The space is closed

A federal postal operator has appeared in Tatarstan

Russian Post has created its branch in Tatarstan - the last, 85th in Russia. In addition, the winner of the competition for the delivery of correspondence in the republic was announced, with whom a cooperation agreement will be concluded. Three companies submitted applications to participate in the competition. The most suitable conditions were presented by Tatarstan Postal Service OJSC, owned by local authorities.

The situation with postal services in Tatarstan, against the backdrop of which Russian Post decided to close the circle of a single postal space in Russia, is far from ideal. The fact is that the local postal service “Tatarstan Pochtasy” has been owned by the government of the republic for ten years, and this summer the Ministry of Property and Land Relations of Tatarstan corporatized the enterprise. Moreover, for unknown reasons, the entire postal network was transferred from the State Unitary Enterprise to the OJSC completely free of charge. Legal proceedings on this matter are still ongoing - in September, the Federal Communications Agency filed a lawsuit in the Moscow Arbitration Court against the Ministry of Land and Property Relations of Tatarstan, demanding the cancellation of the ministry's decision to corporatize the republic's postal operator.

However, these legal battles are by no means important for the citizens of the republic. The fact is that Tatarstan Pochtasy does not have a license from the Russian Ministry of Information and Communications to provide universal postal services. Thus, residents of the Republic of Tatarstan today are deprived of the opportunities that are available to all citizens of the country. In the current situation, Russian Post decided to take the side of its clients in the midst of legal proceedings. The opening of a branch of the national postal operator in Tatarstan made it possible to provide the population with the full range of services provided by the company - this includes access to the Internet from post offices, express delivery of postal items, and money transfers.

Tatarstan Pochtasy won the competition only for the provision of the so-called universal postal service. We are talking about the exchange of written correspondence.

Russian Post does not hide that the decision to create its own branch in Tatarstan is due to the fact that the Federal State Unitary Enterprise is a federal operator and has an obligation to provide all citizens with equal rights to access information in accordance with Russian legislation. The Federal Communications Agency emphasizes that it will defend the legal right of any citizen to receive the same postal services throughout the country. In particular, the head of the agency, Andrei Beskorovainy, said that residents of the republic are citizens of Russia and should have access to all types of postal services. In this case, he argues, both their interests and the interests of the state are protected, since the uninterrupted and reliable postal service has a direct impact on the security of the country.

Andrey KRAVCHINSKY