencies in the field of ICTIli Massukha. According to him, the orders have already passed interdepartmental coordination.

As you know, in February, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev instructed the Federal Property Management Agency, the Ministry of Communications and the Autonomous Non-Profit Organization "Competence Center for Import Substitution in the Field of Information and Communication Technologies" to prepare orders to state representatives on the boards of directors of state-owned companies on the preparation and approval of plans for the transition to Russian software.

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The directives are quite tough in terms of switching to domestic software. We must appoint those responsible, draw up a plan, allocate funds, report once every six months, it seems. How they will work - time will tell, but they will be released in May, - RIA Novosti quotes Massukh as saying.
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Orders will then be sent to representatives states in the largest state-owned companies included in the so-called "91-R list." According to Ilya Massukh, purchases of state-owned companies from this list account for approximately 70% of all purchases by government agencies.

Government agencies should purchase, first of all, Russian software, guided by the register of the Ministry of Communications. At the same time, it is allowed to purchase foreign software only if there are no Russian analogues. However, it is state-owned companies that are not ready to introduce Russian software, since they have been using foreign software for many years, Massukh noted.

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Our products are mainly ready for use by Russian companies. But just state-owned companies are not ready to use them. They were taught to use Western solutions for 20-30 years, they built a whole infrastructure, they have established supplies of this infrastructure and services. And just humanly, people do not want to switch to something else, - said the head of the Center for Import Substitution Competencies in ICT.
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As Ilya Massukh specified, the transition of state-owned companies to domestic software should start in 2018 with the preparation of detailed plans.

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For three years, we see a clear process of transition of state-owned companies to domestic hardware and software. This should be a plan where we see that the process began in 2018, pilots in 2019, and moved in 2023, he concluded.[20]
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Head of the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications N. Nikiforov: thanks to the software register, developers receive billions of additional revenue

Companies that placed their products in the register of domestic software received additional contracts totaling billions of rubles. This was stated by Minister of Communications and Mass Media Nikolai Nikiforov, speaking at the TAdviser IT Government Day conference on February 28, 2018. It is difficult to calculate the exact amount of additional revenue for these developers, the minister noted, but we can talk about about 5 billion rubles a year.

Nikiforov admitted that he has a certain share of disappointment in the issue of import substitution. A breakthrough in import substitution may occur "when the United States adopts the next package of sanctions and everything turns off for everyone," he joked.

Nikolay Nikiforov spoke at the TAdviser IT Government Day conference on February 28

Subsidizing the development of domestic software, such as subsidizing agriculture, could stimulate more active import substitution. The agricultural sector receives about 240 billion rubles of subsidies from the federal budget annually, the minister cited the data. And Russia has already become the first in the world in grain production. At the same time, there are no subsidies for the development of system software products.

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If it were at least the 10th part of what is spent on agriculture only from the federal budget, it would be a breakthrough, and a lot could be done, "Nikolai Nikiforov believes.
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At the same time, import substitution projects are underway, and there are many of them, Nikiforov said. Just not all of them advertise to avoid unnecessary political coloring. Judging by the share of purchases of domestic software, we can talk about successes: in 2014 it was about 20-30%, now it is 60-70%, the minister cited the data.

At the same time, the overwhelming number of new key systems in the country is based, if not on fully Russian software products, then on open source products, Nikiforov said. They practically do not use foreign proprietary software.

Regarding the transition of government agencies to domestic office software, the minister noted that no one forces anyone to do this, and the decisions made on this issue were soft. Purchases of imported software continue.

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Simply purchasing such products has become more difficult: government agencies can now ask unnecessary uncomfortable questions, the antimonopoly service can cancel tenders or something else, - explained the Minister of Communications
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During Nikolai Nikiforov's speech at the TAdviser conference, the question was raised about allowing government agencies to choose operating systems not from the register of domestic software, since many of them are based on the global Linux kernel, and allow them to use world assemblies with open source and at the same time free. Nikolai Nikiforov noted that there is no ban on the use of world Linux assemblies. And if you do not buy them, and they are free, then especially there is no ban, he added.

Rostelecom's appointment plan as the only provider of cloud office services for authorities

In February 2018, it became known about the plans of the Russian government to appoint Rostelecom as the sole executor of the project to provide the authorities with domestic office software as a cloud (SaaS) service. By March 15, the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications, together with interested federal executive bodies, should prepare and submit to the government relevant proposals, according to the minutes of the meeting of the government commission on the use of information technologies to improve the quality of life and conditions for doing business.

Rostelecom will be appointed sole executor to provide authorities with domestic software based on the SaaS model

In addition to the direction of the office, software Rostelecom will introduce a mobile operating system and antivirus protection tools into the authorities. As of February 20, 2018, only one mobile platform is included in the Russian register - ON OS. Sailfish

In addition, Rostelecom is going to appoint the sole executor of works and services for the refinement of IT systems used by state authorities in order to ensure their compatibility with domestic office software. They will be provided according to the service model and on the basis of a secure information and telecommunication infrastructure and user equipment.

According to the decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of March 23, 2017, office software includes an operating system, communication software, office suite, mail applications, organizer, browsers, Internet browser, presentation editor, table editor, text editor, file manager software, reference and legal system, electronic document management systems and anti-virus protection tools.

Earlier it was reported that the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications by March 15, 2018 should submit to the government a draft regulatory act on ensuring the centralization of the purchase of office and accounting software, as well as information security solutions.[21]

2017

Deputy Prime Minister Rogozin proposed to ban the purchase of foreign software without source code

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin proposed banning public procurement of imported software if the developer refuses to disclose its source code, TASS news agency Russian News Agency reported in October.

According to him, it is necessary to prohibit the purchase of equipment to the public sector from sellers who do not provide the source code and documentation for its subsequent modernization in-house. The supply of foreign equipment, such as switches, routers and servers, involves working with constantly upgraded foreign software that can be used for industrial espionage.

'Essentially,
we're just dragging a bomb into our own home and we don't know how this story will work amid a worsening relationship. And no one just canceled industrial espionage, so it's just stupid, "said the Deputy Prime Minister
.

Rogozin also noted the need to set more ambitious tasks for himself, given the potential of the Russian military-industrial complex. According to him, this is not so much a technological as a political task.

The Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications, late for six months, developed a methodology for the migration of government agencies to domestic software

The development of methodological recommendations for the transition of government agencies to domestic office software was delayed by the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications for six months. On the evening of July 3, 2017, the department published on its website an order approving these recommendations signed by Minister of Communications Nikolai Nikiforov. The document says that it was prepared for the implementation of paragraph 8 of the plan for the transition of government agencies to Russian software in 2016-2018, which was approved by order of the Government of July 26, 2016 No. 1588-r.[22]

In accordance with the aforementioned government order, federal government agencies and extra-budgetary state funds had to approve the schedules for their transition to domestic software before March 1, 2017. At the same time, the recommended forms of these schedules and the values ​ ​ of target indicators for the implementation of various types of software of the Ministry of Communications, again, presented only now - in a package of methodological recommendations. These recommendations generally define the main criteria for the transition of government agencies to the use of domestic office software in 2016-2018. and for the planning period 2019-2020.

The document was developed based on the results of a pilot project held in the first half of 2017, in which the Ministry of Communications, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Ministry of Finance, the Federal Bailiff Service, the Federal Tax Service, the Social Insurance Fund and the Pension Fund tested Russian software.

"After
the approval of the methodological recommendations, the plans for the transition to domestic office software must be approved by the departments," the Ministry of Communications said in a statement.

It is assumed that the transition will be carried out using programs included in the unified Register of Russian software, supervised by the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications. At the same time, the transition to the use of domestic office software can be prescribed not only to government agencies, but also to state corporations and companies, joint-stock companies with state participation.

Transition Performance Indicators

Prepared by the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications for government agencies, the recommended form of the plan-schedule for the transition to Russian software in 2017-2018. and for the planning period until 2020 contains target indicators and corresponding indicators of the transition efficiency with a breakdown by certain types of software.

In accordance with the document, the share of Russian OS in the apparatus of a separate government agency in 2017 should be 30%, and by 2020 it should grow to 80%. In the territorial divisions of this body in 2017, the share of domestic OS should be 20%, but by 2020 it should also grow to 80%.

The share of domestic office packages in the same period should grow from 50 to 80% in devices, in divisions - from 20 to 80%, the share of mail programs - from 50 to 100% and from 35 to 100%, respectively, share of document management systems - from 50 to 100% and from 30 to 100%, respectively, the share of Internet browsers - from 30 to 80% and from 20 to 80%, respectively, the share of antiviruses - from 99.5 to 100% everywhere.

Pilot project of the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications on the transition of government agencies to domestic software

SDU "Priority" on the Docsvision platform and "Protected Mobility" - participants in a pilot project on the transition of federal government agencies to domestic office software

In May 2017, a pilot project was completed Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media Russia to transfer federal executive bodies and state extrabudgetary funds to the use of domestic office (software PO). The project participants were 16 products from. Unified Register of Russian Software

Pilot tests were carried out on the basis of the order of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation A.V. Dvorkovich dated 19.11.2016 No. AD-P10-6948, the organizer of the project is the Ministry of Communications of Russia. The introduction and testing of products was carried out at the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation, the Federal Bailiff Service of Russia, the Federal Tax Service, the Social Insurance Fund of Russia, the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation and directly at the Ministry of Communications of Russia. There are more than 100 sites in total, including the central offices of departments and their divisions.

The pilot project was carried out in several stages: verification for software compliance with technical and functional requirements, compatibility with products from the Unified Register of Russian Software (PostgresPro, Alt Linux, MyOffice, etc.) and with applied corporate software, testing by the working group. More than 45,000 users became participants.

"The purpose of this project is to check the software included in the Unified Register for compliance with additional requirements for software and databases, to test the possibilities of its integration with the applied software available in the departments in accordance with Government Decree No. 325 of March 23, 2017," said Yakov Tabenkov, Deputy Director of the Department of State Policy in the Field of Informatization of Authorities of the Ministry of Communications of Russia. "The next stage of work will be the replication of implemented solutions to other government agencies
."

According to this decree, office software includes, among other things, mail applications, an organizer, a file manager, as well as electronic document management systems and anti-virus protection tools. In particular, of all the Digital Design products included in the register, the Protected Mobility and Priority SDU took part in the first pilot project. The resolution spelled out special requirements for each software. As for electronic document management systems, a detailed description of all documentation management processes and information security requirements are spelled out in a separate document - Order of the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications of Russia dated September 2, 2011 No. 221.

2016

Assessment of import substitution prospects in the public sector by market participants

Despite the fact that the prospects for import substitution in the public sector are highly appreciated by Russian companies, the process itself will take place slowly and with "big blood." In the face of a falling budget, it is inevitable, although more is said than really done, experts interviewed by TAdviser say.

Migration to new technologies and products is always fraught with various technical problems and inconveniences, and most managers do not want to face their solution. Therefore, some market participants talk about the need to increase pressure from the state so that the process of replacing foreign solutions is successful.

IT market participants do not really believe in rapid import substitution

Where the issues relate to the safety and technological independence of the authorities and management, the tasks of import substitution will be solved and there will be money for them, says Vladimir Andreev, president of Docsvision, adding that in other matters import substitution will be hampered by a lack of funds.

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It seems to me that over the past two years, everyone has already come to the understanding that import substitution is not cheaper, but more expensive. More expensive today, although in the future, taking into account the risks and return on investment, it may turn out to be cheaper. Obviously, the solution to the problem of import substitution in the field of software for government agencies is not a campaign, but a long process that will require both time and money, and painstaking management. And, if time and money are resources that may well be found, then everything is much less obvious in terms of management, because until you see some institution that is able to manage this software comprehensively, - said the president of Docsvision
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Adopted legislative acts to support the development of the domestic IT industry help many Russian companies enter the market and withstand competition with foreign companies, adds Dmitry Komissarov, CEO of New Cloud Technologies. A particularly important role, in his opinion, is played by the emerging control over the purchase of software that is performed by government agencies and companies.

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Unfortunately, due to inertia, some structures prefer to minimize efforts to change the IT infrastructure and adapt to domestic software, and strive to finally make large-scale purchases of foreign software. According to the data of the public procurement portal, the volume of applications for the first half of 2016 exceeded the purchases of 2015. However, several important projects have already been announced confirming the viability of the import substitution strategy, the expert adds
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He refers to such examples as a project of the Federal Bailiff Service to deploy an information system based on operating system GosLinux, which allows you to refuse to purchase software Microsoft for several hundred million. rubles Another example is the completion of the migration project in DBMS Oracle PostgreSQL the system electronic document management of the government of the Moscow region. There are a number of other interesting projects, a feature of which is the readiness of key leaders of IT companies to change, which, as a rule, is the key to the success of such projects, adds Komissarov.

In the future, 5-10 years, he believes, the task of import substitution in the public sector will be mainly solved.

Tatyana Tolstova, Deputy General Director of CROC for work with the public sector, adds that if we reach the full replacement of all existing Western software, then in the future of several years.

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There are such complex products as the database management system DBMS from, Oracle which is being replaced now, for example, by. PostgreSQL But when it comes to a gigantic amount of data, it is not clear how much the replaceable DBMS will be able to provide performance. But, for example, we are already actively replacing mail with open source software, Zimbra we have already made an implementation in magistrates' courts, EMIAS, we are also replacing the virtualization platform with VMware OVirt Rosstat (% 28% D0% BC% D0% B8% D0% B3% D1% 80% D0% B0% 86% D0% B8% D1% 8F% D1% 81 VMware% D0% D0% D0% D1
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Ilya Verigin, Head of Analytics and Public Sector at ELAR Corporation, assesses the prospects for import substitution as high, citing as an example the 1C solutions that replace SAP, Docsvision and EOS products that replace Documentum, as well as the ELAR Saperion solution that replaces IBM FileNet. Only in some areas, Verigin believes, there is nothing to import substitution yet, and the development is difficult and will take a lot of time.

In turn, Dmitry Trofimov, deputy head of the commercial directorate of the Asteros group, proposes the idea of ​ ​ repurchasing technologies and adapting them to existing tasks by the forces of domestic scientific potential. In this case, he believes, the import substitution strategy may work.

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It is important at the state level to "conduct" this process so that its participants at all levels of interaction move in one direction, understand the common goal, see the relationship of their efforts with others, and also understand the final result, says the representative of Asteros
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Alexander Goltsov, General Director of AMT Group, also speaks about the need to increase pressure from the state. According to him, this is required, because migration to new technologies and products is always associated with the emergence of various technical problems and inconveniences, and most managers do not want to face their solution.

Alexey Pilipchuk, general manager of Tegrus, believes that there can be no quick effect in this matter - "figuratively speaking, it is impossible to pull out the foundation from under a multi-storey building without consequences."

"The import substitution process requires a thoughtful and consistent approach, but this work will have to start," says Pilipchuk.

Maykor also does not expect a massive transition to Russian IT products. Taking into account the limited IT budgets, the lack of Russian analogues to a number of import systems and the announced path to the "state region" to the issue of updating its IT infrastructure, the departments will approach very carefully, says Irina Semenova, vice president of marketing at Maykor.

The president of the Korus Consulting Group of Companies, Alexander Semenov, considers import substitution to be "correct," but he also notes that the process will be "slow and with a lot of blood." At the same time, he considers the fall in the budget to be an incentive for import substitution.

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The main thing here is not to engage in pseudo-import substitution, when they will do the same, but Western vendors will hide under the screen of bundle solutions of allegedly Russian production, the expert warns
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Increase in the share of domestic software in the purchase of federal and regional structures

The Ministry of Communications of Russia regularly monitors public procurement in the regions. According to the data shared by the head of the department Nikolai Nikiforov, speaking at the board of the ministry on May 3, it is clear how serious the share of domestic software is growing in the purchase of federal and regional structures, including in the purchase of work.

Growth of purchases of domestic software and services in the regions. Data of the Ministry of Telecom and Mass
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We perfectly understand that very often not just a license for a particular software product is purchased, but some complex work is purchased, - the minister explained
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The Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications collects data by interviewing regions.

Despite such an increase in purchases of Russian solutions, it is quite difficult to identify import substitution projects, analysts at TAdviser say. Limited open information on the current infrastructure of the authorities does not always allow us to attribute the introduction of domestic software to the replacement of imports. In addition, many import-substituting implementations are carried out in conjunction with other projects, so it is not always possible to evaluate them financially.

Among the regional authorities, the largest import substitution projects of 2015-2016 include, for example, the migration of the capital's state institutions from a solution Microsoft Exchange to a single e-mail service. "MyOffice" The project started in 2016. The first stage, which was supposed to affect about 6 thousand users, was estimated at 43.6 million. rubles In total, about 600 thousand people should be transferred to the domestic postal service.

2016 data

Among the federal departments, the largest import substitution projects include [3] moving the FMS from the Documentum-based EDMS to the Russian solution "EDMS Logic." The project started in 2015 and was estimated at 74 million rubles.

Some state-owned companies are also switching to domestic products. Among the projects that started in 2015-2016, we can single out [4] the migration of RusHydro from the Documentum EDMS to LanDocs. The project budget amounted to 75 million rubles.

In 2017, the corporation "Galactica" distinguished itself in the good sense of the word. Her project in Transneft for 379 million rubles with a small reservation can also be attributed to import substitution.

2015

Foreign IT companies threaten to leave Russia due to restrictions in public procurement of software

In early November 2015, it became known that the largest Western IT companies could curtail their investment programs in Russia or completely leave the country due to  restrictions on the purchase of foreign software.

At the disposal of the newspaper Kommersant was a letter from the head of the Association of European Businesses (AEB) Frank Schauff,, and Minister of Communications and Mass Media Nikolai Nikiforov Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov Minister of Economic Development Alexey Ulyukaev the head. In the FAS Igor Artemyev letter, Schauff asked to postpone the date of entry into force of the law, which obliges government agencies to provide written justification when purchasing a foreign one, from software January 1 to July 1, 2016. For these six months, AEB proposed to develop criteria for localizing foreign IT companies in Russia so that they could ON be included in the created. Unified Register of Russian Software

European companies announced the risk of leaving the Russian IT market
"If foreign investment is still on the agenda, then an equal approach and non-discrimination are needed and restrictions on free competition and access to the Russian market for foreign companies," Schauff said.

According to him, European business has actively invested in Russia in the past 10 years and was going to continue to do so in the future, however, "in conditions of unclear rules of the game," foreign IT companies may suspend investment programs or even leave the Russian market.

The source of the publication in one of the ministries said that the fears of the AEB were caused not so much by the law obliging government agencies to justify the purchase of foreign software, but by a draft government decree restricting public procurement of foreign software introduced by the Ministry of Communications in June 2015. We are talking about a ban on the purchase of foreign software for state and municipal needs from January 1, 2016.[23]

Opinions of market players on the criteria of domestic software

In February 2015, several software developers with Russian roots and legally related to foreign countries expressed their opinion on the criteria of domestic software to TAdviser. One of them is Kaspersky Lab. According to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, Kaspersky Group of Companies LLC is owned by Kaspersky Labs Limited, a company registered in the UK, and information about the shareholders of Kaspersky Lab is closed.

Sergey Zemkov, managing director of Kaspersky Lab in Russia, Central Asia and Transcaucasia, told TAdviser that his company meets the criteria for a domestic software developer. He added that at the same time, Kaspersky Lab has long and successfully worked with state customers and state-owned companies, most of which are its long-term customers.

"We have also talked for a long time about the need to support the domestic software development industry. This is necessary primarily for those Russian companies that are only trying to break into the market, and the state order market for them can become an excellent springboard for the development of technologies and products at the global level, "he said
.

Kaspersky Lab believes that their company meets the criteria for a domestic software developer

Zemkov added that the functionality and quality of products remain an important factor. In his opinion, for Kaspersky Lab, in particular, there will be a new opportunity for development, including in new areas, it will be somewhat easier for the company to develop new products and technologies aimed, among other things, at the sector of state-owned companies.

Another company - LLC "Acronis" (Acronis) - belongs to Acronis Inc., registered in the Virgin Islands., Stanislav Protasov Senior Vice President of Acronis for Development and Design, regarding the draft resolution told TAdviser that all Acronis solutions were created in Russia by Russian specialists and taking into account the realities of the domestic market: for example, all company products support enciphering GOST standards.

"We consider ourselves a domestic developer and, of course, we plan to apply for the inclusion of our programs in the register of domestic software - as soon as we understand the procedural issues," he added.

One of the main shareholders of Acronis is ex-Russian, a citizen of Singapore Sergey Belousov. He is also one of the main shareholders in the developer of solutions for virtualization and automation of hosting providers Parallels, owned by Parallels (Cypres) Limited LLC (Cyprus). Parallels Vice President Pavel Yershov told TAdviser that as soon as the officially new rules and definitions come into force, the company will respond and "there are plans to comply with them."

In October 2015, it became known about the launch of the Odin/Paralells project "Rosplatforma," which was headed by the former president and general designer of the STC IT ROSA Vladimir Rubanov.

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Notes

  1. Overspending article: state-owned companies will be obliged to give 70% of IT budgets to the side
  2. Information systems will streamline the budget
  3. Broad hybridization software
  4. Russian state-owned companies from 2025 should switch to domestic OS and office packages
  5. . Dmitry Chernyshenko: Investments of state-owned companies and state corporations in domestic software will amount to more than 922 billion rubles
  6. Putin instructed to work out the conditions for the use of foreign software in Russia
  7. Software increases budget
  8. Officials will update the office
  9. The State Duma approved restrictions for foreign software when processing geodata
  10. The authorities suggested that state-owned companies import substitution of software for the Internet of Things, robotics and facial recognition.
  11. Chatno-State Partnership. Teachers and officials will be transferred to Russian instant messengers
  12. The government will reinstall the software in the order of import substitution
  13. State-owned companies have rolled back the software update. Import substitution is proposed to be accelerated from a low base
  14. Akimov told Putin about multibillion-dollar purchases of Russian software
  15. State-owned companies will pay 180 billion rubles for Russian software in 2020
  16. Software developers ask for more than 70 billion rubles for import substitution
  17. The share of Russian software in the procurement of government agencies reached 65%. In 2015, it was 20%.
  18. [http://www.garant.ru/hotlaw/federal/1226750/. Order of
  19. Federal Treasury of October 10, 2018. ]
  20. The transition of state-owned companies to Russian software will begin in May
  21. Rostelecom will be appointed sole executor to provide authorities with domestic software based on the SaaS model
  22. The Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications, late for six months, developed a methodology for the migration of government agencies to domestic software
  23. Soft showed firmness