May 20, 2015, the Russian Ministry of Economic Development held a meeting, where long-standing discussions on the draft Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation “On establishing a ban on admission of foreign software, for the purposes of procurement for state and municipal needs” (http://regulation.gov.ru/project/23519.html?point=view_project&stage=2&s...) continued. The mentioned Draft, initiated by Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation, was a long time blocked by the Ministry of Economic Development.
More than 30 companies joined the discussion under the auspices of "Domestic software" association, demonstrating united and strong position between industry which supports the proposed measures and the above Draft Decision.
Director of the Department of contract system on behalf of Ministry of Economic Development reported that there are no any critical issues with the current document version and it is likely to be approved.