It became known about plans of Microsoft to remain in the Russian market, 28 April 2023

The American corporation Microsoft intends to maintain its presence in the domestic market by offering Russian companies that have not been sanctioned to continue cooperation. This was reported “Kommersant”.

The representatives of the IT sector said that since the beginning of 2023, about a thousand Russian companies have received an offer from the corporation, a verbal offer or a letter to renew the software license.

“They don’t want to lose their clients in Russia just like that, so they don’t liquidate their representative office. Microsoft is trying to find ways to continue updating the software or supporting it in Russia,” the source said.

Distributors noted that demand for Microsoft products remains very high among Russian businesses. Currently, software is delivered to Russia using parallel import in boxed versions...