“I think that from 2022 we will be ready (for an electronic passport), but this is a deadline that is being discussed, a decision on it has not yet been made. We will move very carefully and focus primarily on the desire of the people, ”Akimov said, in the Telegram channel of the radio station“ Moscow Talking ”.

He also noted that the model of the future document has already been agreed with the security agencies.

Earlier, the head of the Cyber ​​Security Agency, a member of the advisory board of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, Information Technologies and Communications, in an interview with FBA Economy Today, appreciated the advantages of electronic passports and workbooks.