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RUSSIA TO LAUNCH NATIONAL BIOMETRICS DATABASE

Russia is planning a national biometric database for financial services, according to Bloomberg and local media reports. Legal changes needed for the system were passed in December 2017. Rostelecom, the state-owned telecoms provider, will operate the database, which will collect facial images and voice samples, and eventually fingerprints and iris scans. The system will expand [...]

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