Russia ran out of keyboards in its own language after invading Ukraine

Invasion of Russia on Ukraine and the corresponding sanctions for it cause a shortage of basic technological products, such as keyboards.

Fewer and fewer computers are entering the country, so agencies are looking to get around “parallel import” restrictions, causing keyboards meant for other countries to end up Russia and must be unofficially engraved in the national alphabet.

Deficit in Russia

In accordance with Moscow TimesMinistry of Industry and Trade Russia buys keyboards from countries that did not sanction the government of Vladimir Putin, although the origin of these articles is from these nationalities.

The problem is that they come in languages ​​very different from Russian, so the ministry itself engraves the Russian alphabet on each of the keys in order to be able to offer them in the country.

Of course, this action is counterproductive, as it removes the warranty on the product and leaves its exploitation at the mercy of the entities involved in the process.

keyboard is no more

Experts predict that the share keyboards by the end of 2022, the share of non-Russians will reach 10%.

Government tenders were also affected by the parallel import of keyboards from Russia.

According to authorities, the keyboards are coming from Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.

Russia According to retailer M.Video-Eldorado, from January to June 2022, the company imported 2 million keyboards worth 4 billion rubles ($69 million) and 1.4 million laptops worth 90 billion rubles ($1.5 billion).

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