DIGITAL IDs AND SIGNATURES FOR RUSSIAN CITIZENS

Russian Ministry for Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media suggested that Russian citizens may have digital copies of their IDs inside mobile devices. Digital IDs (passport, driving license, car registration, student ID, social cards, licenses and other) will be store in a mobile app and used same as documents on paper.
On the same time Russian citizens will get free digital signatures and will be able to sign documents electronically.
Some Russian regions have already tested a similar system in summer 2020 when people were obliged to have digital permissions to leave their homes in the COVID situation.
The project shall start in 2021. The first tests will be done in Moscow.