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 about $95.4 million USD. The final […]

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 need for cash, cards, […]

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 shops in Moscow in 2020, and […]

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 Russian citizens and foreign nationals. […]

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 January, and is theoretically restricted to law enforcement […]

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 LLC NF Technology […]

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 days. The cameras are […]

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 combat drowsy and dangerous driving. The […]

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’s Department of Technology […]

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 to the collection of […]