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   From: remailer@russia.ru   
      
   MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed   
   legislation requiring all smartphones, computers and smart TV   
   sets sold in the country to come pre-installed with Russian   
   software.   
      
   The law, which will come into force on July 1 next year, has   
   been met with resistance by some electronics retailers, who say   
   the legislation was adopted without consulting them.   
      
   The law has been presented as a way to help Russian IT firms   
   compete with foreign companies and spare consumers from having   
   to download software upon purchasing a new device.   
      
   The country’s mobile phone market is dominated by foreign   
   companies including Apple, Samsung and Huawei. The legislation   
   signed by Putin said the government would come up with a list of   
   Russian applications that would need to be installed on the   
   different devices.   
      
   Russia has introduced tougher internet laws in recent years,   
   requiring search engines to delete some search results,   
   messaging services to share encryption keys with security   
   services and social networks to store user data on servers in   
   the country.   
      
   https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/putin-signs-law-making-   
   russian-apps-mandatory-smartphones-computers-n1094431   
       
      
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