The Russian government has decided to suspend imports into the country popular computer models, hard drives and RAM from “unfriendly countries” under “parallel import”. According to the new list of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, which will come into force on May 27, the ban will cover Acer computers – one of the most frequently purchased brands in the country, ranking fourth in terms of popularity.
The ban applies, among others, to: Asus, Fujitsu, HP, Hitachi, IBM, Intel, Kingston, Samsung, Toshiba computers, 22 marks in total. “Similar products that have been excluded from the 'parallel import' list are offered by Russian producers in quantities sufficient to replace goods from unfriendly countries,” the Ministry of Industry and Trade explained on Monday.
Russian equivalents, if they exist at all, they are produced in limited quantities and are often inferior to foreign ones in terms of parameters – Aleksandr Fedulov, director of the Krasny Dielfin company producing computer equipment, told “Kommersant”. – This could lead to higher prices and problems, especially in the face of shortages of memory, hard drives and RAM.
Billions of dollars for products from “unfriendly countries”
According to data from the Ministry of Industry and Trade, from January to November 2025, goods worth $20.9 billion were imported to Russia as part of “parallel import”, i.e. without the consent of the rights owner. (approx. PLN 76 billion) – by 45 percent less than in the same period a year earlier ($37.9 billion, or approximately PLN 138 billion at the current exchange rate).
