Only a fifth of companies with state participation were able to fully migrate to Russian software

Referring to a meeting of the Ministry of Digital Development on December 6, at which representatives of 25 companies were present, Alifanov emphasized that only “five companies reported that they had completely replaced imports.” “It was not said how many hundreds of billions were spent on this, but the main thing was that the decree was carried out.” [президента]“said the top manager.

We are talking about the decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin No. 166 “On measures to ensure the technological independence and security of the critical information infrastructure of the Russian Federation.” According to the document, government agencies and state-owned enterprises are prohibited from using foreign-developed software at CII facilities from January 1 next year.

For database management systems, the transition period has been extended until early 2026.

The Ministry of Digital Development told the newspaper that “all companies that participated in the meeting reported that they are successfully switching to the domestic software at CII facilities,” and those that have not yet completed the process “are actively working to complete the transition within the prescribed time frames”. period of time.” If an organization cannot comply with the decree’s requirements by January 1, 2025, the agency “will conduct a rigorous analysis of the reasons.”

• Previously, the head of the Ministry of Digital Development, Maksut Shadayev, stated that these reasons are “in most cases trivial” and that organizations simply need additional funding, since spending on digital projects has not increased since 2022. A those companies that did not have time to switch to Russian technological solutions and “took a passive role,” Shadayev proposed “forcing them to take on legal obligations” for the transition.
• In early December this year, Kommersant reported that the Ministry of Digital Development is also exploring the possibility of forcing state-owned companies to purchase Russian software to support Russian developers. The department proposed setting the upper income limit of IT developers at 4 billion rubles per year, since companies earning less than this amount are at the stage of active scaling and government orders can accelerate their development.