Russia’s National Job Platform Is Going Fully Homegrown—Foreign Software Out by 2025

In a sweeping move toward digital sovereignty, Russia’s Federal Labor and Employment Service (Rostrud) is purging foreign software from its flagship platform, "Work in Russia", and replacing it with domestic alternatives by the end of 2025

Backed by a ₽657.8 million investment, the initiative targets more than a dozen core components—think CentOS, Ubuntu Server, Apache Cassandra, ClickHouse, Elasticsearch—all of which will be phased out in favor of Russian-developed tech. The official procurement notice has already gone live on the state tenders portal.

Among the major shifts: Rostrud will migrate from Sun Microsystems’ Java platform to Axiom JDK, a Russian Java implementation. Message queue systems, load balancers, web servers, and object storage platforms are all being swapped for solutions listed in the Ministry of Digital Development’s certified software registry.

This isn’t just an infrastructure upgrade—it’s a strategic overhaul. The "Work in Russia" platform is a national-scale digital ecosystem, handling massive volumes of data from job listings and résumés to deep integrations with government systems like the Pension Fund and Unified State Register of Legal Entities (EGRUL).

The deadline is clear: November 30, 2025. From 2026 onward, the platform will operate entirely on Russian-made software, marking a major milestone in the country’s push to de-risk critical infrastructure from foreign code dependencies.

For Rostrud, it’s not just about tech resilience—it’s about controlling the stack behind one of Russia’s most vital digital public services.