Ministry of Informatization of the Russian Federation. Ministry of Digital Development, Telecommunications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation (Minkomsvyaz of Russia)
His name is associated primarily with the introduction of the Electronic Government system in Russia, which automates and optimizes processes. government controlled, document management, the provision of government services, significantly increasing their efficiency.
He is known for his progressive views on the development of telecommunications, his firm conviction that programmers should be trained from childhood, like athletes. In order to implement this idea, the department headed by him initiated activities to organize world-class IT centers on the basis of existing educational institutions and research institutes, whose tasks should include the introduction of advanced technologies, standards, information systems, registers, resources.
However, according to some experts, the activity of the minister during his tenure in power since 2012 has been ineffective. Critics noted that the communications industry in the country allegedly degraded - broadband Internet was slowly introduced, poorly developed launched projects"Russian iPhone", the creation of a domestic operating system.
Childhood and family
The future high-ranking official was born in the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan - Kazan. His mother worked as an accountant, and his father was a researcher and dealt with metrology and the organization of accounting for petroleum products, so he often went on long business trips. Unfortunately, Nikolai's father passed away early. 
Kolya showed interest in high technologies already in elementary grades. Around the age of 13, he created and demonstrated his first computer game. At the same time, he became friends with the son of Doctor of Science Alexander Yurtaev, who was keen on computer science, and later became one of the main ideologists of their common project “Electronic Government of the Republic of Tatarstan”.
As suggested in a number of media outlets, it was not without the assistance of the Yurtaev school where the children studied that they took part in the Junior Achievement (JA) program, in parallel with the general educational program teaching entrepreneurship.
At the age of 15, Nikolai, together with his friends, created his first business project within the framework of the school. Teenagers independently designed, laid and set up a local computer network and organized access to the Internet, then began to sell the services of an Internet provider and a fee for connecting to a collection of music collected on a server.
With the assistance of JA, the proactive "IT specialist" became a participant in international meetings and conferences held in Europe, the USA, Asia, in particular, he discussed issues of authoritarianism live not only with his peers, but also with the Prime Minister of Singapore.
Carier start
Nikolay has repeatedly become the winner of Olympiads on economic issues. As a high school student, he began teaching at his school and continued after graduating in 1999 with honors. He studied at the Faculty of Economics of Kazan State University and at the same time worked in the web-laboratory of the Internet center created at the Research Institute of KSU "Soros Foundation". 
He presented the developments of the Center at an economic forum in New Zealand, after which he received an offer to stay in the country, which he rejected. Returning home, together with Timur Yakubov, who also collaborated with the Center, he created the e-kazan.ru resource, which became the most popular site in Tatarstan.
Political career
In 2004, Nikolai graduated from KSU and continued to work at the research institute. In parallel, he took the position of deputy to his school friend Yurtaev, who became the general director of the Modern Internet Technologies company. 
Since 2005, the career of a talented and successful IT specialist has become inextricably linked with power structures. He was an IT adviser to the head of the Council of Ministers, and joined the group for the implementation of the E-Government system. In the period 2006-2010. Nikolai Nikiforov headed the Republican Center for Information Technologies, which was engaged in its implementation.
Nikolay Nikiforov about the future of Russia
Nikolay worked on the dissemination of resources for obtaining public services via the Internet, was a member of the republican Security Council, commissions to combat terrorism, to prevent the occurrence of emergencies. In 2009, he was enrolled in the presidential personnel reserve.
In 2010, Nikolai received a promotion and left his post at CIT. He became Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Informatization and Communications of the Republic and, according to the leadership, turned out to be a real generator of many innovations, including e-school projects, government document management, an IT park, and the GLONASS system.
In 2012, he was appointed head of the Russian Ministry of Communications and became the youngest federal minister in history.
In 2014, he announced the need for censorship in global network, development of domestic software to replace the existing foreign product.
Interview with Nikolai Nikiforov, Minister of Communications and Communications of Russia
At the beginning of January 2016 against the background political crisis in relations between Ankara and Moscow, the media reported that the account of the Minister of Communications on Instagram was hacked by a group of Turkish hackers.
In April, the minister criticized Irina Yarovaya's bill, which provides for a three-year storage of user data. He also criticized the use Russian organizations foreign IT software, up to the Times New Roman typeface.
Personal life of Nikolai Nikiforov
The IT official is married. Together with his wife Svetlana, they raise three children: a daughter and two boys. She is a native of the city of Almetyevsk, a graduate of the Kazan University "TISBI", a lawyer. 
Before her marriage, Svetlana worked as deputy director of the Almetyevsk Electroshield plant, was an employee of TATAvant, and was the head of I-Synergo, the builder of the technopark. It created the Startobaza companies belonging to her, a successful project to support the startups of Yakubov, her husband's partner, as well as Avtodoriya, where a progressive system for recognizing license plates of cars and fixing violators of the speed limit, and 6 more start-up companies were created.
Nikolai's income, made public in 2015, amounted to 4.9 million rubles. The wife in 2013 earned 5 times more than a year earlier, namely, 6 million rubles.
Nikolai Nikiforov checked the Russian Post in Vnukovo
The couple owns two apartments and a house of 247 square meters. Another apartment is exclusively owned by Svetlana, the apartment is registered for two minor children. According to the documents, the cars in their family belong to the wife - this is the Audi Q5 crossover and the Tesla S electric car (about $80,000).
Nikolai Nikiforov now
Since May 15, 2018, Nikolai Nikiforov is no longer the head of the Ministry of Communications. In the new Government of Dmitry Medvedev, his position was taken by Konstantin Noskov.Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of June 2, 2008 N 418
"About the Ministry digital development, communications and mass communications Russian Federation"
With changes and additions from:
October 13, November 7, December 29, 2008, January 27, August 12, 2009, March 17, June 15, July 15, 26, December 27, 2010, January 28, March 24, May 16, October 24, November 28, 2011, May 4, September 4, 17, November 3, 2012, March 27, August 9, November 2, 2013, July 16, 24, November 14, December 27, 2014, June 9, 25 December 2015, April 25, July 1, 2016, March 30, September 28, 2017, September 25, 2018, February 7, May 18, July 20, September 3, 2019, February 6, 2020
The Government of the Russian Federation decides:
2. Allow the Ministry of Digital Development, Telecommunications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation to have 9 Deputy Ministers, including one First Deputy Minister and one Secretary of State - Deputy Minister, as well as up to 15 departments in the structure of the central office in the main areas of activity of the Ministry.
6. Recognize as invalid:
2. The Ministry of Digital Development, Telecommunications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation coordinates and controls the activities of the Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Communications, the Federal Communications Agency, the Federal Agency for Press and Mass Communications, as well as subordinate Ministry of Organizations.
3. The Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation is guided in its activities by the Constitution of the Russian Federation, federal constitutional laws, federal laws, acts of the President of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Russian Federation, international treaties of the Russian Federation, as well as this Regulation.
4. The Ministry of Digital Development, Telecommunications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation carries out its activities in cooperation with other federal executive authorities, executive authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, local governments, public associations and other organizations.
II. Powers
5. The Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation shall exercise the following powers:
5.1. submits projects to the Government of the Russian Federation federal laws, regulatory legal acts of the President of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Russian Federation and other documents that require a decision of the Government of the Russian Federation, on issues related to the established scope of the Ministry and to the areas of jurisdiction subordinate to it federal service and federal agencies, as well as a draft work plan and forecast indicators for the activities of the Ministry;
5.2. on the basis of and in pursuance of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, federal constitutional laws, federal laws, acts of the President of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Russian Federation independently adopts the following regulatory legal acts:
5.2.3. requirements for numbering, protection of communication networks from unauthorized access to them and information transmitted over them;
5.2.6. requirements for the order of interaction of communication networks that make up the unified telecommunication network of the Russian Federation;
5.2.7. requirements for the description of communication networks and communication facilities that make up the unified telecommunication network of the Russian Federation;
5.2.8. requirements for the design, construction, reconstruction and operation of communication networks and communication facilities;
5.2.9. requirements for the provision of communication services, including universal ones;
5.2.11. the procedure for assigning numbering to dedicated communication networks;
Information about changes:
Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of May 16, 2011 N 368 The Regulation was supplemented by subparagraph 5.2.11.1
5.2.11.1. the procedure for the formation of call signs for the identification of radio-electronic means of civil use;
5.2.12. the procedure for assigning the numbering of a part of a technological communication network connected to a public communication network;
5.2.13. the procedure for the provision of service telecommunications by telecom operators;
5.2.14. requirements for networks and means of communication for carrying out operational-search activities in agreement with the authorized state bodies carrying out operational-search activities;
5.2.15. the procedure for receiving and transmitting mail and Money between postal organizations;
5.2.16. the procedure for maintaining separate accounting of income and expenses for the types of activities carried out, the communication services provided and the parts of the telecommunication network used to provide these services by operators occupying a significant position in the public communication network;
5.2.17. the procedure for the use of franking machines, the publication and use of state postage marks, the formation of the State collection of postage marks;
5.2.18. requirements for organizational and technical support for the stable functioning of the postal network;
5.2.19. requirements for the operation of postal communications;
5.2.22. the procedure for issuing permits for the distribution of products of foreign periodicals;
5.2.23. requirements for information security of information systems, including personal data information systems (with the exception of information systems of critically important objects), information and telecommunication networks and other communication networks;
5.2.24. requirements for data format in state information systems;
5.2.25. acts on issues of ensuring control and supervision in the established area of jurisdiction;
5.2.25.2. standards for the frequency of collection from mailboxes, exchange, transportation and delivery of written correspondence, indicating the deadlines for sending written correspondence;
5.2.25.3. the procedure for the temporary storage of postal items and funds, as well as the seizure, opening and destruction of postal items;
5.2.25.4. the procedure for distributing a legal deposit of documents consisting of combined documents, as well as a legal deposit of documents containing similar information recorded on various media;
5.2.25.5. rules for the delivery by the federal state unitary enterprise "Information Telegraph Agency of Russia (ITAR-TASS)" of mandatory federal copies of printed publications, phonograms and video films to library and information organizations;
5.2.25.6. rules for the delivery by the Scientific and Technical Center "Informregistr" of a mandatory federal copy of electronic publications to library and information organizations;
Information about changes:
Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of March 17, 2010 N 160 The Regulation was supplemented by subparagraph 5.2.25.7
5.2.25.7. acts defining the procedure for issuing permits for ship radio stations used on sea vessels, inland navigation vessels and ships of mixed (river - sea) navigation, as well as the form of forms for such permits;
Information about changes:
Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of May 16, 2011 N 368 The Regulation was supplemented by subparagraph 5.2.25.8
5.2.25.8. procedure for registration and issuance of a permit for the import into the territory of the Russian Federation, under conditions other than import, of civil radio-electronic means and high-frequency devices, including those built-in or included in other goods, as well as for the import of civil radio-electronic means and high-frequency devices by individuals for personal use (if the existence of such a permit is provided for by the legislation of the Russian Federation);
Information about changes:
Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of May 16, 2011 N 368 The Regulation was supplemented by subparagraph 5.2.25.9
5.2.25.9. an act defining the form of the authorization form for the use of radio frequencies or radio frequency channels;
Information about changes:
Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of May 16, 2011 N 368 The Regulation was supplemented by subparagraph 5.2.25.10
5.2.25.10. an act that determines the procedure for the formation of a register of radio-electronic means and high-frequency devices for civilian purposes, permitted for import into the territory of the Russian Federation;
Information about changes:
Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of May 16, 2011 N 368 The Regulation was supplemented by subparagraph 5.2.25.11
5.2.25.11. the procedure for issuing and the form of the conclusion on the conformity of the technical characteristics of radio-electronic means and high-frequency devices for civil purposes imported into the territory of the Russian Federation technical specifications and conditions of use, approved by the decisions of the State Commission on Radio Frequencies;
5.2.25.12. the procedure for conducting an examination of information products in order to ensure the information security of children;
5.2.25.14. requirements for administrative and organizational measures, for technical and software and hardware means of protecting children from information that is harmful to their health and (or) development;
Information about changes:
Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of November 28, 2011 N 976 The Regulation was supplemented by subparagraph 5.2.25.16
5.2.25.16. the procedure for transferring registers of qualified certificates of electronic signature verification keys and other information to the authorized federal body in the event of termination of the activities of an accredited certification center;
Information about changes:
Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of November 28, 2011 N 976 The Regulation was supplemented by subparagraph 5.2.25.17
5.2.25.17. the procedure for the formation and maintenance of registers of qualified certificates of electronic signature verification keys, as well as the provision of information from such registers;
Information about changes:
Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of November 28, 2011 N 976 The Regulation was supplemented by subparagraph 5.2.25.18
5.2.25.18. the rules for accreditation of certification centers and the procedure for verifying compliance by accredited certification centers with the requirements established by the Federal Law "On Electronic Signature" and for compliance with which these certification centers were accredited;
Information about changes:
Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of September 17, 2012 N 930 The Regulation was supplemented by subparagraph 5.2.25.19
5.2.25.19. the procedure for accompanying information products distributed through radio broadcasting with a message about limiting the distribution of information products among children at the beginning of the broadcast of radio programs;
5.2.25.20. requirements for the procedure for organizational and technical interaction of mobile radiotelephone operators when ensuring the transfer of a subscriber number;
5.2.25.21. the procedure for ensuring accessibility conditions for the visually impaired official websites of federal state authorities, state authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation and local governments on the Internet;
Information about changes:
The regulation was supplemented by subparagraph 5.2.25.22 from October 10, 2017 - Resolution
5.2.25.22. the procedure for sending a copy of the blocked site to the owner in electronic form in Russian and English a reasoned decision to recognize a site on the Internet as a copy of a blocked site;
Information about changes:
The regulation was supplemented by subparagraph 5.2.25.23 from September 1, 2019 - Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of May 18, 2019 N 612
5.2.25.23. the procedure for issuing a certificate or other document confirming the professional status of a journalist in the event that editorial staff (the journalist and other editorial staff who assist the journalist in carrying out the editorial assignment under special conditions) leave the Russian Federation;
Information about changes:
The regulation was supplemented by subparagraph 5.2.25.24 from November 1, 2019 - Resolution
5.2.25.24. requirements for the functioning of communication network management systems in the event of threats to the stability, security and integrity of the functioning of the Internet and public communication networks on the territory of the Russian Federation;
Information about changes:
The regulation was supplemented by subparagraph 5.2.25.25 from November 1, 2019 - Decree of the Government of Russia of September 3, 2019 N 1149
5.2.25.25. in agreement with the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation, the requirements for ensuring the functioning of traffic exchange points, which include, among other things, the requirements for ensuring the stable functioning of hardware and software communications, communications facilities, as well as the procedure for complying with the requirements provided for in paragraph 4 of Article 56.2 of the Federal Law "About communication";
Information about changes:
The regulation was supplemented by subparagraph 5.2.25.26 from November 1, 2019 - Decree of the Government of Russia of September 3, 2019 N 1149
5.2.25.26. requirements for telecom operators, owners or other owners of technological communication networks that have a unique identifier for a set of communication facilities and other technical means on the Internet, to ensure the stable operation of communication facilities that ensure interaction with communication facilities of other telecom operators, owners or other owners of technological communication networks, including those located outside the territory of the Russian Federation;
Information about changes:
The regulation was supplemented by subparagraph 5.2.25.27 from November 1, 2019 - Decree of the Government of Russia of September 3, 2019 N 1149
5.2.25.27. requirements for telecom operators, owners or other owners of technological communication networks that have a unique identifier for the totality of communication and other technical means on the Internet, to the operation of hardware and software (including communication means) used to detect on the network " Internet" network addresses corresponding to domain names;
Information about changes:
The regulation was supplemented by subparagraph 5.2.25.28 from November 1, 2019 - Decree of the Government of Russia of September 3, 2019 N 1149
5.2.25.28. in agreement with the authorized state bodies engaged in operational-search activities or ensuring the security of the Russian Federation, the requirements for networks and communication facilities of owners or other owners of technological communication networks that have a unique identifier for the totality of communication facilities and other technical means on the Internet, for carrying out authorized state bodies carrying out operational-investigative activities or ensuring the security of the Russian Federation, in cases established by federal laws, measures in order to implement the tasks assigned to them;
5.2.26. normative legal acts on other issues of the established sphere of activity of the Ministry and subordinate to the Ministry of the federal service and federal agencies, with the exception of issues whose legal regulation in accordance with the Constitution of the Russian Federation and federal constitutional laws, federal laws, acts of the President of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Russian Federation is carried out exclusively federal constitutional laws, federal laws, regulatory legal acts of the President of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Russian Federation;
5.3. provides:
5.3.1. maximum accessibility for the population of the country of a socially significant package of television and radio programs at the federal and regional levels;
5.3.2. protection of the interests of the state in the field of copyright and related rights in the field of mass communications and the media, information technology;
5.3.3. the participation of Russian mass media in the formation of a positive image of the Russian Federation (including investment) abroad;
Information about changes:
Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of November 28, 2011 N 976 The Regulation was supplemented by subparagraph 5.3.4
5.3.4. storage of the following information and round-the-clock unhindered access to it using information and telecommunication networks:
Information about changes:
Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of November 28, 2011 N 976 The Regulation was supplemented by subparagraph 5.3.4.1
5.3.4.1. names, addresses of accredited certification centers;
Information about changes:
Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of November 28, 2011 N 976 The Regulation was supplemented by subparagraph 5.3.4.2
5.3.4.2. a register of qualified certificates issued and canceled by the authorized federal body;
Information about changes:
Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of November 28, 2011 N 976 The Regulation was supplemented by subparagraph 5.3.4.3
5.3.4.3. a list of certifying centers whose accreditation has been cancelled;
Information about changes:
Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of November 28, 2011 N 976 The Regulation was supplemented by subparagraph 5.3.4.4
5.3.4.4. a list of accredited certification centers whose accreditation has been suspended;
Information about changes:
Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of November 28, 2011 N 976 The Regulation was supplemented by subparagraph 5.3.4.5
5.3.4.5. a list of accredited certification centers whose activities have been terminated;
5.3.4.6. registers of qualified certificates submitted to the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation in accordance with Article 15 of the Federal Law "On Electronic Signature";
Information about changes:
Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of November 3, 2012 N 1139 The Regulation was supplemented by subparagraph 5.3.5
5.3.5. organization of work on the conversion of the radio frequency spectrum;
Information about changes:
Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of November 14, 2014 N 1194 The Regulation was supplemented by subparagraph 5.3.6
5.3.6. organization of work on international legal protection of the assignment (assignment) of radio frequencies or radio frequency channels for radio electronic facilities of the Russian Federation and work on their coordination with the communications administrations of foreign states or intergovernmental satellite organizations in the established field of activity;
5.4. develops principles for the formation and use of federally owned funds of completed and aired television programs, broadcasts, phonograms, as well as other audiovisual works (with the exception of films);
5.5. participates in the formation of a single information space on the territory of the CIS member states;
Information about changes:
Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of July 24, 2014 N 698 The Regulation was supplemented by subparagraph 5.5.1
5.5.1. performs the functions of a trusted third party in the exchange of electronic documents in cases where its participation in such an exchange is provided for by international treaties of the Russian Federation;
5.6. organizes events related to the awarding of annual prizes of the Government of the Russian Federation in the field of mass media;
5.7. carries out, in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation and other regulatory legal acts on the contract system in the field of procurement of goods, works, services to meet state and municipal needs, the procurement of goods, works, services in the established field of activity;
5.8. summarizes the practice of applying the legislation of the Russian Federation and analyzes the implementation public policy in the established field of activity;
Information about changes:
Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of August 9, 2013 N 685 The Regulation was supplemented by subparagraph 5.8.1
5.8.1. develops and implements measures to develop competition in commodity markets, including the implementation of relevant departmental target programs, in the established field of activity;
5.9. performs the functions of the main manager and recipient of federal budget funds provided for the maintenance of the Ministry and the implementation of the functions assigned to it;
5.10. exercises, in the manner and within the limits determined by federal laws, acts of the President of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Russian Federation, the powers of the owner in relation to federal property transferred to federal state unitary enterprises and federal state institutions subordinate to the Ministry;
5.11. gives federal executive bodies opinions on the appropriateness of spending on research and development work on the creation and acquisition of software and hardware for the creation and operation of departmental information systems;
5.12. organizes the reception of citizens, ensures timely and complete consideration of oral and written appeals from citizens, making decisions on them and sending responses within the time period established by the legislation of the Russian Federation;
5.13. ensures the protection of information constituting a state secret in the course of the activities of the Ministry, as well as control and coordination of the activities of the subordinate federal service, federal agencies and organizations in this area;
5.14. provides mobilization training of the Ministry, as well as control and coordination of the activities of subordinate federal service, federal agencies and organizations for their mobilization training;
Information about changes:
Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of June 15, 2010 N 438 The Regulation was supplemented by clause 5.14.1
5.14.1. carries out the organization and conduct of civil defense in the Ministry;
5.15. organizes additional vocational education for employees of the Ministry;
5.16. interacts in accordance with the established procedure with public authorities of foreign states and international organizations in the established field of activity;
5.17. carries out, in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation, work on the acquisition, storage, accounting and use of archival documents formed in the course of the activities of the Ministry;
5.19. provides organizational and technical support for the activities of the Government Commission for Federal Communications and Information Technologies;
Information about changes:
Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of October 13, 2008 N 753 The Regulation was supplemented by subparagraph 5.19.1
5.19.1. develops and implements measures to support small and medium-sized businesses aimed at their development, including the development and implementation of relevant departmental targeted programs in the established field of activity;
Information about changes:
Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of August 12, 2009 N 656 The Regulation was supplemented by subparagraph 5.19.2
5.19.2. develops and approves sets of rules in the established field of activity;
Information about changes:
Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of July 26, 2010 N 553 The Regulation was supplemented by subparagraph 5.19.3
5.19.3. develops draft rules and methods of research (testing) and measurements, including sampling rules necessary for the application and execution of the adopted technical regulations and the implementation of conformity assessment, using documents in the field of standardization in the established field of activity;
Information about changes:
Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 27, 2010 N 1152 The Regulation was supplemented by subparagraph 5.19.4
5.19.4. organizes congresses, conferences, seminars, exhibitions and other events in the area of activity of the Ministry;
5.19.5. carries out accreditation of certification centers, checks compliance by accredited certification centers with the requirements established by the Federal Law "On Electronic Signature" and for compliance with which these certification centers were accredited, and in the event of their non-compliance, issues instructions to eliminate the identified violations;
Information about changes:
Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 27, 2010 N 1152 The Regulation was supplemented by subparagraph 5.19.7
5.19.7. organizes mandatory certification of information technologies intended for processing the state data bank on children left without parental care;
5.19.8. develops and implements federal targeted programs for ensuring the information security of children, the production of information products for children and the circulation of information products;
Information about changes:
Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of April 25, 2016 N 348 The Regulation was supplemented by subparagraph 5.19.9
5.19.9. makes decisions on the withdrawal of land plots for the state needs of the Russian Federation (federal needs) for the purpose of construction and reconstruction of communication facilities of federal significance, including linear facilities that support the activities of subjects of natural monopolies in the field of communications, in the manner established by the legislation of the Russian Federation;
Information about changes:
The regulation was supplemented by subparagraph 5.19.10 from October 10, 2017 - Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of September 28, 2017 N 1176
5.19.10. takes a reasoned decision to recognize the site on the Internet as a copy of the blocked site;
Information about changes:
The regulation was supplemented by subparagraph 5.19.11 from October 10, 2017 - Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of September 28, 2017 N 1176
5.19.11. sends to the owner of a copy of the blocked site in electronic form in Russian and English languages a reasoned decision to recognize the site on the Internet as a copy of the blocked site;
Information about changes:
The regulation was supplemented by subparagraph 5.19.12 from February 16, 2019 - Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of February 7, 2019 N 88
5.19.12. makes decisions on the establishment of a public easement in relation to land plots and (or) lands for their use for the purpose of placing communication lines and structures of federal significance, as well as for the purpose of reconstructing these engineering structures transferred in connection with the withdrawal of land plots on which they were located;
5.20. performs other functions in the established field of activity, if such functions are provided for by federal laws, regulatory legal acts of the President of the Russian Federation or the Government of the Russian Federation.
6. The Ministry of Digital Development, Telecommunications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation, in order to exercise powers in the established field of activity, has the right to:
6.1. to request and receive in accordance with the established procedure the information necessary for making decisions on issues within the competence of the Ministry;
6.2. establish, in accordance with the procedure established by the regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation, a departmental insignia that gives the right to confer the title of "Veteran of Labour" and other departmental awards and award them to employees of the Ministry, subordinate to the Ministry of the federal service and federal agencies, subordinate organizations, as well as other persons , carrying out activities in the established area, to approve the regulations on these badges and awards, as well as their descriptions;
6.3. involve in the prescribed manner for the study of issues related to the field of activity of the Ministry, scientific and other organizations, scientists and specialists;
6.4. create coordinating and advisory bodies (councils, commissions, groups, colleges), including interdepartmental ones, in the established field of activity;
6.5. to establish, in accordance with the established procedure, print media for the publication of normative legal acts in the established field of activity, official announcements, placement of other materials on issues within the competence of the Ministry, its subordinate federal service and federal agencies;
Information about changes:
Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 27, 2010 N 1152 The Regulation was supplemented by subparagraph 6.6
6.6. give government bodies, local authorities, legal and individuals clarifications on issues within the jurisdiction of the Ministry;
Information about changes:
Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of March 24, 2011 N 210 The Regulation was supplemented by subparagraph 6.7
6.7. establish, in agreement with the Heraldic Council under the President of the Russian Federation, a heraldic sign - an emblem, flag and pennant of the federal service and federal agencies under the jurisdiction of the Ministry.
7. The Ministry of Digital Development, Telecommunications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation in the established field of activity is not entitled to exercise the functions of control and supervision, as well as the functions of managing state property, except in cases established by decrees of the President of the Russian Federation and resolutions of the Government of the Russian Federation.
The specified restrictions on the powers of the Ministry do not apply to the powers of the Minister to manage property assigned to the Ministry and subordinate to the Ministry of federal state unitary enterprises and federal government agencies, solving personnel issues, as well as issues of organizing the activities of the Ministry and its structural divisions.
When implementing legal regulation in the established field of activity, the Ministry is not entitled to establish the functions and powers of federal state authorities, state authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, local governments that are not provided for by federal constitutional laws, federal laws, acts of the President of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Russian Federation, and is also not entitled to establish restrictions to the exercise of the rights and freedoms of citizens, the rights of non-state commercial and non-profit organizations, except in cases where the possibility of imposing such restrictions by acts of authorized federal executive bodies is directly provided for by the Constitution of the Russian Federation, federal constitutional laws, federal laws and issued on the basis of and in pursuance of the Constitution of the Russian Federation Federation, federal constitutional laws, federal laws acts of the President of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Russian Federation .
III. Organization of activities
8. The Ministry of Digital Development, Telecommunications and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation is headed by the Minister appointed to and dismissed by the President of the Russian Federation on the proposal of the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation.
The Minister is personally responsible for the fulfillment of the powers assigned to the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation and the implementation of state policy in the established field of activity.
The Minister has deputies who are appointed and dismissed by the Government of the Russian Federation.
The number of Deputy Ministers is established by the Government of the Russian Federation.
9. Structural subdivisions of the Ministry of Digital Development, Telecommunications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation are departments in the main areas of activity of the Ministry. Departments are made up of divisions.
10. Minister:
10.1. distributes duties among his deputies;
10.2. approves regulations on structural subdivisions of the Ministry;
10.3. submits proposals to the Government of the Russian Federation on the appointment and dismissal of the heads of the federal service and federal agencies subordinate to the Ministry and their deputies;
10.4. appoints and dismisses employees of the Ministry in accordance with the established procedure;
10.5. decides, in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation on public service, issues related to the passage of federal public service in the Ministry;
10.6. approves the structure and staffing of the Ministry within the limits of the wage fund and the number of employees established by the Government of the Russian Federation, the cost estimate for its maintenance within the limits approved for the corresponding period of appropriations provided for in the federal budget;
10.7. approves the annual work plan and performance indicators of the federal service and federal agencies subordinate to the Ministry, as well as reports on their activities;
10.8. submits to the Government of the Russian Federation, on the proposal of the heads of the federal service and federal agencies subordinate to the Ministry, draft regulations on the federal service and federal agencies, proposals on the wage fund and the maximum number of employees of the federal service and federal agencies;
Representatives of the Russian press dubbed him "young and early", "minister wunderkind", greatly surprised at how at such an age one could achieve such a dizzying career in public service. Indeed, Nikolai Nikiforov is the youngest official of the domestic Cabinet of Ministers. Moreover, the sharks of the pen reported that no one promoted the young man in his service - he owes his high post exclusively to himself. There is also a point of view that he just happened to be in the right place at the right time. But still, who would have thought that at the age of 29, Nikolai Nikiforov was the country's Minister of Communications. What was his career path like? How did he manage to grow into a government-level official? Let's consider these questions in more detail.
Facts from the biography
So, the current Minister of Communications Nikolai Nikiforov, whose biography, of course, requires separate consideration, is a native of the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan. He was born on June 24, 1982 in the family of an accountant.
His father often traveled on business trips, analyzing natural resource accounting issues.
Childhood
At school, young Nikolai Nikiforov showed extraordinary abilities, for which he was loved by teachers. In particular, his knowledge of computer science and algebra was so deep that he had no equal in the class in these subjects. Already at the age of thirteen, Nikolai Nikiforov, whose biography is undoubtedly interesting and remarkable, was able to present to his environment a computer game created by himself. In computer science and mathematics, he was a guru among classmates. Soon in modern life A person is wedged in by the World Wide Web, and a teenager suddenly realizes that the economy and the Internet are two basic components, without which tomorrow and the day after tomorrow will not be able to do.
First steps in entrepreneurship
At the age of fifteen, the young man organizes his own business for the first time in his life. Nikolai Nikiforov, together with a group of like-minded guys, created local network for educational institution, stocked up on Internet traffic and began to sell it to students.
Over time, the "brainchild" of the young businessman began to bring a stable income, and he began to hold parties and school holidays with his own money, created a radio station where you could order songs.
In addition, while studying in high school, Nikolai Nikiforov, together with his class teacher, established something like a union of young entrepreneurs at the local level. This alliance was engaged in the analysis of consumer demand for consumer goods.
In 1998, the young man, having not yet received a matriculation certificate, became an additional teacher. education and an employee of the web laboratory at Kazan State University (KSU).
Student years
After graduating from a secondary school a year later, the future Minister of Communications of the Russian Federation Nikolai Nikiforov goes to study as an economist at KSU. He didn't have to give up entry exams, because he participated in many olympiads and was awarded the title of "Best Student of the Year in Russia".
The freshman of the economics faculty is soon invited to the Asia-Pacific Economic Forum, where he represented his native republic and Russia. In the future, student Nikiforov repeatedly took part in international events, where he was noted by authoritative representatives of the scientific community. It was thanks to these contacts that he received an invitation to work abroad: in the USA and New Zealand. But the young man was a patriot of his country and preferred to serve science in his homeland. As a student, he works as a laboratory assistant, then - at the Chebotarev Research Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics at KSU.
Career is on the rise
In 1999, Nikolai Nikiforov (future Minister of Communications) established the Kazan Portal business structure. Two years later, it will begin to bring a good income, and the young man will take the position of deputy head in it.
In 2004, Nikiforov received a diploma in economics. After some time, a KSU graduate becomes an information technology adviser in the republican government. Soon he abandons his previous positions: assistant to the head of the Kazan Portal and an employee of the research institute. It was during this period of his career that Nikolai Nikiforov created such projects as IT-Park, e-government, the public services website, the Innopolis science town, heading for the global informatization of most areas of society.
In 2006, he was appointed head of the Republican Information Technology Center (CIT RT).
Four years later, Nikiforov leaves this post: he is appointed head of the Republican Ministry of Informatization and Communications.
Work in the federal government
In May 2012, an official from Tatarstan was entrusted to head the federal Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications. Today he is a member of various specialized commissions: on the introduction of information technologies in the activities of government agencies, on the development of television and radio broadcasting, etc.
Nikiforov sees his task in providing access to information technologies, their development in the Russian “outback areas”, and simplifying the “electronic government” system.
The official supported the introduction of blacklists of Internet portals.
Awards
Nikiforov has many awards. He is the owner of the medals: "For Commonwealth in the Name of Salvation", "For Strengthening the Combat Commonwealth", "In Commemoration of the 1000th Anniversary of Kazan", "For Strengthening the State System of Information Protection". Three years ago, he received gratitude from the head of state for his active participation in the preparation of proposals for the creation of the "Open Government" system.
The official is married, he is the father of three children. The minister's wife owns an IT company.
Hobbies and hobbies
Nikolai Nikiforov prefers to go to gym to keep your body in good shape.
Of course, the Minister of Communications is an active Internet user: he is constantly in touch with friends from Twitter.
Secret of success
When asked how a young man managed to become a federal official in a relatively short period of his life, Nikolai Nikiforov answers that you just need to believe in yourself and always go towards your goal, since water does not flow under a lying stone. According to the official, everything depends on the person himself, and one should not attribute one's own failures to age, the wrong nationality, surname, and other circumstances.
“You can do anything: benefit society, work in a state structure, create business projects, and so on. The main thing is not to stop in your development,” Nikolai Nikiforov emphasized.
February 1, 2020 About the Secretary of State - Deputy Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation Order dated January 31, 2020 No. 158-r
February 1, 2020 About the First Deputy Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation Order dated January 31, 2020 No. 157-r
January 27, 2020 About the Deputy Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation Order dated January 27, 2020 No. 105-r
January 3, 2020 , Mediasphere. Internet Prizes of the Government of Russia in the field of mass media for 2019 were awarded Order dated December 26, 2019 No. 3200-r. In 2019, five applicants and four teams of applicants became the laureates of the awards.
December 16, 2019 , Mediasphere. Internet Rules for choosing a municipal mandatory public TV channel and the procedure for its broadcasting have been approved Decrees of December 10, 2019 No. 1630, No. 1631. The decisions taken will contribute to providing information to the population with programs covering issues of local importance, in which both broadcasters of municipal mandatory public television channels and telecom operators are interested.
December 12, 2019 , National Program "Digital Economy of the Russian Federation" On state support for digital transformation of priority sectors of the economy and social sphere Decree of December 5, 2019 No. 1598. A procedure has been established for granting subsidies from the federal budget as part of supporting projects to transform priority sectors of the economy and the social sphere through the introduction of domestic products, services and platform solutions created on the basis of "end-to-end" digital technologies, using concessional lending.
November 18, 2019 , State and municipal services On the creation of new services on the Unified Portal of Public Services Decree of November 18, 2019 No. 1467. The expansion of the services of the Unified Portal of State and Municipal Services will help increase the convenience and transparency of interaction between citizens and organizations with the state, and ensure the use of electronic documents.
November 8, 2019 , Small and medium enterprises A decision was made to conduct an experiment to improve the use of electronic signature technology Decree of November 8, 2019 No. 1427. The adopted decision is aimed at developing technologies designed to simplify the state registration of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs and the opening of accounts for them in credit institutions.
September 24, 2019 , Postal communication About some questions of reorganization of FSUE Russian Post Orders dated September 20, 2019 No. 2131-r, No. 2132-r. The charter of Russian Post JSC and the act on the transfer of the FSUE Russian Post property complex to the joint-stock company were approved.
September 11, 2019 , Road transport. Road safety On decisions following the meeting of the Government Commission for Security traffic On increasing the protection of children from road traffic accidents and their consequences.
September 6, 2019 , The concept of creation of the state uniform cloud platform is approved Order dated August 28, 2019 No. 1911-r. The concept provides for a phased transfer of information systems of public authorities and local governments to the state single cloud platform. This will improve the efficiency of using the information technology and communication infrastructure created to provide state and municipal services in electronic form.
August 16, 2019 , Telecommunications. Telecommunications The government submitted to the State Duma a draft law on optimizing the system for providing universal communication services Order dated August 15, 2019 No. 1815-r. The bill, in particular, provides for the exclusion from the list of universal communication services of services for data transmission and provision of access to the Internet using public access facilities. The provision of such services in settlements with a population of 100 to 500 people, in which such services are not currently provided, it is proposed to provide using access points.
July 15, 2019 The Commission for Legislative Activities approved, taking into account the discussion, a draft law on optimizing the system for providing universal communication services The bill, in particular, provides for the exclusion from the list of universal communication services of services for data transmission and provision of access to the Internet using public access facilities. The provision of such services in settlements with a population of 100 to 500 people, in which such services are not currently provided, is proposed to be provided using access points.
June 24, 2019 The Commission for Legislative Activities approved a bill on changing the procedure for obtaining permission to use radio frequencies The draft law proposes to reduce from 55 to 40 working days the period for obtaining permission to use radio frequencies or radio frequency channels for civilian electronic equipment.
Order dated June 8, 2019 No. 1242-r. Russia has a unified state system for the prevention and liquidation of emergencies, one of the main tasks of which is the organization of warning the population. At the same time, the procedure for the interaction of all entities involved in providing alerts or transmitting emergency information - federal and regional executive authorities, local governments, telecom operators and media editorial offices - is not normatively fixed. The draft law proposes to give the Government of Russia the authority to determine the procedure for the interaction of authorities with telecom operators and with media editors. It is also proposed to consolidate the obligation of telecom operators and media editorial offices to ensure the transmission of alert signals at the request of federal and regional executive authorities, local governments, depending on the territory in which communication services are provided, or, accordingly, on the territory of distribution of mass media. At the same time, the principle of gratuitous transmission of warning signals, previously established by law, is retained by the draft law. 1Source: http://www.moscow-post.com/politics/nikolaj_nikiforov_prevratil_ministerstvo_svjazi_v_chastnuju_lavochku12820/ - 28.10.2013 20:45
Scandals related to the activities of the Minister of Telecom and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation Nikolai Nikiforov do not stop. As it turned out, he fell under the strong influence of commercial structures and now, according to experts, has turned the work of his Ministry into one big lobbying process.
Rumor has it that the Kremlin was extremely dissatisfied with this, so that over time, Nikiforov will be resigned.
Minister without his views?
It seems that the head of the Ministry of Communications, Nikolai Nikiforov, is the most scandalous and ineffective minister in the current composition of the Cabinet. Moreover, colleagues have repeatedly reproached him for inexperience. Although what kind of experience can be expected from a 31-year-old "professional" from Tatarstan, who now heads the entire Russian communications industry. But this industry under Nikiforov noticeably degraded. So the broadband Internet is developing at an extremely slow pace, the program for the introduction of universal electronic cards, rumors about the “Russian iPhone” remained rumors, and the creation of a “national” operating system seems to have “stalled” altogether.
These, in short, are the very disappointing results of the first year of Nikiforov's "reign" in the Ministry of Communications.
However, what else can be expected from a person to whom PR is more important than the development of the industry entrusted to him?!
This was stated in his LiveJournal by the former Deputy Minister of Communications of the Russian Federation Ilya Massukh: “ New minister(Nikiforov) does not have his own systematic views on the development of IT in Russia and is set up more for PR than for productive work.
It should be noted that it was precisely the lack of his views on the development of the communications industry, as well as extensive connections in business circles, that led Mr. Nikiforov to turn his Ministry, in fact, into the patrimony of various telecommunications commercial structures with a pronounced dominance of one holding associated with ex -Deputy Minister Denis Sverdlov.
Was the Deputy Minister of Communications involved in a scandal with the theft of 6.5 billion rubles?
Moreover, often the personnel policy of Nikolai Nikiforov runs counter to state interests! For example, Evgeny Yurchenko, the ex-general director of the state holding Svyazinvest and a minority shareholder of Rostelecom, publicly stated that “the appointment of a native of private company working in the same industry is generally not state practice”
However, if we take the current deputies of Nikiforov, it is clear that almost all of them come from private business and therefore, in fact, lobby the interests of those structures in which they once worked!
So, Deputy Minister Alexei Volin was previously the general director of the AMEDIA film company and the president of A3 LLC.
Deputy Minister Alexei Volin
But Deputy Minister Mark Shmulevich is the founder, member of the board of directors of Rusnavgeoset LLC. Curiously, Rusnavgeoset LLC is a joint venture between Trimble Navigation, Ltd. (USA) and Russian Space Systems OJSC.
In this case, it is very embarrassing that Nikiforov hired as his deputy not only the founder of a joint company with the Americans, but also a graduate of the “most pro-American university” NES, whose former rector Sergey Guriev fled to Paris after he was suspected of receiving money from the structures of Yukos. Moreover, Mark Shmulevich himself trained in the USA - at Tenafly College!!!
Deputy Minister Mark Shmulevich
But in 2009 - 2011, Shmulevich was the head of the business development department at Russian Space Systems OJSC (RCS), which received billions from the state for the development of GLONASS. Now investigators are investigating the theft of 6.5 billion rubles during the creation of GLONASS by RKS employees who were able to transfer this money to private commercial structures affiliated with them! In particular, in NPO KP CJSC, Sinertek LLC and Integris CJSC.
I wonder who could so easily transfer the money of the RKS to private business structures? Isn't Mark Shmulevich the head of the business development department at the RCC?!! In any case, there were rumors in the RKS that it was Shmulevich who withdrew money from this state corporation “at the behest” of the ex-head of Russian Space Systems OJSC Yuri Urlichich!
By the way, recently the former general designer of the GLONASS system and the head of the Russian Space Systems (RCS) company, Yuri Urlichich, headed the subsidiary of AFK Sistema - JSC Sitronics. But it is AFK Sistema, through its subsidiaries, that now largely controls the development of the commercial industry for GLONASS!
Was the operation to introduce business into power successful?
Speaking about the influence of business on the government, it is worth remembering that in October 2013, the Minister of Communications Nikolai Nikiforov sent a proposal to the government on the appointment of two of his deputies and a secretary of state. One of the candidates is Dmitry Alkhazov, who currently heads the infrastructure projects department of the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications. He will be responsible mainly for communications. Aleksey Kozyrev, head of the e-government development department of the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications, was proposed to replace another deputy minister.
It is curious that Alkhazov, according to the website of the Ministry of Communications, came to the ministry only in January 2013, and before that he worked for five and a half years at MTS (owned by AFK Sistema): first, deputy director of the IT operation department and project director " MTS Russia ", and then - the director of the department for coordinating the development of network infrastructure. In particular, he coordinated projects related to the construction of mobile communication towers along federal highways and with WiFi access in public transport Moscow. An acquaintance of Alkhazov adds that he also oversaw the construction of a 3G network at a time when MTS installed dozens of base stations every day, and knows the process thoroughly.
Dmitry Alkhazov, Head of the Department of Infrastructure Projects of the Ministry of Communications
Now they say that Alkhazov is lobbying the Ministry of Communications for the interests of MTS, in particular, and AFK Sistema, in general!
And here is the director of the Department for the Development of Electronic Government Alexei Kozyrev in the Ministry of Communications and Mass Media since November 2012, and before that he worked for eight years in the Sequoia Credit Consolidation collection agency. His last position there was the position of First Deputy General Director.
So, it turns out that Nikiforov's e-government is being developed by a former collector (professional debt collector)!!! By the way, before that, Kozyrev worked at Alfa Bank.
It is curious that the head of the Department of External Communications of the Ministry of Communications, Ekaterina Osadchaya, used to be the press secretary of VimpelCom, and now, according to rumors, she is lobbying the interests of Beeline in the Ministry of Communications! By the way, she also worked in the STS Media holding, which has partnerships with the AMEDIA company, which was previously headed by Deputy Minister of Communications Alexei Volin!
Head of the Department of External Communications of the Ministry of Communications Ekaterina Osadchaya
But the head of the Department international cooperation The Ministry of Communications is Rashid Ismailov, who previously worked for Nokia Siemens Networks Russia. And now guess the interests of which foreign manufacturer of digital equipment Ismailov is lobbying for?!!
The legal department of the Ministry of Communications is headed by Alexander Pudov, who worked in the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) of Russia, where he successively held the positions of a leading specialist, chief specialist, chief state inspector of the Office for Control and Supervision in the Field of Real Estate, Local Monopolies and Housing and Public Utilities, head of a department of the Office for Placement Control state order, adviser, and then deputy head of this unit.
Deputy Minister Mikhail Evraev
It is believed that Pudov was brought to the Ministry of Communications by Deputy Minister Mikhail Evraev. At one time, he was the head of the state order control department of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS Russia) and "famous" for the fact that during the public procurement reform, according to rumors, he lobbied for the interests of a number of large state-owned banks. Moreover, there is information in the press that then Evraev was secretly the “leader of the Russian non-systemic opposition” Alexei Navalny also worked, who “drank a lot of blood” from the Ministry of Economic Development during a public discussion about changing the law on public procurement. There is information on the Internet that "Yevraev's representatives" allegedly "brought" Alexei Navalny a certain amount of money for supporting the position of the FAS and state banks !!!
Director of Organizational Development Department Svetlana Ershova
But the director of the department of organizational development, Svetlana Ershova, previously not only was an employee of Microsoft Russia, but also worked as vice president of a large telecommunications holding, which was controlled by ex-deputy minister Denis Sverdlov (aka the "gray eminence" of the Ministry of Communications), who is now an adviser to the minister!
The Department of Informatization Projects of the Ministry of Communications was headed by Andrey Chernenko, who was previously director of project management at the Moscow branch of the cellular operator Tele2 and, according to rumors, continues to lobby for the interests of Tele2 at the “ministerial level”
But the director of the Department for the Development of the Information Technology Industry of the Ministry of Communications, Yevgeny Kovnir, previously worked at Microsoft Russia, as did the director of the organizational development department Svetlana Ershova, already mentioned above. Apparently, given such a strong lobby of Microsoft Corporation in the Ministry of Communications, the Russian national operating system will never be invented and implemented. After all, Microsoft is simply not profitable for Russian officials to “leave” Windows.
Alexei Doronkin, Head of the Sectoral Projects Department, previously worked as Deputy Head of the State Order Placement Control Department of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia, and just like Pudov, he is considered Evraev's henchman!
By the way, the Director of the Implementation Department legislative initiatives Vasily Gorbunov also worked as Deputy Head of the FAS State Order Placement Control Department. So he was also "pushed" into the Ministry of Communications by Deputy Minister Mikhail Evraev!
Kirill Stepanenko, Director of the Department for Regulation of Radio Frequencies and Communication Networks, managed to work in all the Big Three operators (North-West Telecom OJSC, MTS OJSC and VimpelCom OJSC). Moreover, on duty, except for the Ministry of Communications, he did not sit up anywhere !!!
Why have lobbyists ousted professionals?
Thus, the lobbyists of the holding, which was previously led by Denis Sverdlov, settled most of all in the Ministry of Communications. The second place in terms of influence is shared by “Yevtushenkovtsy” (natives of the structures of the AFS “Sistema”) and “evraevtsy” (natives of the FAS). But the third place of honor went to lobbyists of Microsoft interests, that is, "Americanists".
And this is not counting people from Beeline, Megafon, Tele2, Nokia Siemens, etc. Thus, Nikiforov recruited not high-class technical specialists into his team, but, in fact, lobbyists of large Russian and American corporations!!!
According to rumors, when the Kremlin found out all the ins and outs of the leadership of the Ministry of Communications, where lobbyists settled instead of industry workers, the leadership of the country decided to “disperse” this “private shop”! So, apparently, Nikiforov has not long to keep his post!!!
Moreover, according to ordinary employees of the Ministry of Communications, Nikiforov deliberately “survived” real professionals from the Ministry and replaced them with lobbyists! But because of Nikiforov, the best specialists have already left this department!
So the legend of the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications Naum Marder, who first came to work at the ministry in 1980 and left it only during the reign of Leonid Reiman, did not want to work with the new team.
Immediately before the signing of the resignation letter by the prime minister, Marder called some of the initiatives supported by Nikiforov unreasonable - for example, he pointed to the lack of economic feasibility in the project to provide ubiquitous broadband Internet access in the Russian Federation and the haste in developing important by-laws.
With the advent of Nikiforov, Deputy Minister Ilya Massukh, who was in charge of IT issues, and Alexander Malinin, who was in charge of television, as well as department directors Lipov, Milashevsky, Mironov, Khimchenko, Chursin, left the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications, although Nikiforov promised to maintain the continuity of the team of the former head of the department.
The personnel reshuffle started by the 30-year-old minister has led to a virtual stupor in the ministry's activities, sources say. Heads of subdivisions, unsure of their future, are afraid to take the initiative and sign documents. Discussed on the sidelines of the ministry is the minister's arrogant unwillingness to listen to experienced employees and his desire to surround himself with young, aspiring employees with whom he would not feel insecure, or with foreigners.
How does Denis Sverdlov "manipulate" Nikolai Nikiforov?
However, of course, Nikiforov himself, due to his age, would not have been able to form such a “lobby-team”. After all, according to rumors, Denis Sverdlov, the former head of a large telecommunications holding and a real “oligarch from communications,” helped Nikiforov to gather such a “dubious” composition of top managers who are not able to lead, but only able to defend the interests of business.
Previously, he was a deputy minister, but after a major corruption scandal, he literally "flew" from his post, but then Nikiforov made him his adviser. After that, the "notoriety" of Sverdlov, as a kind of "gray eminence" of the Ministry of Communications, only strengthened!
By the way, thanks to the "ebricious activity" of the Department of Organizational Development of the Ministry of Communications of Svetlana Ershova, who previously was Sverdlov's vice-president in his holding, he still, according to experts, retains full control over the Ministry of Communications, in fact reducing the role of Nikiforov to a kind of "wedding general"!!!
Moreover, the positions of this “general from communication” did not shake even after his wife found a house in France with an area of 400 square meters. m., while Sverdlov himself has two apartments in Russia and one cottage with an area of 270 sq. m. Two luxury cars Land Rover and Mercedes Benz R350 4Matic also belong to the official's wife. In total, in 2012, Denis Sverdlov earned 131.27 million rubles, and his wife 1.22 million rubles.
Denis Sverdlov, Advisor to the Minister of Communications
It should be noted that such a high income of Sverdlov has repeatedly aroused suspicion among law enforcement agencies. Indeed, with a general annual income of 131.27 million rubles, it turns out that every month he should have received approximately 10,939,167 rubles. Agree that almost 11 million rubles. per month - this is clearly more than his "modest salary" can give the official.
However, according to rumors, Deputy Minister Sverdlov received such fabulous money precisely for the lobby of the very telecommunications holding that he previously headed!
Sverdlov and Nikiforov provoked a conflict between the Kremlin and the White House?
Moreover, Sverdlov's lobbying often ran counter to the interests of Russian state-owned companies. It's no secret that Sverdlov lobbied for the interests of one specific broadband Internet operator during the construction of LTE networks. As a result, this led to other operators suing. For example, even the state-owned Rostelecom demanded access to LTE networks through the courts!
Curiously, in response to this, Sverdlov and Nikiforov, according to rumors, tried to put pressure on the then general director of Rostelecom, Alexander Provorotov. After all, the leadership of the Ministry of Communications reached the point that they wanted to remove Provorotov from the leadership of Rostelecom by any means, which ultimately led to the latter's resignation!
But before Provorotov's resignation, searches were carried out in Provorotov's house, which, it is believed, were organized at the suggestion of Sverdlov and Nikiforov. Moreover, according to experts, with this "maneuver" the leaders of the Ministry of Communications "crossed the line of what was permitted"!
The thing is that in Provorotov, as the head of Rostelecom, an assistant to the president of the Russian Federation was interested, former minister connections, Igor Shchegolev, and Sverdlov wanted to see "his man" as head of this state holding.
As a result, according to experts, disagreements between Shchegolev and Sverdlov led to a conflict between the Kremlin and the White House, which later led, among other things, to the resignation of Sverdlov.
Is the head of the Ministry of Communications lobbying the interests of business to the detriment of Russia's interests?
And recently, the Minister of Communications Nikiforov himself was "involved" in a lobbying scandal! This scandal was related to the distribution of quotas for migrants. Recall that now domestic IT companies can hire foreign specialists without quotas if the employer is ready to pay him a salary of 2 million rubles a year (166 thousand rubles a month). This threshold can be halved - the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications has prepared appropriate amendments to the law "On the legal status of foreign citizens in the Russian Federation."
In other words, the leadership of the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications proposes to invite 150-200 thousand new migrants to work in the IT sector.
Nikolai Nikiforov, Minister of Communications
Political scientists have already regarded this initiative of the Ministry of Communications as an open manifestation of the interests of telecommunications holdings that want to get cheap labor (after all, the real wages of IT migrants will be much lower !!!)
However, this lobbyist "maneuver" is not only disastrous for the industry, but also runs counter to the state interests of the Russian Federation!!! By the way, the Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Labor and social policy Nikolay Kolomeytsev.
“The Ministry of Communications has taken a completely anti-state position, confusing “ours” and “ours”. As part Russian government, they should think about the Russian unemployed, and not about foreign ones. There are a huge number of IT-specialists in both Russian regions, and Moscow, who will gladly agree to earn 80 thousand rubles a month, and the task of the Ministry of Communications and other departments is to interest them in the first place, ”said Deputy Kolomeitsev.
Thus, lobbying the interests of private holdings, Nikifor took an anti-state position!..
Will the state punish the Minister of Communications?
However, the Kremlin does not forgive those officials who betray the interests of the Motherland for the sake of business! Indeed, according to rumors, the security forces have already decided to check the activities of Minister Nikiforov and even initiate a criminal case against him.
Moreover, this case may be connected with the business of the minister's friends, who, as you know, began his career thanks to the "lobby" in the government of Tatarstan.
After all, Nikiforov's classmate was Dima Yurtaev. And his father - Alexander Yurtaev - from 1998 to 2011. served as head of the information and analytical department of the Cabinet of Ministers of Tatarstan, and in January 2011 became the head of a similar department in the presidential administration of the republic. It is believed that Yurtaev became the godfather of Nikolai in power, and at the same time his son and other guys who sensed the spirit of the time in time (more on the spirit below).
In 1999, Nikiforov and Timur Yakubov “decided to invest” in the Internet business and opened the e-kazan.ru portal (“Kazan Portal”). “We found investors and began to promote the site, filling it with information and entertainment content (news, telephone directory, city poster, exchange rates, etc.)," Sekret Firmy wrote. That is, the "investors" laid out money for yesterday's schoolchildren and waited two years until the "Kazan Portal" began to make a profit.
Agree, this is somehow strange to believe? So whose money was it?!
Further, in 2004, while continuing to work on the Kazan Portal, Nikolai Nikiforov became deputy general director of the Modern Internet Technologies company, which was established in 2002 at the initiative of the government of Tatarstan. The enterprise owns the business information portal Tatcenter.ru and is the developer of the current versions of the websites of the republican ministries and the government itself (all of them are made according to the same template and in the same style). Since its founding in 2002 and until now, Dmitry Yurtaev has been the CEO of Modern Internet Technologies.
When, in August 2005, the government of Tatarstan decided to start building e-government in earnest and formed a special working group for this, Alexander Yurtaev took over as the chief designer of the system. In the same month, his son's 23-year-old partner, Nikolai Nikiforov, was appointed IT advisor to Tatarstan Prime Minister Rustam Minnikhanov. In 2006, Nikolai became the director of the Information Technology Center of Tatarstan ( non-profit organization, established by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic for the development of government information systems and electronic public services), and in 2010 - by the Minister of Informatization and Communications of Tatarstan.
So, for example, a longtime partner of Nikolai Nikiforov, the owner of Bars Group, Timur Akhmerov, recently moved to the capital.
The republican system works on the solutions of Bars Group budget accounting and reporting, the system for evaluating the effectiveness of municipal government, the system "Electronic Kindergarten". A number of the company's software products are recommended by the Russian Ministry of Communications for replication as part of the "Electronic Region" event of the State Program "Information Society (2011-2020)".
Thus, Mr. Nikiforov's business partners have already begun to develop the federal budget.
Rumor has it that the suspicions of Nikiforov's friends in the actual embezzlement of the federal budget were the last straw that outweighed the Kremlin's patience. So now Nikiforov, according to rumors, will not only be removed, but also imprisoned !!!
And this will be quite an adequate punishment for the fact that he, in fact, turned the federal ministry into a kind of "private shop"!!!