INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Laptops and keyboards without a Russian-language layout are increasingly reaching Russia under a government scheme that maintains imports
despite Western sanctions and an exodus of international businesses over the war in Ukraine, the Kommersant business daily
approval from trademark owners.The Industry and Trade Ministry said a Russian layout can be engraved on keyboards within the country without
affecting the overall price of the product.Demand has doubled for laser engraving services to change keyboard layouts into Cyrillic script,
involves unpacking the devices, which customers would then be less likely to buy, and sometimes completely removing the keyboard, which
could cancel warranties, according to Kommersant.Russia has imported 2 million keyboards at a value of 4 billion rubles ($69 million) and
1.4 million laptops at a value of 90 billion rubles ($1.5 billion) in January-June 2022, according to the retailer M.Video-Eldorado.Experts
