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Maksut Shadayev also reported that the government proposed in a separate text article to direct part of the fee for the use of the radio frequency spectrum, which is paid by operators, to solving social problems related to providing schools with access to the Internet, creating Wi-Fi networks in them, and building trunk fiber-optic communication lines (FOCL) to connect areas that are still not connected to the public communication network.

According to the standards for luxembourg whatsapp number database the distribution of revenues of the budget system of the Russian Federation for 2024 and for the planning period of 2025 and 2026, 100% of the fees of users of the radio frequency spectrum and 100% of the funds from deductions of public communication network operators to the universal service reserve go to the federal budget.

of non-tax revenues for 2024-2026, namely funds from deductions by public telecommunications network operators to the universal service reserve, is projected in the following amounts: in 2024 - 16.2 billion rubles, in 2025 - 16.5 billion rubles, in 2026 - 16.8 billion rubles.

According to the explanatory note, revenues from radio frequency spectrum user fees are forecast to be: in 2024 - 12.2 billion rubles, in 2025 - 11.2 billion rubles, in 2026 - 13.9 billion rubles. At the same time, in 2023, revenues from this category are estimated at 15.5 billion rubles.

Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation Irina Okladnikova reported that the main issues voiced by the Minister of Digital Development at the committee meeting on the eve of the first reading were worked out by the Ministry of Finance and they were reflected in the amendments. In addition, according to Irina Okladnikova, the department plans to balance the distribution at the expense of other state programs for the development of UUS.

"The Parliament has given us the authority for the next year to make changes to the budget schedule (the consolidated budget schedule is a plan for spending budget funds - ComNews note ) in order to determine sources and redistribute funds in favor of priority areas for financing additional expenses," added Irina Okladnikova.

Maksut Shadayev also reported that the Ministry of Digital Development and the Ministry of Finance will seek additional funds, but at the same time, all current plans that the department formed based on the results of the public vote on small settlements for connection will be implemented within the budget provided for in the amendments to the second reading (13.4 billion rubles).

The press service of the Ministry of Digital Development did not answer the question of the ComNews correspondent about why the government will also use the fees paid by operators for the use of the radio frequency spectrum to solve social problems. And the press service of the Ministry of Finance did not answer the question of the ComNews correspondent about how the Ministry of Finance distributes funds from the universal service reserve and why not all of them are used for their intended purpose - the development of universal communication services, citing the fact that these questions should be addressed to the Ministry of Digital Development.

From July 17 to September 10, 2023, the Ministry of Digital Development held a vote to connect settlements with a population of 100 to 500 people to the Internet. According to preliminary data from the department, in 2024, Rostelecom (as the sole contractor) will connect about 1.5 thousand settlements. However, as noted by Alexander Khinshtein, in total about 10 thousand settlements in this category remain unconnected. The final list, as reported by TASS with reference to the department, will be published by the Ministry of Digital Development in December 2023.