Anton Lensky also spoke in favor of an individual approach, noting that it is necessary to take into account not only the importance of the critical information infrastructure, but also the characteristics of the company, its processes, and infrastructure, since import substitution should not harm the owners of the critical information infrastructure.
It is obvious that such a large-scale transition will require colossal investments from the owners of critical information infrastructure facilities. Thus, according to the Association of Russian Banks, replacing all software and IT equipment will cost banks more than 700 billion rubles, and the amount may increase if the transition is carried out in a short time frame. And the transition to domestic software for state-owned companies alone will cost about 150 billion rubles. How can financing of such transformations be organized and will the owners of critical information infrastructure facilities be able to allocate additional money for this in the current difficult economic conditions?
"Russian IT companies are ready for dialogue, so belarus mobile database transition can be carried out within the framework of R&D and pilot projects, when for a nominal fee the developer provides the desired software analogue, and the owner of the critical information infrastructure sees the result of using the system and decides whether to implement it or not. If the scheme is approved, funding is transferred from the foreign product to the Russian analogue," suggests Nikita Shablykov. "This approach does not require a lot of additional funding. First of all, the desire of the critical information infrastructure owner to consider Russian analogues is important."
Our other experts expressed hope for help from the state. Thus, Lev Matveyev suggested that, given the crisis, this project would be at least partially financed by the state. Such infusions would be useful for the IT industry, which, although not the most, has suffered in recent months.