The government will send another seven billion rubles to Russian Post

This year, the Russian Government will allocate another 7 billion rubles from the reserve fund to level out the financial situation in Russian Post, said the head of the Ministry of Digital Development, Maksut Shadayev.

“I will also say that the government recently decided to allocate an additional 7 billion rubles from the Responsibility Fund this year to level out the financial situation at Post,” he said at a joint meeting of the State Duma committees on information policy and digital development and artificial intelligence.

According to the minister, such targeted financial injections are also planned in the future to stabilize the situation in the company. “Therefore, the situation at Pochta is leveling out. In terms of income, we are optimistic about 2027,” added Shadayev.

He also clarified that separately, 5 billion rubles a year will be allocated separately for the modernization of post offices in remote rural areas. “This is something that the Post Office can physically handle,” the minister commented.