


The presidential office was reported to have postponed plans to switch to a Russian-made operating system after it faced setbacks last year. Russia planned to replace Microsoft and Apple software with domestic operating systems at all government organizations and “strategic” companies by 2025-2030. Windows 10, it added, received certification only for computers that do not hold state secrets.

Windows XP was the last Microsoft operating system certified for use in Russia’s government agencies, according to Defense Ministry export control documents cited by Open Media. Putin avoids smartphones and has long viewed the internet with suspicion. Windows XP is installed both on Putin’s desktop in the Kremlin and at his official residence Novo-Ogaryovo west of Moscow, Open Media said, citing Kremlin press service photographs published this fall.
