As reported by the press service of the Accounts Chamber

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One of the points of the President's instruction states: "Take comprehensive measures to correct the situation related to the improper performance by sole contractors of purchases of certain types of communication services carried out in 2022-2023, determined on the basis of paragraph 1 of the list of instructions of the President of the Russian Federation dated December 18, 2021 No. Pr-2480, of obligations under the relevant government contracts (based on violations identified as a result of the audit of the effectiveness of spending budget allocations by the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation), and to prevent such a situation in the future. The deadline is February 15, 2024."

of the Russian Federation, information france whatsapp number database on the results of the conducted audit, which revealed "improper performance" of services, has not been published and cannot be provided, since the control event has not been completed. The press service of the Ministry of Digital Development reported that the final information on the results of the audit of the effectiveness of spending budget allocations has not yet been received by the ministry - the Accounts Chamber will send it upon completion of the audit.

In response to a ComNews correspondent's question about who would be the sole contractor for procurement, based on the president's instructions, representatives of the press service of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation responded that the procedure looks like this: the president of the Russian Federation instructs the government of the Russian Federation to determine the sole contractors for services, without establishing any specific economic entities, and the sole contractors will be determined by the government of the Russian Federation - the corresponding decision is made in the form of an order.

Representatives of Rostelecom and Miranda-Media did not answer the question of a ComNews correspondent about what exactly the violations were and whether they intend to act as executors of state procurement in 2024.

The Russian government has not specified whether Rostelecom and Miranda-Media will be able to again apply for the role of service providers for government procurement.

Miranda-Media LLC was established in 2004 in Moscow and was part of the National Cable Networks group for a long time. On February 19, 2014, this company was fully bought out by Rostelecom. On March 16, 2014, a referendum on the accession of Crimea to Russia was held, and on March 25 of the same year, the accession process was completed. From that moment, Miranda-Media began to provide trunk and then retail Internet services on the Crimean peninsula, and in December 2015, the company was re-registered from Moscow to Simferopol. In 2015, Rostelecom reduced its share in the capital of Miranda-Media from 100% to 20%.