Ukrainian mobile points of biometric control on the border with Russia are being tested since December 27, in Admingrans with the annexed Crimea, the system will be fully operational from January 1. Verification of biometric data will not affect Ukrainian citizens who live in the Crimea, explained the Crimea. Realities Speaker of the State Border Service of Ukraine Oleg Slobodyan.

"On the other side of the administrative border are our citizens, they are not the subjects of the action of this decision. On the peninsula, there may be foreigners who from the controlled part of Ukraine, with all the bases, went to the Crimea. Therefore, there will also be installed devices for biometric control, but on the second line of control. On the first line, compulsory verification of biometric data will not be carried out, "he said..

The Speaker of the State Border Service also reminded that Russian passport with registration in the Crimea is not valid.

"This is not a document, we do not take it into account. If this person, for example, from Moscow, who illegally got to the Crimea and will try to get to the mainland Ukraine, then he violated the legislation of Ukraine, as he traveled through the closed border points. We can prohibit such a citizen from entering, he will not be let through the administrative border, "added Slobodyan.