The Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation (russian: Министерство цифрового развития, связи и массовых коммуникаций Российской Федерации), also known as MinTsifry Rossii (russian: Минцифры России lit. "Mindigit"), is a ministry of the Government of Russia responsible for

telecommunications Telecommunication is the transmission of information by various types of technologies over wire, radio, optical, or other electromagnetic systems. It has its origin in the desire of humans for communication over a distance greater than tha ...

media Media may refer to: Communication * Media (communication), tools used to deliver information or data ** Advertising media, various media, content, buying and placement for advertising ** Broadcast media, communications delivered over mass el ...

and the post. The Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media was established in May 2008 from successor agencies of the Ministry of Communications of the

USSR The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nation ...

, and was known as the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications until it receiving its current name in 2018. The ministry is subdivided into functional departments including

Roskomnadzor The Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media, abbreviated as ''Roskomnadzor'' (RKN) (russian: Роскомнадзор �КН, is the Russian federal executive agency responsible for monitoring, co ...

, Rospechat and

Rossvyaz The Federal Communications Agency (russian: Федеральное агентство связи, abbreviated Rossvyaz, russian: Россвязь) is a federal agency controlled by the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media ...

. It is headquartered at 7

Tverskaya Street Tverskaya Street ( rus, Тверская улица, p=tvʲɪrˈskajə ˈulʲɪt͡sə), known between 1935 and 1990 as Gorky Street (russian: улица Горького), is the main radial street in Moscow. The street runs Northwest from th ...

in Tverskoy District,

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

Maxut Shadayev Maksut Igorevich Shadayev (russian: Максут Игоревич Шадаев; born 11 November 1979) is the Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation since 21 January 2020. References Gov ...

has been the Minister of Telecom and Mass Communications since 21 January 2020.

Minister of Telecom and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation

* Igor Shchyogolev (12 May 2008 — 20 May 2012) * Nikolay Nikiforov (21 May 2012 — 7 May 2018) *

Konstantin Noskov Konstantin Yurievich Noskov (russian: Константин Юрьевич Носков, born 26 September 1978 in Oktyabrsky, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Soviet Union) is a Russian economist and politician, who served as Minister of Digital Developme ...

(18 May 2018 — 21 January 2020) *

(21 January 2020 — present)

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Minister of Telecom and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation

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