Ministry of Digital Development

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The Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media (Minцифры) is actively involved in shaping Russia's digital policy, including regulating internet traffic, managing state digital platforms like 'Gosuslugi' and 'Moya Shkola', and overseeing emergency alert systems. It has developed frameworks for compensating victims of phone fraud, initiated projects on AI regulation, and coordinates with federal agencies on cybersecurity and digital infrastructure.

Recent coverage

• Scammers devised a scheme involving meter verification for gardeners — Москва 24
• Russian civil servants must switch to domestic messengers by 2030 — ТАСС (Telegram)
• Ministry of Digital Development claims cybercrime has dropped by nearly a third since the start of the year — Коммерсантъ
• Ministry of Digital Development notes a reduction in cybercrime by 120 thousand cases over six months — Интерфакс
• The decision to block cash withdrawals at ATMs should be left to banks — Коммерсантъ
• Ministry of Digital Development explains how compensation for victims of phone fraud will work — Фонтанка
• Ministry of Digital Development Defines Rules for Compensating Victims of Fraudsters — Коммерсантъ
• Russia introduces procedure for victims of phone fraud to receive compensation — Интерфакс
• Plans to increase sirens in Tatarstan to 1,600 — Вести
• Platforms and banks will gain access to data from the Federal Customs Service, Tax Service, and Rosreestr — Коммерсантъ
• Avito allows teenagers aged 14 and older to verify profiles via Gosuslugi - SPb Newspaper — Gazeta.SPb
• Russia may introduce a QR code to confirm the status of special operation participants — Ведомости
• Cell towers being dismantled in Tatarstan due to residents' fear of radiation — Вечерняя Москва
• Foreign SIM cards banned from accessing blocked websites — Дождь
• Foreign SIM card owners lose access to unavailable resources in Russia — Ведомости
• Volunteering data to be added to electronic school notebooks — Вести
• Ministry of Digital Affairs Recognizes Four Military Media Outlets as Socially Significant — Коммерсантъ
• Russia launches 'Goskan' app to verify data via QR code — Интерфакс
• Ministry of Digital Economy will consider RVI's strategy when developing state support for the video game industry — Ведомости
• 'Kommersant': Russian telecom industry to begin widespread use of AI — Вести