Mintsifra twice paid operators to connect schools to the Internet

The Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media tried to recover 28 million rubles from MegaFon through the court. for services already rendered by the operator to connect schools to the Internet. The ministry motivated its claim by the fact that the operator misled the agency and hid that the Internet had already been installed in these schools. At a meeting on February 15, 2023, the Moscow Arbitration Court dismissed the claim of the Ministry of Digital Development. But the ministry can still challenge this decision in a higher authority.

The lawsuit was filed back in November 2022, but the essence of the claims was not disclosed then. It was only noted that the ministry’s claims related to the 2019 state contract, which Megafon considers its obligations to be fulfilled in full.