Russian Post

Potschta Rossii (Russian Федеральное государственное унитарное предприятие ( ФГУП ) « Почта России », dt: Post of Russia ) is the national postal operator of Russia. It is headquartered in Moscow and is a member of the Universal Postal Union.

History

Russia was in 1874 a founding member of the Universal Postal Union. In 1902 the postal system was the Russian Interior Ministry and 1917 respectively under the Ministry of Post and Telegraph under the Provisional Government. During the Second World War, the Soviet postal service experienced - now part of the People's Commissariat of Posts and telegraphs - a difficult test, when it came to maintaining the postal links between the German - Russian front and the hinterland. After the end of the Soviet Union, the Russian Post 1993 was transferred to the Russian Ministry of Post.

Reorganization as a national postal companies

Potschta Rossii was founded in 2002 on the basis of previous State Postal Bureau, which belonged to the Federal Post and Telecommunications Ministry. The spin-off as an independent company was part of the carried out in the same year reform of the Russian postal system, which involved extensive restructuring and modernization measures, among others. The reform was also necessary because in the 1990s, the postal service had come in some regions of the country to a virtual standstill in the wake of continued economic crisis in Russia, which also caused the closure of many, especially rural post offices.

Currently Potschta Rossii has approximately 42,000 post offices nationwide and employed a total of 391 944 employees in 2011. The range of services was expanded in the course of the reforms; many post offices were equipped among other things with public PC workstations with Internet access. The prices for the postal services are regulated by the Russian state.

In 2011, the Potschta Russii losses of one billion rubles suffered. This loss was due to a broad-based stamp counterfeiting a criminal organization.

On July 26, 2013 administrative penalty in the amount of 36 000 rubles (about 8000 euros ) was imposed Potschta Rossii. Reason for this was that were processed as urgent packets sent too slow.

Criticism

From representatives of the Russian economy, the Potschta Rossii has been criticized for being too slow.

In addition, be criticized by consumers sudden, drastic price increases. So the postage was increased by 15 percent for the same letters in February 2010.

Gallery

A mailbox of Potschta Rossii in Lipetsk

A branch of the Potschta Rossii in a small village in the Tver Oblast

Postal department in Sochi