On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a strict warning to foreign service providers, including technical giants such as Microsoft and Zoom, and said companies that are against Russian interests should be “strangled”.
Push on homemade software
The Russian leader emphasized the importance of strengthening home technology capabilities and urged its administration to prefer the development and acceptance of local software solutions.
Technological tension grows in the middle of sanctions
Putin’s comments come in the middle of the ongoing tension between Russia and Western technology companies, many of which have reduced or suspended operations in Russia after the invasion of Ukraine.
Since then, Russia has accelerated efforts to replace Western technology with local alternatives across the public and private sectors.
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(With Reuters inputs)
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