RusBITech
{{short description|Russian technology company}}
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| key_people = Alexei Bocharov (Director General), Ilya Sivtsev (Operational Director and head of RusBITech Astra)
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RPA RusBITech JSC ({{langx|ru|АО «НПО РусБИТех»}}) is a Russian technology company specializing in production of high technology solutions for Russian state enforcement structures, mainly for the Russian Army. The most known product is the computer operating system called Astra Linux which is nowadays used almost totally throughout Russian military forces.https://www.zdnet.com/article/russian-military-moves-closer-to-replacing-windows-with-astra-linux/ — ZDNet{{cite web|url=https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2019/05/russias-microsoft-knockoff-gets-security-upgrade/157310/|title=Russia's Would-Be Windows Replacement Gets a Security Upgrade|website=Defense One|accessdate=2020-07-24}}{{cite web|url=https://www.techworm.net/2019/06/russian-military-windows-astra-linux.html|website=techworm.net|title=Russian military to bid goodbye to Windows soon, and welcome Astra Linux|date=2 June 2019|accessdate=2020-07-24}}{{in lang|de}} https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Do-svidaniya-Windows-Russisches-Militaer-kann-komplett-auf-Astra-Linux-umsteigen-4435760.html — heise online{{cite web|url=https://realnoevremya.com/articles/2076-russian-ministry-of-defence-to-shift-all-service-computers-to-russian-astra-linux-os|title=Russian Ministry of Defence to shift all office computers to Russian Astra Linux OS|website=RealnoeVremya.com|accessdate=2020-07-24}}http://eng.mil.ru/en/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12251901@egNews — Russian Ministry of Defence The main Russian Army headquarters, The National Defense Management Center's, information systems are based on Astra Linux. The Director General of RusBITech is Alexei Bocharov.
RusBITech Astra
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{{main|Astra Linux}}
RusBITech Astra is the company derived from RusBITech solely to serve tasks related to Astra Linux. Astra Linux is being implemented in Russian state structures according to Russian Government decree No.2299-р of 17/10/2010 that orders federal authorities and budget institutions to implement Free Software usage.{{in lang|ru}} http://www.computerra.ru/vision/609608/ Versions of Astra Linux are produced for desktop PCs, mobile devices, servers, networking hardware and mainframes.
It is declared the Astra Linux licenses correspond with Russian and international laws and "don't contradict with the spirit and demands of GPL license".{{cite web|url=http://www.astra-linux.com/support/chasto-zadavaemye-voprosy.html |title=Часто задаваемые вопросы |accessdate=2014-07-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714222642/http://www.astra-linux.com/support/chasto-zadavaemye-voprosy.html |archivedate=2014-07-14 |language=ru}} The system uses .deb packages.{{cite web|url=http://www.astra-linux.com/nastrojka-apt.html |title=Настройка apt |accessdate=2014-07-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714203239/http://www.astra-linux.com/nastrojka-apt.html |archivedate=2014-07-14 |language=ru}}
In 2019, it was specially emphasized that Russian Army was going to totally give up Microsoft Windows in favor of Astra Linux.{{Cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/bvc7qt/goodbye_windows_russian_militarys_astra_linux/|title=Goodbye Windows: Russian military's Astra Linux adoption moves forward|date=31 May 2019}}
Other law enforcement services, state-related institutions and companies (primarily, so-called "system-forming enterprises") also began using Astra Linux in the general course of Russian Federation's efforts in import substitution and lowering dependence from Microsoft products. Among them Russian Police, Moscow Metro, Gazprom (national gas/oil holding), Rosatom (nuclear power provider), Russian Railways.{{in lang|ru}} https://company.rzd.ru/ru/9397/page/104069?id=260438
The Director General of RusBITech Astra is Ilya Sivtsev, he also serves as Operational Director of RusBITech. He is also a stakeholder at a Russian company Varton, a manufacturer of LED lighting.
In 2025, the Astra Group acquired GitFlic, a proprietary developer platform that allows developers to create, store, manage and share code, originally developed by ReSolut LLC.{{Cite web |title=Astra Linux OS developer bought the creator of the analogue platform GitHub |url=https://tadviser.com/index.php/Company:ReSolut |access-date=2025-05-29 |website=TAdviser.ru}}{{Cite web |date=2023-08-28 |title=В контур ГК «Астра» вошел разработчик отечественного сервиса для работы с исходным кодом GitFlic / Блог компании Группа Астра / Компании / iXBT Live |url=https://www.ixbt.com/live/market/item/astralinux/blog/48050.html |access-date=2025-05-29 |website=iXBT Live |language=ru}} It uses Git to provide distributed version control, as well as providing functionality for testing, static analysis and continuous integration. A package manager is also available. The platform was developed as a Russian alternative to the American based GitHub, which is subject to US trade control laws.{{cite news |title=5 платформ-аналогов на случай блокировки GitHub и GitLab в России Подробнее на РБК |url=https://trends.rbc.ru/trends/industry/622b8b4f9a7947053add4807 |access-date=10 June 2025 |work=РБК Тренды |date=27 July 2022 |language=Russian}}
= Worldwide partnerships =
Astra Linux is considered a recognized Debian Linux derivative,{{Cite web | url=https://wiki.debian.org/Derivatives/Census/AstraLinux |title = Derivatives/Census/AstraLinux - Debian Wiki}} Rusbitech has partnership relations with The Linux Foundation.{{in lang|ru}} http://www.cnews.ru/news/line/2019-02-19_gk_astra_linux_rasshiryaet_sotrudnichestvo_s_the However, RusBITech was suspended from the Advisory Board of The Document Foundation on 26 of February 2022, due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and RusBITech's relationship with the Russian Armed Forces.{{cite web|last1=Vignoli|first1=Italo|title=The Document Foundation suspends RusBITech from its Advisory Board|url=https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2022/02/28/the-document-foundation-suspends-rusbitech-from-its-advisory-board|website=The Document Foundation Blog|publisher=The Document Foundation|access-date=23 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240123132244/https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2022/02/28/the-document-foundation-suspends-rusbitech-from-its-advisory-board|archive-date=23 January 2024|location=Berlin|language=en-gb|date=28 February 2022}}
In February 2018, Rusbitech announced it had ported Astra Linux to Russian-made Elbrus microprocessors.{{in lang|ru}} http://www.astralinux.com/home/novosti/469-rbt-elbrus.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180227153805/http://www.astralinux.com/home/novosti/469-rbt-elbrus.html |date=2018-02-27 }} These microprocessors have its own microprocessor architecture, an alternative to commonly used architectures such as x86, which development began in USSR back in the 1970s and is commonly known nowadays as Elbrus 2000 or E2K.
RusBITech holds partnerships with some of the world high-tech companies such as Huawei (Astra Linux support in servers), Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant (specialized secure OS usage) and many others, which in part (according to themselves{{Cite web|url=https://rusbitech.ru/about/partners/|title=АО "НПО РусБИТех" → Наши партнеры}}), include: Dell, Kaspersky Lab, DOSAAF, Megafon, IBM, Lenovo, Samsung, SAP.
Other activities
Besides that, RusBITech purportedly produces:{{cite web|url=https://rusbitech.ru/en/products/|website=rusbitech.ru|title=RPA RusBITech JSC → Products and solutions|accessdate=2020-07-24}}
- information security tools (software and hardware);
- secured software and hardware systems;
- technical training aids (computer simulators for training military personnel);
- 3D visualization systems (also used for training);
- simulation and decision support systems (for military commandment);
- data interface facilities (database solutions for armed forces).
For example, RusBITech manufactures software for Russian Army's R-441 "Liven" vehicles, specified as "satellite communication stations / mobile communications-control stations / digital mobile complex of secret telephone communication and mobile super-protected telecommunications complex".
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External links
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- [https://rusbitech.ru/en/ Official website] {{lang in|en}}
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Category:Defence companies of Russia