Published on: 2026-06-03
Source: Government of the Russian Federation –
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First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov held a meeting of the State Border Commission. The event, which took place in the building of the Central Border Museum of the FSB of Russia, was attended by the First Deputy Director – Head of the Border Service of the FSB of Russia Vladimir Kulishov, representatives of the State Duma, the Security Council, federal and regional executive authorities.
One of the agenda items at the meeting was the conduct of an experiment on the collection of biometric personal data from foreigners entering Russia, which started in 2024. The technology trial is carried out at the Moscow airport checkpoint, as well as at the Mashtakovo automobile checkpoint in the Orenburg region.
“Since the beginning of the experiment, about 2,500 foreign citizens who are not allowed to enter our country have been identified,” noted Denis Manturov.
Participants of the meeting also discussed the possibilities of comprehensively increasing the throughput capacity of border crossing points, taking into account the perspective cargo base. The First Deputy Prime Minister emphasized that key measures for solving this task have been defined. Thus, by 2030, the modernization of 87 priority crossing points should be completed.
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