“Establish that the submission by citizens of the Russian Federation of information contained in identity cards or other documents issued by government bodies of the Russian Federation in electronic form using the mobile application of the federal state information system “Unified Portal of State and Municipal Services “In cases determined by the government of the Russian Federation, in agreement with the Federal Security Service (FSB), it is equivalent to submitting the specified documents,” the document says.
The decree defines the cases and the procedure for using a digital ID instead of a paper one.
Previously, Vladimir Putin discussed this issue at a meeting with members of the government. And then the head of the Ministry of Digital Development, Maksut Shadayev, talked about the technology that will allow in most cases to use a digital version instead of the original passport.
“You upload a photo of your biometric passport to your smartphone, then a QR code is generated, which you present,” he explained. The president supported this idea.
