He also reported that in 2023, Pochta will also receive about 1 billion rubles from the lease of non-core assets.

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He specified that the program is designed for several years, it provides for the sale of non-core assets at open auctions. "Completely different objects - both large and small, different geographies," the head of the company noted.


The head of Russian Post noted finland whatsapp number database that effective management of the property complex could become one of the sources for repaying previously accumulated debts.

According to Volkov, the company's management is currently auditing real estate. "The work that the team is doing now is very important - to determine where there are assets that can be effectively used for our core business, and those assets that are non-core. There are three main approaches here: somewhere we plan to lease, something - to sell, some objects will certainly be more expedient and economically profitable to use as part of redevelopment," said the CEO of "Pochta".

Answering a question about the previously proposed collection of an infrastructure payment from marketplaces in favor of Russian Post, Volkov said that the issue had been removed from the agenda.

"This option for solving the problem of supporting the social function of the Post was indeed discussed, it was one of the options. It is important to note here that the government, the state, as our shareholder, carefully evaluates and weighs certain decisions, first of all, through the key focus - attention to people, how it will affect people. Therefore, today this decision is removed from the agenda," Volkov said.

In the spring, Russian Post came up with an initiative to charge marketplaces and other e-commerce market participants whose annual revenue is over 1 billion rubles an infrastructure payment in the amount of 0.5% of quarterly turnover, and to use the funds received to support the unprofitable network of post offices.

In November, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin rejected the infrastructure payment initiative, and Russian Post was instructed to study the possibility of increasing its efficiency through internal reserves by the end of the first quarter of 2024.

At the same time, according to Volkov, the interaction between Russian Post and marketplaces is actively developing.

"Already more than 30 thousand of our branches have essentially become such multi-format pick-up points, and people can order goods from marketplaces, including at Russian Post branches. This will bring these services closer to people, become more convenient and, I am sure, will influence the further development of e-commerce," noted the head of Russian Post.