Russia Prepares NashStore, App Store To Replace Play Store
Russia is reportedly preparing a new application store called NashStore, to replace the Google Play Store which has left the country. According to the information circulating, this application will be released in the near future, guys.
As is known, Russia is currently facing the blocking of various digital services, following the invasion by the Russian military under the leadership of Vladimir Putin.
The Google Play Store, which is Google’s application store, has also suspended its services in the country, which makes it difficult for all Russian citizens to download applications.
Hearing these complaints, the Russian government immediately moved quickly to create a replacement application for the Play Store which was claimed to be the best solution.
NashStore Will Replace Play Store Existence in Russia
In Russian, NashStore means Our Store. The concept of this application store is exactly the same as the Google Play Store, where Android users can download any application they want.
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According to reports from Reuters, NashStore will come in two versions, namely a free version and a paid version. For the paid version, of course users can get more access and connect directly with Russian banks.
The presence of this latest application store is indeed to replace the position left by the Play Store, because the application has decided to suspend all its services in Russia.
“Unfortunately, Russians usually can no longer use Google Play to buy apps and developers have lost their source of income. This is why we created the Russian app store, NashStore.” said Vladimir Zykov.
The plan, NashStore will begin to be released on May 9, 2022. May 9 itself coincides with the celebration of the Soviet Union’s victory against the Nazis in World War II.
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In addition, Russia is also preparing a replacement application for Instagram, namely Rossgram, considering that the application owned by Meta has also closed its services in Russia, as a form of ‘punishment’ for the country that carried out the attack on Ukraine.
