Russia wants to install facial recognition system on borders with neighbouring countries
The Russian authorities plan to install a facial recognition system at nine border checkpoints on the borders with Poland, Lithuania, China and Kazakhstan by the end of 2023.
Source: Meduza, a Latvia-based Russian media outlet, and Polygon media, an independent online publication
Details: Rosgranstroy [Russian border building company] posted the corresponding tender for 830 million roubles [approximately US$11.5 million] on the public procurement website.
It is reported that video analytics systems at entrances and exits across the state border will be installed at checkpoints:
on the Russian-Chinese border (Zabaykalsk, Pogranichnyi, Kraskino),
on the borders with Poland and Lithuania (Bagrationovsk, Mamonovo, Chernyshevskoye),
on the Russian-Kazakh border (Mashtakovo, Orsk, Sagarchin).
The terms of reference state that the system should "automatically analyse face images" to identify drivers.
According to the document, this is necessary to compare the driver's face at the entrance and exit from the checkpoint.
But the publication drew attention to the fact that at the same time, the system must compare the driver's face in the image with all the data stored in a certain "biometric database or a certain list". The tender does not specify what these lists or databases are.
The equipment must be delivered by 25 November 2023.
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