Russian software for effective solutions

The Russian Software Forum: Effective Solutions took place within Russian Week of High Technologies 2025. The event was organised by the Russian State Duma Committee on Science and Higher Education, the Competence Center of Import Substitution in the ICT Sector, and EXPOCENTRE AO.

Vladimir Kononov, Deputy Chair at the Russian State Duma Committee on Science and Higher Education, and Ilya Massukh, Director at the Competence Center of Import Substitution in the ICT Sector, co-moderated the event.    

Vladimir Kononov outlined the topics for discussion and emphasised that Russian software was one of the fundamental blocks of this country’s sovereignty and a key driver for achieving Russia's technological leadership.

Ilya Massukh emphasised that Russia had come a long way in the 10 years since the first edition of the Russian Software Forum: Effective Solutions. Back then, the majority of the Sviaz exhibitors were Western vendors. People used to laugh at the combination of words ‘domestic software’ and ‘effective solutions’ in one phrase. Today, Russian software essentially determines the functionality of technologies, and the name of the forum sounds perfectly organic.

The forum participants discussed government support measures for import substitution, economic incentives for businesses to switch to domestic solutions, and conditions for foreign companies to return to the Russian market.

Speakers at the forum included Anton Tkachev, First Deputy Chair of the Russian State Duma Committee on Information Policy, Information Technologies and Communications, Vladimir Dozhdev, Director of the Department of Digital Technologies of the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade, Dmitry Nikitin, Director of the Department of Information Technologies Industry Development of the Russian Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media, Dmitry Vandyukov, Mayor of the Innopolis Science City, Anastasia Zaleskaya, Director of Sibinfocenter, Nikolay Pryanishnikov, Chief Commercial Officer of Astra Group, and Ivan Chalin, Department Head at the Competence Center of Import Substitution in the ICT Sector. 

Press Service, EXPOCENTRE AO