Windows is banned: all public sector employees in Tatarstan will be transferred to the Russian operating system.

The transition will require approximately 1,5 billion rubles, and the government plans to obtain discounts. "Tatarstan doesn't have that kind of money in its budget, so it's important for us to get some kind of exclusive price that will allow us to transfer everything wholesale."- сообщил head of the republic's Ministry of Digital Development Airat Khairullin

The transition to Astra Linux is expected to take place within six months. The changes will affect approximately 150 workstations. "The political decision has been made", — noted Khairullin and added that the Russian OS works “very well.” 

The Minister of Digital Development concluded an agreement on the republic's transition to domestic software. Russia Maksut Shadayev call "the largest deal in the regional digitalization market."

Import substitution in the IT sector began long before 2022, but the war and sanctions forced the state to accelerate this process. In June of this year, Putin instructed Domestic state-owned companies must ensure a complete transition to Russian operating systems and office suites starting in 2025. Previously, this only applied to critical information infrastructure facilities.

In 2023, a number of large companies and government agencies switched to Russian software, including Aeroflot Group, VTB, Rosenergoatom, Moscow State University, and others. They now operate entirely on domestic software. school. On Windows and Microsoft Office analogues translate State Duma deputies, officials in the process of transition or have already completed it Tver, Omsk, Kemerovo, Astrakhan and other areas.