Foreigners in Moscow may be fingerprinted

October 20, 2011 | Science / Technology | Written by

Moscow, Oct 20 (IANS/RIA Novosti) All foreigners employed in Moscow will have their fingerprints taken if a joint proposal by the capital’s migration body and the interior ministry is adopted, a source said Thursday.

The proposal, which has been sent to Russia’s Federal Migration Service, would see the fingerprints of ‘foreigners and stateless people taken when they receive work permits’.

The source said the move had been backed by Moscow City Mayor Sergei Sobyanin.

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