Russian President Putin Still Uses Obsolete Windows XP

At work: Kremlin pictures showed Putin's computer with a bright blue taskbar at the bottom of the screen, which suggests that the computer was still running Windows XP

Moscow Times: Putin Still Uses Obsolete Windows XP, Report Says

Russian President Vladimir Putin appears to still use Microsoft’s discontinued Windows XP operating system, the Open Media news website reported Monday after examining photographs of his desktop.

Microsoft stopped releasing security updates for Windows XP and Office 2003, with occasional exceptions, in April 2014. Russian officials are technically banned from using foreign software as Moscow aims to protect national interests amid fears of foreign espionage and boost Russia’s tech industry.

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