# Russia’s Transport Ministry denies plans to change handling of travel data

https://mins.news/en/item/24516

- Meduza, 2026-08-17 20:05 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/08/17/russia-s-transport-ministry-denies-changing-how-it-handles-trip-data-saying-a-plan-to-share-statistical-information-is-limited-to-monitoring-anonymized-ticket-price-data

> Russia’s Transport Ministry says it does not plan to alter how carriers’ data on Russians’ trips is stored or processed. Verstka had reported that a draft order would expand collection to include completed journeys. The ministry says it wants to share only anonymized data with Rosstat to monitor air and rail ticket prices.