INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Russian authorities have invited tenders for an agreement worth 830 million rubles ($11.3 million) for the arrangement of facial
acknowledgment technology at some of its land borders, according to an announcement on Russias public procurement website reported by
independent Russian media outlet Polygon on Thursday.The facial recognition innovation, which is to be set up at multiple Russian border
crossings with China, Kazakhstan, Poland and Lithuania, is planned for the cross-checking of tourist identities with information saved in a
biometric database, though the tender call provided no more details.The delivery of the brand-new innovation is due by Nov
25, 2023, according to the tender announcement.The move to update Russias lots of land border crossings can be found in the wake of the huge
Exodus of people seen in late 2022 after President Vladimir Putin revealed a partial mobilization of military reservists to strengthen
Russian forces in Ukraine.Fearing detention must they try to leave the nation from among its significant airports, numerous Russians fleeing
mobilization-- and even political activists under house arrest-- handled to leave Russia by leaving through among its remote border
crossings due to issues with the present video surveillance systems used by the immigration authorities.
