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Russia to Disconnect Foreigners Who Have Not Submitted Biometric Data From Mobile Internet
- Starting July 1, Russia’s Digital Development Ministry will disconnect mobile service for foreigners not registered in the Unified Biometric System, affecting over two million users.
- Russia’s Digital Development Ministry mandated biometric registration for foreigners since January 1, prompting mobile service disconnections for those not registered to combat fraud, as measures aim to curb unregistered SIM card use.
- Over two million foreigners have registered in the UBS, with service restrictions starting with call blocking, internet reduction, and full disconnection after 30 days.
- Starting July 1, inactive foreign numbers will be disconnected, and non-registered users face blocked calls and reduced internet speeds, as service restrictions are implemented in stages.
- Starting July 1, Russia’s Digital Development Ministry will disconnect mobile service for foreigners not registered in the UBS, aligning with 2024 proposals to enhance identification and data security.
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Moscow. Millions of immigrant workers in Russia, and also any foreign resident who does not have a diplomatic passport, can be marginalized by not being able to access their cell phone as of 1 July, when the Russian authorities began blocking the numbers of citizens of other countries who did not provide their biometric data.
Russia is switching off the mobile phone connection to non-biometrically recorded foreigners. "The measures are aimed at the fight against fraudsters and "grey" Sim cards, the Digital Ministry in Moscow announced. Biometric data are personal data such as fingerprints, which can be used for the unambiguous identification of a human being. Citizens of other states had to register in the uniform biometric system by Tuesday. Those who did not do thi…
Russia to Disconnect Foreigners Who Have Not Submitted Biometric Data From Mobile Internet
Foreigners in Russia who have not yet submitted biometric data to the authorities will begin to have their mobile phone service disconnected starting Tuesday, the Russian Digital Development Ministry announced. While the restrictions begin on Tuesday, foreign citizens who wish to sign mobile phone contracts have had to register with the Unified Biometric System (UBS), a government-run information system that collects biometric data, since Jan. …
Russia to begin cutting mobile service for foreigners not registered in biometric database
Russia’s Digital Development Ministry announced that, starting July 1, foreign nationals who are not registered in the country’s Unified Biometric System will begin to have their mobile service disconnected.
Foreign nationals living in Russia must store their biometric data at airports if they want to use mobile services. (Russia, mobile)
The Russian Ministry of Digital Development announced yesterday that it has begun disconnecting the mobile phones of foreigners who have not submitted their personal biometric data from the mobile network. Starting from January 1 of this year, foreigners arriving in the country will have to register with the government’s Unified Biometric Data System to receive mobile services. However, starting from Tuesday, measures will be taken to force user…
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