Russian Post estimated the costs of the marketplace for the regions at 60 billion rubles per year

The costs of each of the Russian marketplaces in the case of independent development of their regional networks without using the Russian Post infrastructure, taking into account logistics, could amount to up to 420 billion rubles. in 2024–2030, reported in an interview with Vedomosti, the general director of the postal operator Mikhail Volkov. “According to our estimates, operating costs alone for providing a full range of services to approximately 30,000 inpatient departments serving about 100,000 small settlements could amount to about 60 billion rubles. annually from each marketplace,” he estimated. Volkov added that now two-thirds of the Russian Post infrastructure is located in areas where often, except for the operator, “there is no one, and more than 30 million people live there.”

Russian Post offered marketplaces the use of its infrastructure, transferring to the operator an annual infrastructure payment of 0.5% of the turnover of companies with revenue of more than 1 billion rubles. in year. In total, these payments should amount to about 30 billion rubles. in year. This mechanism has been discussed by Russian Post with the authorities since spring 2023.