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PM says digital signature can be issued to citizens together with passport.

“This would be correct and useful, in principle,” Dmitry Medvedev believes

MOSCOW, November 19 (Itar-Tass) — Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said person should be able to get a digital signature together with his passport.

“This would be correct and useful, in principle,” he said at a meeting with tax service employees on Monday, November 19.

“We are working on identification of persons and on how to make their life easier,” he said.

Medvedev said he had signed a resolution allowing personal registration cards that will include information about a person’s tax payments, insurance premiums, and other personal data. “It would be good if the digital signature were also added to that,” he said.