Russia recently released a first version of its recommendations for mandatory software on all smartphones in the country. The federal anti-monopoly service specifies that the program will help "the emergence of a priority given to Russian spiritual and moral values", specifies Reuters who had access to the document.
The report does not specify what these famous "values" are. The government service says the software should be popular and secure. According to official recommendations, the central bank, public actors or private companies can submit their apps for government approval.
A law that should favor Russia over competitors
These details follow the promulgation in 2019 by Vladimir Putin of a law stating that only Russian software could be pre-installed in phones sold in the country. But the legislation divides. Sellers of electronic equipment particularly regret not having been consulted. Advocates of the measure believe that it will help companies to fight foreign competition.
The broad guidelines communicated by the anti-monopoly service should be finalized by the end of January. Debates will then be organized with stakeholders in the sector before the text is proposed to the government for possible adoption in March.
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