The Head of the Ministry of Digital Development Maksut Shadayev has sent a letter to Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin with prepared measures to support the telecom industry in relation to the imposed sanctions against Russia.

The document contains the following measures:

• to suspend for a year the requirement of the "Yarovaya Law" to increase the storage capacity of information by 15% and the obligation to store video traffic;
• to introduce a mechanism for fair indexation of telecom operators' tariffs, which will take into account price increases;
• to introduce a moratorium on the enforcement of additional burdens for owners of frequencies for mobile communications in the LTE (4G) standard, including coverage of federal highways and small towns until the situation with the supply of equipment normalizes;
• to ensure the possibility of joint use by operators of the infrastructure of the communication network;
• to establish a tax rate for income tax for telecom operators in the amount of 3% for the period until December 31, 2024;
• to establish a moratorium on the contributions of telecom operators to the universal service reserve until December 31, 2024;
• to provide operators with preferential loans at a rate of no more than 3% for the purchase of telecom equipment, replenishment of working capital and support of communication infrastructure;
• to establish a moratorium on transfers, dismantling of communication facilities and facilities according to the requirements of state and municipal authorities;
• to postpone scheduled inspections of telecom operators from 2022 to 2023.

In addition, the Minister ordered to start implementing these measures and provide for their funding. It is assumed that they will allow the telecom infrastructure to function stably, and operators to restrain the rise in prices for their services.

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