Russia expected to pass experimental law that tracks foreigners in Moscow via smartphones
Foreigners in Moscow will now be subject to a new experimental law that affords the state enhanced tracking mechanisms via a smartphone app.
The new law, announced by Vyacheslav Volodin, chairman of the State Duma – the lower house of the Russian Parliament – is pitched as a means to tackle migrant crime.
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