Mikhail Mishustin: Domestic software is a priority in public procurement
The government will give priority in public procurement to software that is fully developed in Russia without relying on foreign technologies and open source. This was stated by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin at the CIPR-2025 conference. Such solutions will be marked with a special label in the register of the Ministry of Finance and will receive advantages in procurement.
It is also planned to oblige personal data operators to switch to Russian software, and to introduce liability in critical infrastructure for late rejection of foreign solutions.
The Ministry of Finance is discussing labeling independent software, but promises not to infringe on developers using open source. There are already more than 26,000 programs in the registry of the Ministry of Digital Economy, but, according to experts, only a part of them meet the criteria of full independence.
According to Natalia Kaspersky (InfoWatch, ARPP "Domestic Software"), the transition of PD operators to domestic solutions is possible, but it takes time and market maturity. Import substitution is more active in the CII sector, and much slower in business.
The government intends to expand state support, from grants for developers to tax benefits for customers who have introduced domestic products. The budget for the national project "Data Economy" is more than 50 billion rubles. AI projects, collaborations, and open-source solutions will receive priority.
In the field of infrastructure, they plan to reduce co-financing requirements for defense industry enterprises, simplify the connection of data centers and introduce preferential electricity tariffs.
Industry associations supported the initiatives. They consider the mandatory transition to Russian software, support for data centers and the development of compatibility with domestic operating systems and databases to be the most important measures.
Experts admit that the market is partially ready, but a massive rejection of foreign solutions will require serious resources. The main barriers are the lack of mature products, the high cost of transition, and dependence on Western systems.