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
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Government
* Ministry (collective executive), the complete body of government ministers under the leadership of a prime minister
* Ministry (government department), a department of a government
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of the
Government of Russia
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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 that fe ...
,
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
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**An Post, the Irish national postal service
**Canada Post, Canadian postal service
**Deutsche Post, German postal service
**Iraqi Post, Ira ...
.
The Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media was established in May 2008 from successor agencies of the
Ministry of Communications
A Communications Ministry or Department of Communications is a ministry or other government agency charged with communication. Communications responsibilities includes regulating telecommunications, postal services, broadcasting and print media. T ...
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 nationa ...
, 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
The Federal Agency for Press and Mass Communications (Rospechat) (russian: Федеральное агентство по печати и массовым коммуникациям России (Роспечать)) is a regulatory state agency w ...
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 Medi ...
. 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
Tverskoy District ( rus, Тверско́й райо́н, p=tvʲɪrˈskoj, a=Ru-Тверской.ogg) is a district of Central Administrative Okrug of the federal city of Moscow, Russia. Population:
The district extends from Kitai-gorod north ...
,
Moscow
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.
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.
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has been the Minister of Telecom and Mass Communications since 21 January 2020.
In July 2021, the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media entered into an agreement with China's
National Radio and Television Administration
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to cooperate on news coverage and media narratives.
Minister of Telecom and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation
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Igor Shchyogolev
Igor Olegovich Shchyogolev (russian: И́горь Оле́гович Щёголев; born November 10, 1965) is a Russian politician. From May 2008 to 20 May 2012, he has served as the Russian Minister of Telecommunications.
Early life and ed ...
(12 May 2008 — 20 May 2012)
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Nikolay Nikiforov
Nikolay Anatolyevich Nikiforov (russian: Никола́й Анато́льевич Ники́форов; born 24 June 1982) is a Russian politician. In 2012, he became Minister of Communications and Mass Media of Russia.
Career
At age 19, N ...
(21 May 2012 — 7 May 2018)
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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)
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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.
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(21 January 2020 — present)
See also
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E-Government in Russia
E-government (short for electronic government) is the use of technological communications devices, such as computers and the Internet, to provide public services to citizens and other persons in a country or region. E-government offers new ...
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Freedom of the press in Russia
Media freedom in Russia concerns both the ability of directors of mass-media outlets to carry out independent policies and the ability of journalists to access sources of information and to work without outside pressure. Media of Russia inclu ...
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Internet in Russia
Internet in Russia or Russian Internet (russian: российский Интернет which means ''Russia-related Internet'') and sometimes Runet (using first two letters from Russian plus net) is a part of the Internet which is related to R ...
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Media in Russia
Television, magazines, and newspapers have all been operated by both state-owned and for-profit corporations which depend on advertising, subscription, and other sales-related revenues. Even though the Constitution of Russia guarantees freedom ...
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Rostelecom
Rostelecom is Russia’s largest provider of digital services for a wide variety of consumers, households, private businesses, government and municipal authorities, and other telecom providers.
Rostelecom interconnects all local public operators ...
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Russian Post
Russian Post ( rus, Почта России, a=RU-Почта России.wav, ''Pochta Rossii'') is an Aktsionernoye Obschestvo (AO, private limited company)
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Svyazinvest
OJSC Svyazinvest (Russian: ОАО Связьинвест) was Russia's largest telecommunications holding company. Based in Moscow, it was founded according to Order №1297 of the Russian government on November 25, 1994, and was registered on Sep ...
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Telecommunications in Russia
Censorship and the issue of media freedom in Russia have been main themes since the era of the telegraph. Radio was a major new technology in the 1920s, when the Communists had recently come to power. Soviet authorities realized that the "ham" ope ...
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Television in Russia
Television is the most popular medium in Russia, with 74% of the population watching national television channels routinely and 59% routinely watching regional channels. There are 3300 television channels in total.[Special Communications Service of Russia
The Special Communications and Information Service of the Federal Protective Service of the Russian Federation (Spetssvyaz, ''Spetssviaz''; russian: Служба специальной связи и информации, Спецсвязь Рос ...]
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List of telecommunications regulatory bodies
This article is a list of the legal regulatory bodies that govern telecommunications systems in different countries.
This list contains bodies ensuring effective regulatory role in a territory which is not necessarily a state, but is listed as "t ...
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Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media
Telecommunications in Russia
Postal system of Russia
Government agencies established in 2008
2008 establishments in Russia