Software from Russia: 19 vendors in 14 categories
Russia lies outside the EU and the EEA. Contracts and data also fall under non-European law; every vendor below has a page with European alternatives.
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- 19
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- 14
- open source
- 1
- last checked
- 11 October 2026
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Score per vendor: 0 = high exposure, 100 = sovereign
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- Sovereignty score 79 out of 100ALT LinuxDesktop OS · Non-EU vendor · open sourceRussian-European Linux distribution with Sisyphus repository
- Sovereignty score 63 out of 100Astra LinuxDesktop OS · Self-hosted / open sourceLinux operating system derived from Debian, developed by RusBITech in Moscow, Russia; installed on the customer's own systems.
- Sovereignty score 63 out of 100ROSA LinuxDesktop OS · Self-hosted / open sourceRussian Linux operating system for workstations and servers, developed by AO NTC IT ROSA in Moscow, started as a fork of Mandriva Linux.
- Sovereignty score 42 out of 100AppMetricaAnalytics · Non-EU vendorFree mobile-app analytics platform from Russia's Yandex.
- Sovereignty score 42 out of 100KasperskyCybersecurity · Non-EU vendorCybersecurity company with European data infrastructure and endpoint protection
- Sovereignty score 42 out of 100Kaspersky Password ManagerPassword Manager · Non-EU vendorRussian password vault with passkey support, part of Kaspersky Lab.
- Sovereignty score 42 out of 100nanoCADCAD & Engineering · Non-EU vendorRussian 2D CAD package (Nanosoft, founded 2008) with DWG compatibility and a freemium model.
- Sovereignty score 42 out of 100Yandex MailEmail (Personal) · Non-EU vendorRussian free email service, one of the three largest on the Runet.
- Sovereignty score 42 out of 100Yandex MusicMusic Streaming · Non-EU vendorRussian streaming platform (Moscow) with 60M+ tracks and 20M daily listeners.
- Sovereignty score 42 out of 100Yandex SearchSearch Engines · Non-EU vendorRussian search engine, the largest non-US search engine with ~25% market share in Russia.
- Sovereignty score 32 out of 1002GISMaps & Navigation · Non-EU vendorCity maps, business directory and navigation with APIs from Russian company 2GIS (DoubleGIS LLC), headquartered in Novosibirsk.
- Sovereignty score 32 out of 100Mail.ruEmail (Personal) · Non-EU vendorRussian webmail and internet portal Mail.ru, operated by VK Company Limited (formerly Mail.ru Group), headquartered in Moscow, for private users.
- Sovereignty score 32 out of 100Mail.ru CloudCloud Storage (Personal) · Non-EU vendorPersonal cloud storage service Mail.ru Cloud (Облако Mail) from VK Company Limited in Moscow; data handling is governed by Russian jurisdiction.
- Sovereignty score 32 out of 100SelectelCloud IaaS · Non-EU vendorRussian cloud and server provider (Selectel JSC, St Petersburg) offering cloud, dedicated and GPU servers, managed databases and S3 storage from its own data centres in Russia.
- Sovereignty score 32 out of 100VKSocial Media · Non-EU vendorRussian social network and messaging service, launched in 2006 and run by a Russian company.
- Sovereignty score 32 out of 100Yandex BrowserBrowser · Non-EU vendorChromium-based browser from Russian technology company Yandex, installed as a local application on desktop and mobile.
- Sovereignty score 32 out of 100Yandex DiskCloud Storage (Personal) · Non-EU vendorPersonal cloud storage from Russia's Yandex group; the provider does not state where its servers are located.
- Sovereignty score 32 out of 100Yandex MapsMaps & Navigation · Non-EU vendorMap and route service of Russia's Yandex group, headquartered in Russia; place search and route planning.
- Sovereignty score 32 out of 100Yandex SmartCaptchaCaptcha & Bot Detection · Non-EU vendorRussian bot protection of Yandex Cloud; its data notice states that data is stored on servers in Russia.
By category
- Desktop OS3 vendors
- Cloud Storage (Personal)2 vendors
- Email (Personal)2 vendors
- Maps & Navigation2 vendors
- Analytics1 vendor
- Browser1 vendor
- CAD & Engineering1 vendor
- Captcha & Bot Detection1 vendor
- Cloud IaaS1 vendor
- Cybersecurity1 vendor
- Music Streaming1 vendor
- Password Manager1 vendor
- Search Engines1 vendor
- Social Media1 vendor
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