“The idea is interesting, but quite costly.
If opportunities are found for such equipment to be provided upon contacting the social security authorities, there will be a positive for citizens of retirement age, ”Nilov said.
According to the deputy, the provision of some services in this format will help reduce the spread of coronavirus among the elderly.
“To implement the idea, it is necessary to make a decision at the federal level, and most importantly, to determine funding, taking into account the fact that we have citizens of retirement age who live in rural areas where there is no Internet at all, and pensioners who are remotely equipped with equipment, and for them, in addition to providing, it will be necessary to provide appropriate training, ”he said.
Earlier, Anton Orlov, director of the Institute for the Study of Contemporary Politics, offered to provide tablets to Russian pensioners free of charge.
In his address, Orlov noted that elderly citizens can not always afford to buy a device for accessing the Internet, as well as regularly pay for communication services.