While there is talk about the development of a domestic game engine, the “Astra” group of companies took out a loan at 5%
The loan was issued under a government-launchedpreferential lending program. According to the publication, Sberbank will act as the authorized operator. The company is obliged to repay the loan by December 31, 2026, a representative of Astra said.
According to him, the money will be used to “develop ouroperating system, its implementation and adaptation to customer requirements.” At the same time, part of this money will be used for “import substitution of customers’ IT infrastructure and solving problems that arise during the transition to Astra products.” with software from other vendors.”
Ilya Sivtsev, General Director"Asters", told the publication that to implement this project the company plans to create regional competence centers, expand the staff of vendors, and also increase the staff of technical support and implementation specialists.
The Ministry of Digital Development clarified that under the above-mentioned preferential lending program, 64 billion rubles have already been issued over three years. However, Astra's loan – the largest for developers.