In September, the government plans to submit to the State Duma deputies a bill on fees to entrepreneurs in Russia for using foreign software. The details were shared by the head of the Ministry of Digital Development Maksut Shadayev, TASS reports.
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“We will work with the Ministry of Finance [инициативу о спецсборе с компаний за использование иностранного ПО]We are planning to register in September. We say that this does not apply to small and medium-sized businesses and budgetary organizations,” says Shadayev.
In the spring, he said that the department was going to introduce a tariff for Russian companies that still use foreign software. This measure will “equalize” the conditions for the implementation of Russian software with foreign ones, he explained.
The Russian government is also considering incentive measures for companies that adopt domestic software. These companies can receive preferential loans for the implementation of Russian software. This was stated by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. According to him, by the end of the year more than half of Russian companies will use domestic software. Companies are expected to be compensated for up to half of the costs for this purpose.
RB.RU reported in late July that the Ministry of Digital Development supports the idea of banning Russian universities from using foreign software to train developers.
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