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Internet access (Russian market)
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Program to eliminate digital inequality in Russia
Main article: Program to eliminate digital inequality in Russia
2021: Mishustin allocated 60.8 billion rubles for cheap satellite Internet in villages
On July 21, 2021, the head of the Government of the RFMikhail Mishustin approved the allocation of 60.8 billion rubles from the National Welfare Fund (NWF) for the implementation of the Internet Access program, which the Ministry of Digital Development of the Russian Federation is developing. It consists in creating a satellite constellation of four spacecraft that will provide cheap Internet in separated and inaccessible regions, including the northern regions, the Arctic coast and the Northern Sea Route. Read more here.