The Ministry of Communications and Mass Media lobbies the allocation of 10 billion rubles to support Russian software developers

To support Russian companies developing domestic software, it is necessary to allocate about 10 billion rubles a year annually. The head of the Ministry of Communications and Mass Media, Nikolai Nikiforov, told a TASS correspondent in Yaroslavl at the second All-Russian Children's Forum “Future Intellectual Leaders of Russia” .

“This is the volume that is being discussed today. Another thing is what should be the right source, whether it should be associated with additional taxes and fees or not, what should be the rules for granting subsidies. This is such a big discussion that we are together with the industry today. There should be no harsh emotional decisions here, ”the minister specified.

The head of the Ministry of Communications and Mass Media predicts that modern domestic software, which can become an alternative for foreign analogues, but not replacing it, will appear in Russia in the next five years. We are talking about specific software products - database management systems, mobile and computer operating systems, server operating systems, work with office applications. “We will not do state databases or an operating system. In no case! Let the companies themselves do it, the task of the state is to support these companies, ”the minister explains.