According to TASS, Maksut Shadayev, Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media, said that the first marketplace for domestic software should appear in the Russian Federation (RF).
The first version of the Russian software store is planned to be launched in May 2022. This was announced on Tuesday by the head of the ministry during an expanded meeting of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, Information Technologies and Communications. Maksut Shadayev specified that the Ministry of Digital Development is working on creating a marketplace on the Android platform.
Maksut Shadayev Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation
“Now we have begun rebuilding the registry of Russian software, making it a full-fledged marketplace. We wanted to do it at the end of the year. Obviously, you will have to launch it much earlier. We hope that in May we will be able to launch the first version of such a marketplace. For iOS, due to its more closed architecture, questions remain. But Apple and I are in touch now. Therefore, we will hope that the iPhone will not turn into a brick in our country.
Perhaps the minister's concerns are related to the recent suspension of supplies of Apple equipment, the operation of services (for example, and the removal of almost 7,000 mobile applications from the Russian AppStore from February 24 to March 13. This is 105% more than in the first half of last month. But so far, updates on existing Apple devices in Russia are coming out.
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