OREANDA-NEWS The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation expects that a bill on collection from Russian businesses for the use of foreign software (software) will be submitted to the State Duma in September, head of the Ministry Maksut Shadaev told reporters.

"We will work with the Ministry of Finance. We plan to introduce it in September," he said, answering the question at what stage the project on the introduction of fees for the use of foreign software is being worked out.

The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation has repeatedly proposed the idea of introducing fees for the use of software offered by Western companies. It was proposed to create a special account where Russian users of foreign software would charge funds, which were proposed to be directed to support domestic developers.