U.S. software giant Microsoft Corp. has agreed to provide the Russian government with source codes for the latest Microsoft products, a Russian business daily said on Wednesday. According to the Vedomosti newspaper, the U.S. company has signed an additional agreement with Russia`s Atlas Center, a state-run security software developer, to let government agencies study the source codes for the Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 and the SQL Server operating systems as well as the Office 2010 software suite. The initial 2002 agreement granted access to coding for the Windows XP, Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2000 operating systems under Microsoft`s Government Security Program (GSP). Vedomosti cited Microsoft Russia president Nikolai Pryanishnikov as saying that Microsoft was interested in expanding its business with the Russian government, whose contracts provide about 10% of the company`s revenue in Russia. The GSP provides national governments with information to help them evaluate the security of Microsoft products. The program is available to more than 65 geographic markets with intellectual property regimes that meet international standards. Access to source codes enables programmers from the Atlas Center to develop encryption protection for Microsoft products and allows the government agencies, including those responsible for national security, to use them in their daily work. In line with the addendum, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) will be able to certify entire software platforms rather than separate products for secure use of electronic document management and protection of personal data. In addition, Atlas and the FSB will be able to share their findings about the security of Microsoft`s codes with other government agencies.