Almost all computers of the Tatarstan public sector have been transferred to the Russian Astra Linux OS

Project progress

2024

Transfer of 97% of Tatarstan public sector computers to the Russian Astra Linux OS

On October 30, 2024, it became known that a large-scale project to transfer state institutions to domestic software was being completed in Tatarstan - 97% of jobs in the republic's authorities were transferred to the Astra Linux operating system.

According to TASS, 122 thousand out of 150 thousand jobs were transferred to the Russian operating system in the budgetary institutions of the republic, which is 81% of the total. The full completion of the transition process is scheduled by the end of 2024.

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Deputy Minister of Digital Development of Public Administration, Information Technologies and Communications of Tatarstan Albert Yakovlev stressed that the introduction of domestic software is an important element of information security and improving the reliability of the republic's IT infrastructure. Tatarstan demonstrates one of the highest indicators in terms of the pace of implementation of domestic IT solutions among the regions of Russia.

The decision to acquire an unlimited license for the Astra Linux operating system for all authorities and budgetary institutions of Tatarstan was made by the leadership of the republic in 2023. Special funding was allocated for the implementation of the project.

As part of the program for the transition to domestic software, a large-scale training of employees is carried out to work with the new operating system. To date, about 35 thousand public sector specialists have undergone appropriate training.

The developer of the operating system is the Astra group of companies - one of the leading players in the Russian system software market. The group includes several independent domestic development companies: Astra Linux, Uveon - Cloud Technologies, RuBackup, RuPost, Tantor Labs and Resolut^[1]

Tatarstan transferred 72% of jobs in government agencies to Astra Linux OS

As of April 1, 2024, Tatarstan transferred 72% of jobs in authorities and budgetary institutions to the Russian operating system Astra Linux. Thus, this platform is used on approximately 108 thousand computers in government organizations. The corresponding data are given in the materials published on May 8, 2024.

In September 2023, the Republic of Tatarstan signed an agreement with Astra Group of Companies on the transfer of all jobs in government bodies to Astra Linux OS. We are talking about about 150 thousand computers. As part of a comprehensive import substitution program, Russian office applications are also being implemented. The project is being implemented by ICL Services together with the Ministry of Digital Development and the Center for Digital Transformation of the Republic of Tatarstan.

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According to the director of ICL Services Ruslan Vagizov, by April 1, 2024, the bulk of the system preparatory tasks has been completed. By the end of this year, it is planned to transfer all 150 thousand jobs of local government agencies to Astra Linux. In particular, by September 1, 2024, the domestic OS will be installed on the computers of all schools in Tatarstan. The project development plans until the end of 2025 include import substitution of foreign office packages, the introduction of a catalog service for Linux to manage the organization's computer fleet, as well as the installation of software for administering workplaces.

Vagizov also emphasizes that the introduction of domestic software instead of foreign software is fraught with certain difficulties, but they manage to cope with them. In the future, it is planned to scale the project to other Russian territories. As of spring 2024, the corresponding opportunity is being discussed with Kaliningrad and the Ural region.^[2]

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