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- Putin wants Western software in Russia “Throttled” “Throttled”
- Microsoft and Zoom are still widely used by Russian companies
- Domestic alternatives exist, but are not taken over as quickly as Putin would like
American technology companies, including Microsoft And Zoom must be “beaten” and “strangled” to operate in Russia, President Vladimir Putin said.
The statements reported by Reuterswere reportedly done in response to complaints from Russian managers who have previously announced American companies that have previously announced their exit from Russian markets in response to the invasion of Ukraine still operating in the country.
Microsoft announced the suspension of the new sale of its software on the Russian market in 2022, but many Russian companies still use Western products and software, probably due to the lack of domestic alternatives.
Putin wants domestic office software
Sanctions set by Western countries after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, led to widespread calls for locally produced and produced products, ranging from aircraft parts to office software.
Many companies that withdrew from Russia left their locations and assets in place, such as McDonalds that was replaced by a new company called “VKUSNON I Nichka”, which quickly introduced analogues of classic menu items such as the ‘Big Hit’ (an infringing alternative to the Big Mac).
Now it seems that Putin Russia wants to get further away from the West by insisting on Russian companies to use or produce software that could replace solutions offered by Microsoft and Zoom.
There are already alternatives to Western software, in which Kaspersky Lab becomes a majority shareholder of the моambофис (MyOffice) software to improve cooperation between the Office Suite and Kaspersky’s own Kasperskyos Secure operating system.
Western products and software previously dominated the Russian markets before the invasion of Ukraine, in which Russia took steps to get rid of Western software in the decade for the ‘special military operation’. How good domestic alternatives will perform on the Russian range of Linux-based operating systems can still be seen.
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