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Moscow to become one of Pilot regions where E-passports will be issued in 2023 -Government

Moscow to become one of Pilot regions where E-passports will be issued in 2023 -Government

Moscow, Dec 27 (UNI/Sputnik) The Russian government will start issuing electronic passports in the Moscow region at the beginning of 2023, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko told Sputnik.
According to Chernyshenko, the e-passport will look like a bank card and will have an embedded electronic chip with all the necessary data. Additional personal information, such as a driver’s license number, can also be added to the e-passport’s memory storage.
"All preparatory activities will be completed by the end of next year," Chernyshenko said, adding that the Russian government will "start issuing [the electronic passports] from the beginning of 2023, tentatively, in pilot regions that have a high technological readiness to use such documents - these are Moscow, the Moscow region and the Republic of Tatarstan."

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