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Russian Post SMS alerts will be free from March 2027
Russia’s government approved free SMS alerts from Russian Post for its users.
Mobile operators will not charge for messages about registering for or signing in to a Russian Post account.
Free alerts will also cover identity checks when sending or receiving parcels and money transfers, as well as online postal contracts, electronic authorizations and refusals of deliveries.
The new rules take effect on March 1, 2027.
The measure is part of a law intended to support Russian Post and change how the postal sector works.
Users will not pay for these technical messages, and the rules set out which alerts are covered.
Russia’s government approved free SMS alerts from Russian Post, with the new rules taking effect on March 1, 2027.
Mobile operators will not charge for messages about account registration and sign-in, identity checks, postal contracts, electronic powers of attorney or refusing deliveries.
The measure is part of a law supporting Russian Post.
The government also plans to allocate 5 billion rubles from the federal budget to continue modernizing Russian Post offices.
- Who
- Russian Post and its users; mobile operators will not charge for the eligible messages.
- What
- Technical SMS alerts from Russian Post will be free to users.
- When
- The new rules take effect on March 1, 2027.
- Where
- Russia.
- Why
- The measure is provided for under a law supporting Russian Post.
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Vedomosti reported that the government had approved the list of free Russian Post SMS alerts.
The new rules are scheduled to take effect.
- Effective date
- March 1, 2027
- Free alerts
- Account registration and sign-in; identity checks for parcels and money transfers
- Other free alerts
- Postal contracts, online electronic powers of attorney and refusal of deliveries
- Modernization funding
- 5 billion rubles from the federal budget