Russian Telecom MTS Acquires VisionLabs in $95M Deal
A subsidiary of MTS, Russia’s largest mobile network operator, is acquiring facial recognition specialist VisionLabs in a deal valued at 7 billion roubles, or…
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Moscow Metro Moves Forward With Launch of Face Pay Naked Payments System
The Moscow metro has officially launched its promised naked payments system at more than 240 stations across the city. The new Face Pay system eliminates the…
Russian Grocery Chain Lets Customers Pay With Face Biometrics
Russia’s X5 Retail Group is moving forward with the expansion of its face-based naked payments scheme. The company first introduced the technology at coffee…
Russia Plans to Store Data of Citizens and Foreigners in New Biometric Database
The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs is moving forward with plans for a massive biometric database that will include the fingerprints and facial images of…
Pay-for-Play Service Offers Unregulated Access to Moscow’s Biometric Facial Recognition System
An apparent pay-for-play service has raised serious concerns about the integrity of Moscow’s facial recognition system. The network was launched back in…
NEXT Biometrics Tech to Be Used in Russian ID Project
NEXT Biometrics technology will be used in a citizen ID program in Russia, thanks to a new partnership. The company has announced that a Russian firm called…
Russia Uses Biometric Surveillance to Enforce COVID-19 Quarantine
The Russian government has been using a network of 100,000 facial recognition cameras to keep track of individuals that have been ordered to quarantine for 14…
Yandex Testing Biometric Driver Safety Tech in Ride Haling Service
According to a report from VentureBeat, Russian tech giant Yandex is testing a proprietary system for its Yandex.Taxi ride-hailing service that it says will…
Russian Activists Challenge Moscow’s New Facial Recognition Network
The city of Moscow is already facing its first major legal challenge after launching a city-wide surveillance network on January 1. The network is managed by…
Moscow Court Ruling May Open Door to Biometric Surveillance
The Savelovsky court of Moscow has ruled against the notion that the use of facial recognition cameras is in violation of the Russian Constitution with regards…