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The Ministry of Digital Industry of Russia announces the start of accepting applications for inclusion in the list of software that is planned to be pre-installed on electronic devices. The rules for compiling and maintaining the list are enshrined in the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of November 18 2020 No. 1867 .Software preinstallation is part of the all-Russian strategy aimed at import substitution and development of its own digital products. Many technical devices are now preinstalled with foreign programs the innovation will create more balanced conditions for the competition of Russian developments with foreign software.The selected programs will be installed on smartphones tablets smart TVs laptops and personal computers. These are products that have already been selected by Russian users that is they have the largest number of unique users. Among such software are browsers search and navigation systems mail services and instant messengers anti-virus programs and others. At the same time users will always be able to install programs of similar categories at their own choice.Applications for inclusion in the list are accepted until December 1 2020 in electronic form with subsequent sending in paper form. Based on the results of consideration of applications proposals on the list of software will be sent to the Government of the Russian Federation.Earlier representatives of the Russian Ministry of Digital Industry met to discuss the pre-installation procedure with specialized associations equipment manufacturers retailers developers of mobile operating systems and app stores. Representatives of the expert and business communities expressed concern about the tight deadline in which it is necessary to carry out the pre-installation. At the moment options are being worked out that will make the terms more comfortable.
