According to him, such a decision "will undermine the business of scammers" who manipulate the terms of verification and sell fake evidence to citizens, writes Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

“After a specialist checks the metering device, he will have to enter its results into our register through the public services portal in the presence of the owner,” Abramov said.

He emphasized that this record will be “the only confirmation of verification of the metering device and inform the owner about the date of the next verification”.

The government introduced the bill on electronic fixation to the State Duma.

Earlier, the newspaper Izvestia wrote that a single payment document for housing and communal services may appear in Russia.