Next year more than 300 satellite telephones will be purchased for nomads

This year in Yamal 330 million rubles were allocated to the regional standard of minimal material support for northern ethnic minorities. 113 million of them were sent to bodies of local self government. This information was given by the director of the department on affairs of indigenous ethnic minorities of the North in Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug Inna Sotruyeva.

Distribution of satellite telephones among nomads for providing them with communication and safety in connection with remoteness and necessity of emergency response in a case of emergency situations is one of activities of the standard. 1020 telephones for the sum in 161 million rubles were purchased from 2012 to 2018 at the expense of the budget. It is planned to continue these activities in future. In 2019 it is planned to purchase more than 300 telephones. Also 250 minutes of traffic are paid for each telephone.  

As Inna Sotruyeva notes, the funds foreseen for fulfillment of the regional standard are increased almost on 20% in 2019. Also, starting on the 1^st of January of 2019, seven thousand rubles will be paid to nomads for purchase of fuel and lubricant materials. Earlier the sum made six thousand rubles.