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Russian Upper House Approves Law On Biometric Passports With Fingerprints
Russian Federation passport 15:05 18/12/2013 MOSCOW, December 18 (RAPSI) – Russia’s Federation Council on Wednesday approved the law on issuing biometric foreign passports with fingerprints starting January 1, 2015. The law gives the federal executive authorities and their territorial branches, as well as diplomatic and consular missions, the right to collect and process additional biometric information of passport holders. Currently, Russian biometric foreign passports only contain one biometric parameter, a 3D photo. It is planned to collect fingerprints of all Russian nationals aged above 12 years. This information will be stored in the chip embedded in the passport to ensure maximum protection, reads the explanatory note to the bill. The goal is to simplify the authentication of passport data and to prevent, expose and preclude the use of passports for criminal purposes. The law is to become effective in Russia on January 1, 2015 and for diplomatic and consular missions outside Russia, as soon as they are equipped to issue the new passports, but no later than January 1, 2016.
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CaughtOnCamera: Newly Released Security Cam Video Shows Chelyabinsk Meteorite Impact
Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter Security camera video showing the impact of the largest piece of the Chelyabinsk meteorite striking Lake Chebarkul during the Feb. 15, 2013 Russian fireball. Credit: Nikolaj Mel’nikov. When I first watched this video of the half-ton Chelyabinsk meteorite crashing into Lake Chebarkul last Feb. 15 I didn’t see anything. But once you pay close attention, what you’ll see is nothing short of amazing. You’ll recall that a 20-foot (6 meter) hole appeared in the ice immediately after the fall. While no one witnessed the impact, a security camera caught the critical moment from the other side of the lake. The 20-foot (6-meter) hole punched through the ice on Chebarkul Lake by a large fragment of the Chelyabinsk meteorite. Credit: AP The video recently appeared in an online presentation by Peter Jenniskens , noted meteorite expert and senior research scientist at the SETI Institute. It was released as part of a paper and Powerpoint on the Chelyabinsk airburst. You can listen to Jenniskens’ presentation HERE . Frame grab from the video showing the breakdown of the impact and resulting ice and snow cloud. When you watch the video, focus your attention just to the left of what looks like an ice fishing shack at top center and use the handy frame grab above. In the slowed-down portion of the footage you’ll see a cloud of ice and snow blow up and quickly drift to the right […]
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Israeli Wireless Communication For Russian Safe City Video Surveillance Project
Radwin announced that its wireless broadband systems were deployed by the City of Nefteyugansk in Siberia, Russia for a major Safe City project. The RADWIN 5000 point-to-multipoint systems were chosen to provide real-time video transmission from high-definition video cameras installed throughout the city back to a central command center. Teleincom and ROILCOM, leading system integration […]