Russian Postal Service Exploring Option of Opening Regional Sorting Center

Today TIDA met with representatives of the Russian Postal Service. Among those present at the meeting were TIDA Chief Executive Linar Yakupov and his First Deputy Robert Galiullin, Tatarstan Development Corporation Director Bulat Gayanov, Head of Russian Postal Service Automated Sorting Department Dinara Zhiganshina, Deputy Director of the Tatarstan Branch of the Russian Postal Service Rezeda Sabirova, Kazan International Airport Commericial Director Artur Nasrutdinov, and representatives of the Tatarstan Ministry of Information and Communication.

The meeting was held to discuss the possibility of the Russian Postal Service opening an automated sorting center in Tatarstan.

Three possible sites for the center, all not far from Kazan International Airport, were suggested by TIDA, the Tatarstan Development Corporation, and the airport. One of the potential sites lies on the territory of what will be Smart-City Kazan.

During the meeting, the parties discussed, among other things, the specifications of each of the three sites, their logistical merits based on automobile access, and the development plans for the surrounding region in the near future.

According to Russia Postal Service representatives, the organization is planning on opening automated sorting centers across regional Russia. Currently there are two such operational centers, in Moscow and Saint Petersburg.

TIDA Press Service