According to the Ministry of Economic Development, from January 1, 2017, Russia will begin a gradual transition to a new identity document - an electronic passport. It will replace the universal card (UEC), which is planned to be discontinued next year. The presence of a new type of information carrier will subsequently become a prerequisite for receiving public services provided to the inhabitants of our country in electronic form.
It was previously believed that in the future it was the electronic passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation 2016 that would become the basic element for the Russian payment system Mir, but the Central Bank recently rejected this idea. Perhaps they will return to it a little later.
The electronic passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation 2017 is a plastic card no larger than a bank card. On both sides, the basic information about the citizen, duplicated on the built-in chip, is applied. In addition, the card may contain additional information (including biometric data).
On the front side it is planned to place:
According to preliminary data, the card will contain three photos at once. The first, color, is planned to be quite large - 24x32 mm. The other two, located on the front and back sides, are intended for readers. The image in this case is applied to the card using laser engraving.
Good news: to obtain an electronic passport, a citizen of the Russian Federation does not have to go to a photo studio. All the necessary frames will be taken at the Federal Migration Service, after which the photo will be transferred directly from the camera to a computer and inserted into the layout of the future document.
On the reverse side, in addition to the already mentioned photograph, the document number will also be duplicated. The name and code of the institution that issued it, the TIN and SNILS numbers (optional) will also be indicated here. If the card is issued to minors, then information about the legal representatives of the child (parents or guardians) will be placed on the reverse side.
An important feature of the new document will be the ability to place additional information at the request of the owner: bank details, insurance policy numbers, electronic signatures and other information that is important in human life.
How to refuse an electronic passport if the paper version suits more? Is it possible to avoid the document change procedure? Perhaps these questions are of concern not only to the older generation, who do not trust modern technologies.
The Ministry hastened to assure: change of passport is a purely voluntary decision so no one will be forced. True, they immediately emphasized that it is much more convenient with a card.
Electronic passports in Russia are officially planned to be introduced from 2017. At the same time, until 2025, plastic cards will have parallel circulation with the usual paper documents. When receiving a card, citizens will have to pay a fee: specific figures are not yet discussed, although it is believed that a state fee of 250-700 rubles will fully cover the costs of producing a new document.
Electronic passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation 2016: how to get? More recently, it was reported that it would be possible to apply to the FMS department as early as January 2017. But in April 2016, the Government of the Russian Federation instructed the Ministry of Internal Affairs to postpone the release of new personal information carriers until March 2018. That is why it will not be possible to get the coveted card ahead of time. It is worth remembering that upon receipt of a personal card, a citizen hands over a paper counterpart. You cannot have two documents on hand at once.
Today, detailed information about the planned replacement is being disseminated in the media and government agencies. Citizens are told about what an electronic passport looks like, they clearly demonstrate the convenience of its use.
The main task of the new card is the rapid transfer of data about the subject. Now you do not have to carry photocopies, fill out forms by hand - it will be enough to bring a piece of plastic to the reader, and the employee of the institution will receive all the necessary information. In addition, it will be much more difficult to forge such a document, which means that Russian citizens will be less likely to fall for the bait of scammers.
An undoubted advantage is the replacement of a pile of documents with one card: information from a passport, SNILS, TIN, insurance policies, medical cards and other documents will be stored in the chip's memory. You no longer have to carry these papers with you.
The validity period of a personal card is 10 years. After that, you will have to get it again. Replacing the document is also mandatory if any information entered on the card has lost its relevance: for example, the surname has changed due to marriage. In case of loss of an electronic passport, an application for restoration must be submitted within 10 days.
Earlier media reported that from 2017 citizens will be able to obtain new documents. However, in the case of e-passports in Russia, the latest news is disappointing.
Delivery will start no earlier than March 2018: this became known on April 16, 2016, when the text of the Government Decree “On measures to assist election commissions in exercising their powers in preparing and holding elections of deputies to the State Duma of the seventh convocation” was published on the legal portal.
It was decided to postpone the extradition until the presidential elections in 2018. By the same date, it is planned to complete the issuance of plastic certificates (UEC). Paper versions of the main document of a citizen of the Russian Federation will be issued without changes.
The Ministry of Economic Development plans that by 2019 every Russian citizen, including children over 14 years old, will receive an electronic passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation. It will be possible to say that electronic passports have been introduced in Russia and completely replaced their paper counterparts by 2020 at the earliest. It is possible that the deadlines will be delayed, since the procedure is voluntary, and there is no reason to believe that absolutely the entire population will like it.
The Russian government announced the introduction of electronic identity cards for citizens. Since 2017, electronic passports were supposed to be a replacement for existing paper counterparts. Opinion in society about the need to enter a digital identity was divided. Some saw the changes as a simplification of the identification system and faster access to services, while others criticized chipped passports, arguing that they would become a tool to control the behavior and life of citizens.
It is known that the digital passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation will be created on the basis of the technology for issuing universal electronic cards (UEC). UES were introduced in 2010. Their task was to store all the necessary data for access to banking and government systems. Over a six-year period, less than 1 million cards were issued, representing 0.5% of the total number of citizens. Expectations from the UEC did not materialize, the project will be closed in 2021. However, it was proposed to use the developed material and technical base for the needs of the Federal Migration Service and the Ministry of Internal Affairs - the issuance of electronic passports.
Arguments in favor of introducing chip certificates into circulation are called:
The history of the introduction of electronic passports in Russia:
| date | Event |
| July 27, 2010 | Adoption of Law No. 210-FZ |
| February 2012 | Pilot issue of UEC in 9 regions of the Russian Federation |
| January 2013 | Start of the all-Russian issue of UEC |
| February 2013 | Introduction of a bill on the introduction of electronic passports of a citizen |
| spring 2013 | Replacing regional social cards with UEC |
| December 21, 2016 | Adoption of the bill on the abolition of the work of the UEC in the Russian Federation |
| 01/01/2017 | Planned start of issuance of electronic passports |
| 04/16/2016 | Publication of Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 315 on changing the start date for the introduction of electronic certificates |
| March 2018 | New date for the launch of the project "Electronic Passport of a Citizen" |
According to the statements of the leadership of the Russian Federation, it was planned to start issuing electronic identity cards from January 1, 2017. To adapt the system, it was proposed to introduce a period until 2025. In the period 2017 - 2025 In Russia, two types of passports were supposed to exist in parallel: a regular one on paper and a plastic one with an electronic chip. But the start of functioning of electronic passports in the Russian Federation has been postponed until the beginning of March 2018. Until March 2018, more paper certificates will be issued. The expected date for the complete replacement of passports for the population is 2020.
The practice of using plastic passports with embedded electronic chips is not new in the world. When developing the Russian model, the experience of other states and Russian UEC was taken as a basis. An electronic passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation will:
The design of e-passports will be standardized. There are 2 photographs of a citizen on the front reverse. One is regular and the other is lasered. Additionally, a laser version of the photo is added to the back of the "plastic". If the passport is issued to a minor, then the data on the representatives of the child are indicated on the reverse side and the photo is not mandatory. By the way, the photo will be taken when applying for an electronic passport immediately in electronic form. There will be no paper copy of the photo.
The issuance of electronic passports will be paid. But the exact amount of the fee has not yet been announced. Approximately the amount of the state duty will be 200 - 700 rubles. A mandatory condition for replacing the current paper certificate with an electronic counterpart has not yet been introduced. The exchange will take place exclusively at the request of citizens and on the basis of their application. When issuing a new passport, the old one will need to be handed over. It is prohibited to hold two internal passports at the same time.
The electronic passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation in 2017 becomes a document duplicating ordinary paper Russian passports. What is the meaning of such a passport and whether it will be necessary to change the usual passport printed on paper for a novelty, we will understand in more detail.
So, the electronic passport of a citizen of Russia will be called a new plastic card, which will contain the maximum amount of information about its owner. In addition to ordinary passports, the card will also replace the once loudly advertised universal electronic card.
The electronic passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation in 2017 will, in addition to standard passport data, contain other official information - from an individual taxpayer number and pension insurance number to fingerprint images and departmental identifiers that are used to receive services of a socially significant nature.
We hasten to reassure those who are worried that the new document contains too much information about a person - most of the data will be encrypted on an electronic chip, and even if the document is lost or stolen, an unauthorized person, if it is not a hacker, will not receive more information about you, than if you lose your paper passport.
The electronic passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation in 2017 is not strictly required to obtain. Until at least 2025, it will be entirely voluntary. The state is counting on the fact that the Russians themselves will appreciate the novelty and gradually switch to it of their own free will, because at least it is very convenient to have one small plastic card than to visit government agencies with a pile of paper documents. If the novelty takes root and spreads, from some point on it can be expected that the issuance of paper passports will stop altogether, which will eventually completely replace them in a natural way.
Perhaps the only relative inconvenience associated with ePassports is that they have a significantly shorter validity period than paper passports. E-passports will have to be changed every 10 years, like, for example, driver's licenses.
Holders of a universal electronic card, which, among other things, is being replaced by a new document, have no reason to worry yet - they can use the card until at least 2021. If by that time, out of the 650,000 cards currently in circulation, there are still a large number of them in hand, it is likely that the ability to use them will be extended even more.
In order to receive an electronic passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation already in 2017, you need to come to one of the offices of the Federal Migration Service with your regular passport, which you will have to hand over upon receipt of a new document.
Similar to a paper passport, you can get an electronic one from the age of 14. You don’t need to take a passport photo in advance - this will be done at the FMS department, as it has been done, say, when obtaining a passport or driver’s license for several years.
An additional convenience associated with electronic passports is that in case of loss of such a document, it will be enough to cancel it at any department of the Federal Migration Service or a multifunctional center for receiving public services. You will not have to explain to the police about the loss of the document.
The exact cost of obtaining an e-passport at the end of 2016 was not determined, but it was said that the amounts were not higher than 500 rubles.
If we evaluate the idea of a new document critically, then in addition to the obvious advantages associated with the convenience and simplicity of electronic document management, there are reasons for a little concern, which only practice can resolve. Alas, the electronic passport is at least fraught with the danger that if a scammer or hacker can hack it, he will receive too much information about a person, the consequences of which are not entirely predictable, but clearly negative.
Of course, so far there are no directives from the state that it is strictly necessary to receive a new electronic card, so if you wish, you can continue to use the good old paper documents. But it is also obvious that the authorities will not be satisfied with too low a rate of introduction of the novelty, and it will, albeit not too intrusively, push us to think about switching to a new document when we are faced with receiving any public services. Most likely, if the idea of an electronic passport is better thought out than the idea of universal electronic cards, in a few years the number of holders of such a document will be higher than the number of those who have got a UEC. So there will be nothing surprising if in 5-10 years a passport in the form of a plastic card will become commonplace in our country.
Despite the fact that the draft law on the introduction of electronic passports was approved in 2013, the dates for issuing the document, including the pilot one, have been repeatedly postponed. The technical possibility to bring the project under consideration to life appeared only by 2017.
As part of the preparation, not only the ambiguous attitude of Russians to the actual issuance and use of an electronic passport was revealed, but also the presence of pitfalls in the implementation. Therefore, another deadline for the mass launch of the project was set, which this time fell on March 15, 2018. At the moment, work related to the preparation of unified registries and technical issues is ongoing.
This article will be relevant for those who are not yet familiar with how an electronic passport actually looks like, what its purpose is and where it can be obtained.
The role of the prototype of the electronic identity card was performed by the familiar UEC, the appearance of which was marked by 2011.
Its main function as a universal payment element smoothly turned into a transition to electronic identity cards.
All the infrastructure that was used in the UEC service sector became the basis for the introduction of a plastic certificate - a document designed to serve not only as an identity card, but also as a payment document. Rumor has it that the actual use of an electronic passport can replace the UEC and other equally important documents. So far, it has not been possible to carry out the issuance of improved documents, scheduled for January 2017.
Externally, an electronic document resembles an ordinary plastic card, information about the owner of which is available both in visual and electronic form. The individual information is encrypted and can only be discovered by scanning the chip element. Personal information about the owner can be found by examining the front side of the card.
On the same side are two personal photographs of the owner. The largest of them (size 24x32) is made in color and is located on the left. The second photo is smaller, made in black and white by laser engraving. It can be seen from the opposite side. A similar electronic photo is on the back of the card. The ID number is also duplicated here.
The use of special technologies when applying photographs to individual layers of the document act as additional protection against forgery.
On the reverse side of the card, in addition to the photo and number, among other things, information is reflected regarding the code of the unit that issued the plastic sample; SNILS and TIN (at the request of the owner); information about the representatives and guardians of the child (under 14 years old).
The main difference between a plastic sample and its paper "comrade" is the presence of a machine-readable record consisting of letters and numbers, which serves as an identity card. This also includes biometric information (entered at the request of citizens) and an electronic signature. Other important information may also be on the chip carrier, for example, the owner's bank account, his insurance number, and even an indication of the blood type.
As part of the development of the project, international experience related to personal identification was also taken into account. For the first time, the last aspect was discussed 16 years ago - in 2001. In the following 2002, the New Orleans Agreement was signed by about 188 countries that supported the American idea regarding the introduction of new identification technology. This is facial biometrics. This technology actually formed the basis of modern electronic and biometric passports.
In Europe itself, today multifunctional identification cards are distributed extremely unevenly.
The leading position and the highest percentage of the use of passports is given to Estonia. At the other end of the ranking today is Italy - only 2%.
The issue of the transition to new plastic identity cards among the Russians caused a lot of discussion, and there were some rumors.
In addition, new passports equipped with electronic media can lead to a prompt solution of various transactions related to the payment of public services.
The issuance of new certificates will definitely be done in stages. It is planned that at the first stage, the exchange of documents will be available only at the request of citizens. Then the turn of those citizens whose age is above the mark of 14 years will come, while the issuance of certificates is carried out for them for the first time. Further, they suggest issuing such cards at birth.
The process of issuing paper versions will be completely stopped by 2025.
But starting in 2030, obsolete paper passports will generally be considered invalid.
The deadlines for the issuance of e-passports were postponed by the 315th government Decree to March 2018. At the moment, a unified Russian base is being worked out, which serves to integrate the new registration system.
Nevertheless, it is necessary to prepare for the upcoming exchange of a paper version of a document for an electronic one now.
From now on, Russians will be able to receive both electronic counterparts and other identity cards (for example, biometric passports) at the MFC departments.
The size of the collected state duty will also decrease. This is evidenced by the relevant provisions of the 401st Federal Law. Obtaining any identity documents will be 30% cheaper overall.
The last options for contacting all the same imply a further visit to one of the departments of the Main Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, where the actual issuance of the document will take place. It can be received both personally by the applicant and by a trusted person (guardian of a minor).
The algorithm for issuing electronic passports itself has remained unchanged and is similar to what is done for paper passports.
The exchange of the old sample for a new one takes place on the basis of an application filled in by the owner of the passport or his authorized representative (if there is a notarized power of attorney). The latter reflects all the information that was indicated in the previous passport, including marital status, place of registration, information about children, military registration, and international passport.
In addition to standard information, the application can reflect the personal information that the owner wishes to have on the electronic chip. Such information is entered into the chip solely at the request of the applicant.
When applying online, scans of the above documents will be required.
Mandatory payment of state duty. You can pay it at any banking institution or through terminals. The difference will be only in the amount of the commission charged for the operation. To date, the amount of the state duty has not been finally established and may vary, depending on the purpose for which a new passport is issued (reaching the age of 14, loss or replacement). It is also known that it will not exceed 700 rubles.
The term for the provision of public services at the place of registration of the applicant should not exceed 10 days. Otherwise, when the service is sold at the place of application or residence, the waiting period can be up to 2 months. This is due to the need for additional requests to the department where the previous sample was issued.
In any case, the applicant will be informed about the moment of obtaining a new passport by phone, in person during the application process or via the Internet.
UEC remains with the owner. Its period of validity will be limited to a full transition to plastic identity cards.
Another news that was made public along with that of the imminent issuance of electronic passports is related to the procedure for issuing documents to newborns.
It is planned that the cards will be issued to babies simultaneously with birth certificates.
At the first stage, the issuance of passports to children will take place on the basis of an appropriate application from parents or guardians. An application for children is submitted to the same government agencies as adult applications. It is accompanied by birth certificates plus a paid receipt of state duty.
Children under the age of 14 will not be pasted a photo into their e-passport yet. Further, the age for having a photo is planned to be reduced by 6 years. For children over 14 years of age, the application procedure will be similar, with the difference that it will already be necessary to submit personal photographs.
Like the usual paper passport, a plastic identity card will be issued to citizens upon reaching the age mark of 14, 20 and 45 years.
In the latter case, the need for a priority appeal to law enforcement agencies will already be excluded. It will be possible to apply immediately to the division of the Main Department of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, where the old sample will be blocked and an application for a new one will be registered.
During 2016, in periodicals and on Internet resources, messages repeatedly appeared about the inevitable introduction, on a mandatory basis, from January 1, 2017, of "new identification documents" - passports of citizens of the Russian Federation with electronic media.
As a rule, they referred to a certain “report of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation”, without indicating a specific source.
At the beginning of the year, articles appeared on some dubious, anonymous online resources claiming that Russia “has already started issuing electronic passports” in accordance with some mysterious “Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation”.
Again: for some reason, neither the number of this "Resolution" nor the date of its signing are indicated.
There is nothing of the kind in the list of regulations adopted by the Government of the Russian Federation in 2016.
Unfortunately, false reports have been duplicated by certain well-known sites.
The same story with the UEC, which has pretty much set its teeth on edge. Letters are received and calls are heard from citizens who believe that “it is not too late, we urgently need to refuse to accept a universal electronic card!”
What is actually happening?
The draft law of the Ministry of Economic Development, according to which the universal electronic card (UEC) is abolished from January 1, 2017, was known back in April 2016.
As planned back in the spring of 2016, on December 21, the State Duma adopted a bill on the abolition of the UEC as a mandatory tool for the provision of state and municipal services, on December 23 this bill was approved by the Federation Council, and on December 28 it was signed by the President of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin.
Accordingly, the chapter 6 of the Federal Law of July 27, 2010 No. 210-FZ “On the organization of the provision of state and municipal services” dedicated to the UEC has become invalid.
References to the UEC have been removed from certain provisions related to the universal card, from the laws “On Individual (Personalized) Accounting in the System of Compulsory Pension Insurance” and “On Compulsory Medical Insurance in the Russian Federation”.
Now there should be no unnecessary questions about the UEC.
About the situation with the electronic "passport"
It was said first in my article mentioned above, and then in the article “Electronic passport will wait! ”, published on April 28, 2016.
It specifically states: “Following the suspension of the Universal Electronic Card project from January 1, 2017, the Russian authorities decided to “freeze” the introduction of the electronic passport.
On April 22, 2016, Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation dated April 16, 2016 No. 315 “On measures to assist election commissions in the exercise of their powers in the preparation and conduct of elections of deputies of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the seventh convocation” was published.
One of these measures was the postponement of the launch of the "Electronic Passport" project. Paragraph “b” of Article 23 of the Decree states: “to postpone measures for the introduction on the territory of the Russian Federation of an identity card of a citizen of the Russian Federation, issued in the form of a plastic card with an electronic storage medium, as the main document proving the identity of a citizen of the Russian Federation, for the period after 15 March 2018”
At a press conference for these news agencies, Deputy Minister of Telecom and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation Alexei Konstantinovich Volin denied false information that the issuance of electronic passports will begin in the Russian Federation in 2017. He stated: “Now Russia is actively developing electronic analogues of documents, but so far there are no exact dates for the start of their introduction. We can say for sure that this will not happen in 2017, - A.K. Volin. - The introduction of electronic passports is not only a technological, but also largely a psychological problem. And therefore it is very important that the citizens of the country do not feel discomfort from innovations.
The principled position today on this issue is to study and take into account all possible aspects. The introduction of an electronic passport should be as comfortable as possible for people. But this takes time. Including in order for the bulk of the population to realize the benefits of the electronic form of services, including identity cards," the Deputy Minister concluded.
It remains to be recalled that the draft law on the main document proving the identity of a citizen of the Russian Federation on the territory of Russia and containing electronic media is still under development.
An electronic “passport” is no longer a traditional document proving the identity of a citizen, by which a person identifies a person, but an electronic microprocessor device of a single world standard that identifies and authenticates a person in a computer way, with the help of which a soulless electronic system identifies a person by his personal code and biometric given as some inanimate object or commodity.
Undoubtedly, a significant role in the fact that the introduction of an electronic “passport” has been postponed for the first time has been played by active protest movement of believers, "who do not accept the new identification system for religiously motivated reasons." A popular movement that was supported by the Russian Orthodox Church.
This is reflected in the document “The position of the Church in connection with the development of technologies for recording and processing personal data”, adopted by the Bishops’ Council of the Russian Orthodox Church on February 4, 2013, and in the speech of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill in the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on January 22, 2015 within the framework of the III Christmas Parliamentary meetings, where it was stated about the need for an alternative for citizens who do not want to enter the new system of automatic identification and authentication. After that, the Government decided to “study the moods of citizens, especially those of the Orthodox faith, in order to take into account their wishes and suggestions...”
Earlier, literally a day before A.K. Volin, on December 29, 2016, in an interview with the RT TV channel, German Klimenko, Chairman of the Board of the Institute for the Development of the Internet, Advisor to the President of the Russian Federation, said: “Now we are working on creating a single register of citizens, with which all authorities will work. Everyone will receive their own e-passport with a unique number.”
According to him, electronic passports will make it possible to receive more public services online. “It saves both time and paper. I hope that this work will also be solved in 2017. The main question is which agency will maintain this register, or will a new structure be created. Today, each federal department maintains its own database of Russians," the presidential adviser noted at the time. However, Volin's official statement completely refuted Klymenko's words.
However, from February 1, 2017 Russia will issue electronic passports. According to Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of November 18, 2016 No. 1214 "On Amendments to the Regulations on the Passport of a Citizen of the Russian Federation", officials of multifunctional centers (MFCs) receive the authority to issue foreign biometric passports, otherwise - passports of a citizen of the Russian Federation, proving the identity of a citizen outside territory of Russia containing electronic media. Previously, MFCs could only accept applications from citizens, and the finished “document” must be received at the passport office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The construction of this information monster is the same gift to Russia's geopolitical opponents and their special services as the construction of the "Contingent" system. Here we are not even talking about the fact that “honest citizens have nothing to hide”, but about real threats to the national security of our country and the God-given freedom of every person. This anti-constitutional project, as well as the project to introduce an electronic "passport", contributes to the further involvement of the Russian Federation in the process of building a single supranational global network information society ( in fact - the kingdom of the antichrist), the destruction of state sovereignty and the transformation of every citizen into a controlled "bio-object".
This also includes Federal Law No. 290-FZ of July 3, 2016 “On Amendments to the Federal Law “On the Use of Cash Registers in Cash Payments and (or) Settlements Using Payment Cards” and certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation"
According to this law, from February 1, 2017 companies and individual entrepreneurs will have to switch to online cash registers (CCTs). The peculiarity of the new cash desks is that all information about purchases and sales will be transmitted via the Internet directly to the tax office.
It is easy to see that with a full transition to electronic non-cash payments using online cash registers, electronic cards and mobile applications for smartphones, the system will work in exactly the same way as described in the Revelation of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian.
All sellers and buyers using electronic means of trade and payment will be "under the hood". Each transaction will be automatically entered into the corresponding dossier file.
Over time, they plan to make the electronic "passport" a means of payment. It will combine the functions of an automatic electronic identification and identity authentication tool, and an "electronic wallet". Thus, the registry of all citizens, the passport and visa service and trade will be connected into a single electronic system. The long-standing dream of the “masters of money” who are preparing the arrival of the Antichrist will come true - it will be impossible to pass, drive, buy or sell without entering into the described system.
Not without reason, the outstanding Russian theologian, Professor Nikolai Nikanorovich Glubokovsky, notes that the forerunner of the Antichrist will act with the help of “a special demonic force that develops the intense activity of all seductive energy. And she achieved her goal of enslaving all mankind, for which she served as a reflection of the supreme, divine dominion. It is clear that everything created was represented as an instrument in the hands of the beast, and only those who belonged to him could enjoy the blessings of life. Therefore, it is testified that then “no one will be able to buy or sell, except for the one who has this mark - the name of the beast, or the number of his name”(Rev. 13:17).
At the same time, it is noteworthy that all this deadly tyranny is practiced to strengthen the usurping power, which reveals its actual supremacy, when everywhere and no one could slip past it, because it was necessary to certify their slavish commitment with a symbolic inscription ... It is impossible not to admit that everyone the foregoing seems extremely cunning in plan and no less ingenious in execution.
Professor N.N. Glubokovsky writes about verses 16-17 of the thirteenth chapter of Revelation: “A large number of diverse interpretations have been compiled, of which each is equally likely (for inventors) and doubtful (for readers). Meanwhile, the author (the holy Apostle John the Theologian) inspires with determination that his words provide everyone with the necessary explanation according to their perception. Consequently, the obligatory exegetical rule compels one to concentrate entirely on the most mysterious text and not to go beyond it into the dark realm of vague dreams.
Today, more than ever, it becomes obvious that the “name of the beast” is not the proper name of the “beast” itself, but the name that the “beast” gives to a person. This is the name that "the beast that comes out of the earth"(Rev. 13, 11) - the forerunner of the Antichrist gives "small and great, rich and poor, free and slaves" (Rev. 13, 16). The expression "or the number of his name" should be understood as a specification. Here is an indication that the name that the “beast” gives to a person is written as a number, that is, it is digital.
So, a person's personal identification code is the eternal digital name of a person as an element or "node" of the global digital network, which has the properties and functions of an apocalyptic "mark - the name of the beast", which is a means of depersonalization and automatic identification of a person.
Today, this code is already assigned to newborn babies, before they receive Christian names in Holy Baptism, and almost everyone else has long adopted digital names.
The assignment of a personal code to a person and the voluntary acceptance of it by a person is the basis for building the kingdom of Antichrist. The action of electronic "documents" and tags inseparable from the human body is also based on the use of a person's identification code.
Let us recall the Message of the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate dated December 29, 2003, which quite rightly noted: “The kingdom of Antichrist will not take place without an appropriate technical base with which he wants to achieve his goals ... The current process of codification of the civilian population directly concerns the political and economic activities of citizens. It takes root in forms that have a typological resemblance to the limitations of apocalyptic times.”
This has been discussed many times in my work. Detailed evidence is given in the article "The Name of the Beast" and the Eternal Destiny of Man.
Pay attention to one more important words of Nikolai Nikanorovich Glubokovsky: "only belonging to him (beast - auth.) could enjoy the blessings of life "and" when everywhere and no one could slip past her(usurper power - auth.), for it was necessary to certify one's slavish commitment with a symbolic inscription. Here is the answer to those who doubt that a person who voluntarily enters the system of the “new world order” of the Antichrist, participates in its construction (and in fact in the construction of the kingdom of the Antichrist), worships its owners and becomes its slave (later the slave of the Antichrist).
Therefore, everyone should ask themselves the question: “Isn’t my voluntary entry into this system a sin? This is my personal complicity in building the kingdom of Antichrist!”
After all, a lot depends on our will. Let us recall the words of the great Russian Orthodox thinker Lev Aleksandrovich Tikhomirov: “The Antichrist is always ready to appear as soon as the people themselves let him in. The present time, for example, has many signs of the end of the age, and those who warn us are right, morally right: “Children, the end times...”
These times are really the last ones, in fact, in terms of the tension of the power of evil and the weakening of people's striving for God. And are these “last” times in time, chronologically? It seems to me that it is impossible for me to know this, I think that if the free will of people would rise again: even if struck by the vile appearance of the abomination of desolation, and would rush again to God, then the Antichrist, who was already quite ready to enter our doors, would again be thrown into your abyss... to more favorable conditions. So, I think there is no deadline. They depend on us human beings on a free inclination towards good or evil, towards God or Satan.”
It is very sad when some armchair theologians declare about the introduced system: “This is the logic of scientific and technological development... We can’t do anything... We won’t stop it... Soon there will be no money!.. There will be cards, then chips ... A decree comes out ... Please, you can not comply with this decree. You won't be able to go to the store.
What are you? You have nothing!
And no one will give you anything... Why should we leave ourselves hungry!? What difference does it make where information about a person is recorded: in a paper document or in an implanted chip?
People who are not disposed to sacrifice do not understand that the time has come to choose between Christ and His enemy, the Antichrist. They begin to invent excuses for themselves, and those who warn them of danger are ridiculed, and sometimes insulted, without observing any decency. Absolutely unfounded statements and banal rudeness - that's all the "arguments" of the apologists for electronic personal identification.
A person who voluntarily enters into the so-called "new system of identification and authentication" not only participates in its construction. He must become one with her. Including spiritually.
He will be obliged to live according to the "rules of system behavior" and "laws of network logic", absolutely opposite to the commandments of the Holy Gospel. That is, the laws of the system, which are obligatory for execution, will become incompatible with the Christian way of life. Unfortunately, many people still don't understand this.
Thank God, while the builders of the global system being introduced in stages are far from getting everything that was planned. "extremely cunning in plan and no less inventive in execution." If only because it is not easy to solve issues with funding. There are many other problems as well. Moreover, the final commissioning of the Contingent system is scheduled for 2022, and the unified population register of the Russian Federation - for 2025.
Therefore, every vote "against" the implementation of these anti-human projects has weight in the eyes of God. The time for confession has already arrived! The merciful Lord can still and still push back times and dates, granting us time to repent and correct a sinful life.
Today we need to talk specifically about the need denunciations enslaving international agreements, according to which the atheistic plans of the globalists are being implemented in Russia, realizing "mystery of iniquity"(2 Thess. 2:7).
And the introduction of an alternative to the “new identification system” is already destroying the plans for the total “chipization of the entire country”, although the ideal option for the common good would be the Church’s statement about the inadmissibility of human participation in the implementation of the plans of the “world elite”, raising the throne for "son of perdition"(2 Thess. 2:3).
Valery Pavlovich Filimonov, Russian writer-hagiographer, academician of the Orthodox theological department of the Petrovsky Academy of Sciences and Arts, specialist in the field of cybernetics and control systems.
