Russian companies and regional authorities are trying to find ways to hold licenses for similar computer software as well as Western software, including Adobe. As part of the so-called import substitution policy, it has not yet been possible to find full-fledged analogues of such programs. informs The newspaper Kommersant, with reference to the data of electronic trading platforms on the acquisition of licenses for foreign services.
At the end of February 2022, after the escalation of the conflict in Ukraine, Adobe management decided to stop the sale of its own services in the Russian domestic market and cut off state media (media) subscriptions. The article states that other foreign software developers are doing the same.
“Contractors who could get an extension of the Adobe subscription were looking for BCS and the structure of Ak Bars (Ak Bars Digital Technologies). On April 3, Krasnodar Airport announced that it is requesting a price to renew licenses for Adobe Photoshop, Premiere Pro and Lightroom for one year from May 1. Authorities were also interested in the renewal of subscriptions at the beginning of the year: for example, on January 20-24, the city government of Murmansk was looking for a supplier for an Adobe Creative Cloud corporate subscription that expires on January 31, ”the article states. .
At the same time, a number of Russian software vendors continue to sell licenses to renew Adobe corporate subscriptions. This happens under an agreement with a vendor, a supplier that sells and promotes goods and services under its own brand or trademark. Softline’s Director of Graphics Software Nikita Korchagin explained that the peak of renewals usually falls between October and November.
January 31, American graphics software developer Adobe opened Russian users have access to download part of their software from the company’s official Russian-language website. From the source you can download Acrobat Pro, a solution for working with PDF files, as well as other free programs, such as photo and image editor Adobe Photoshop Express and Adobe Creative Cloud.