Russia plans to start issuing electronic passports from January 2023, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

The Moscow region, Moscow and Tatarstan were selected as pilot regions for the introduction of such passports. It will also be possible to enter information about other documents in the passport memory, for example, TIN, SNILS or driver's license number.

Requirements for the procedure for registration and issuance are being worked out by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Digital Development, government agencies and "other bodies and organizations," said Valentina Kazakova, head of the Main Directorate for Migration Issues of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.

According to her, the number of electronic passports issued at the initial stage will be at least 100 thousand copies.

As was reported earlier, a passport with an electronic data carrier will contain biometric and other personal data of the passport holder. It can be used along with the printed version of the document and used as the main document.

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