Russoft is a Saint-Petersburg-based industry association of software companies from Russia. Oreanda News listed the organization's member count as 263 companies in March 2023 They publish annual reports on the Russian technology sector. It is also a member of the Central and Eastern European Outsourcing Association. Fort-Ross began hosting the Russian Outsourcing and Software Summit in June 2001 and continues to hold it annually under the Russoft name.

Similarly to Indian NASSCOM, Russoft was created to represent Russian software development companies on the global market, to enhance marketing and PR activities of its members, and to lobby their interests to the government. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, many Russian companies have started exploring other avenues to survive amid sanctions from Western countries, their main export market. Some have already started joint ventures with Indian companies. In 2023, Russoft asked the Ministry of Finance for 465 million rubles a year to start an accelerator to support Russian IT companies with launching new products.

References

  • Russoft: Official Web Site (English section, links to Russian-language version)
  • Russoft: 3rd Annual survey on Russian export market of software products, services and solutions
  • Russoft: 4th Annual survey on Russian export market of software products, services and solutions
  • Russoft: 6th Annual survey on Russian export market of software products, services and solutions