The President of Russia Vladimir Putin instructed the government to consider the issue of extradition by January 20 to citizens vaccinated against coronavirus, special certificates and their international recognition, reported on the Kremlin website. It is assumed that these documents can be used for entry and exit abroad, as well as crossing the borders of foreign states.
The Prime Minister has been appointed responsible for this Mikhail Mishustin . p >
At the end of December, the appearance of the corresponding document, which became known as the passport of the vaccinated or “covid-passport”, was announced by the Minister of Health Mikhail Murashko . The service for issuing these certificates, according to its words , has been operational since January 1 on the basis of system of public services.
Russia has repeatedly raised the topic of introducing “covid passports” for those vaccinated against coronavirus. This idea was approved by the director of the Gamaleya Center Alexander Gintsburg , who said that this is” absolutely the right thing “. At the same time, the State Duma committee on health protection spoke out against the initiative, also its criticized by the speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko .
According to the latest data, more than 800 thousand Russian citizens have received the coronavirus vaccine.