Russian developers have developed an alternative to the Google Play Store and will launch it on May 9. The date is Russia's Victory Day, a national holiday that celebrates the country's victory in the second world war. The alternative store was developed after Google suspended all payment-based services in Russia earlier this month, asking developers to make critical apps free instead.

"Unfortunately, Russians can no longer normally use Google Play to buy apps, and developers have lost their source of income," said Vladimir Zykov, director of projects at Digital Platforms, an organization focused on digital development in a statement to Reuters. "This is why we have created a Russian app shop, NashStore," he added.

NashStore translates to "OurStore" in English. According to the developers, it will serve the Russian Android devices and will also be compatible with the Russian Mir bank cards.

On Victory Day, Russia traditionally holds a display of its military power with a parade that passes through Moscow's Red Square. The event commemorates the anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in WWII.

A necessity.

But end the war sooner

Where China own today?

Gra-gra lasan.

Mumu putin

Putin… Putin…. Putin.m, how many times did I call you

I noticed that in the SaaS world, companies that pioneered an innovation always have the edge, irrespective of the competitors out there.

For instance, China has developed lots of apps to serve as alternative to those that US developers offer, but they have largely remained local and regional apps.

Lmao

Low budget china

Will it work on Android or Apple because both are own by USA

Alexpre11:
Will it work on Android or Apple because both are own by USA

It is launching on Android. Though it is owned by US based google, but it is open sourced.

Men if you look at things carefully u go understand America and the West controls almost everything we use in our daily live from movies music Internet phones cars clothes shoes forex

Good. All the Putin fan boys can now throw away their android phone for kremlin OS phones

Rubbish

To run on what?

Putindroid

qekng40:
A necessity.


But end the war sooner

Forget it. The war isn't ending anytime soon. This is a proxy war. Russia is fighting US and NATO

princeeze1:

It is launching on Android. Though it is owned by US based google, but it is open sourced.

I wish they had PutinDroid or something like that.

sapientia:
Rubbish

To run on what?

Putindroid

atleast they have created something, they are not like you, only thing you can think about is sex eat sex eat

While it’s unclear whether this will actually happen, or how such a store would function considering Russia’s tight regulation of the internet and technology companies, it is an interesting development. It seems that the Russian government is looking for ways to reduce its dependence on Google and other Western tech giants. If this store launches, it could be a major blow to Google, as well as other app stores like Apple’s App Store and Amazon’s Appstore. Here are some other Google Play alternatives that are also gaining popularity.

goatandyam:
Where China own today?

Gra-gra lasan.

Mumu putin

Are you telling me Google play is now in China from last night? Or you don’t know that China have its own play store which is not google and it’s own version of Apple store which is different from normal ones.
Huawei App Market Store is now the second biggest China own play stores.

China saw in advance what Western technology will do but Russia failed to do it then.

If only Africa can have our own technologies without like China.