The state may transfer control over the Era-Glonass operator to Roskosmos

Roscosmos State Corporation may gain control over JSC “Glonass“- the operator of the Era-Glonass system. The corresponding draft presidential decree has been published on the official Internet portal of normative legal acts.

“Having the qualifications and necessary experience of JSC”Glonass“is able to become the operator of the ecosystem of products and services created by the state corporation Roscosmos and created by JSC Glonass, which ensures the selection and provision of the optimal turnkey set of products and services for the consumer,” the document says.

In November, it became known that for the position of the new CEO “GlonassAlexey Raikevich has been appointed. He will oversee the functioning and development of the Era-Glonass state automated emergency response information system in case of accidents.

In the summer of 2022, it became known about the difficulties that Russians faced when registering foreign cars. According to the Autonews.ru portal, they could not register the car due to problems with the Era-Glonass buttons. We are talking about those who bought a car abroad and managed to clear it through customs. According to them, offices do not sell buttons to private traders, and brokers have raised prices to 50,000–100,000 rubles. Moreover, in 2021 the cost of the device was 6,000 rubles. Without installing buttons, it is impossible to register a car with the traffic police.