The Russian Federation has temporarily suspended the issuance of electronic passports due to the insufficient number of chips and plastic required to produce a document. It is reported by Forbes.

According to the source, after the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine and the imposition of sanctions against the aggressor country, the local Ministry of Digital Development was forced to stop the project of replacing old-style paper documents with plastic cards.

“The threat of a shortage of plastic cards arose due to problems with the import of chips for bank cards (they were mainly purchased in China and Korea) and a lack of capacity in Russia. They are produced only by the Mikron plant, but its representative declined to comment, ”the Forbes article says..

In addition, journalists reported that sources close to the Moscow mayor's office and the government of the Russian Federation stated that the project was "

“Two sources confirmed this information - one is close to the government, the other is close to the Moscow mayor’s office: according to them, in the government this project is now “not a priority” and in the current conditions “everyone is a little bit not up to it,” the source said..

It was planned to issue digital passports in the Russian Federation from 2023. Initially only in Moscow, Moscow region and Tatarstan. It was assumed that the documents could only be used on the territory of Russia.

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