According to her, the US understands that Russian passports do not have a so-called electronic strip from which biometric data on a person - that is, information about their height, iris, and fingerprints - can be read using a computer. “We will enter biometric parameters in our visas,” said S. Ebata live on Echo of Moscow radio station.
She said that the US is currently working with a number of international organizations “to encourage various countries to introduce identity documents in which such parameters could be read by machine.” “Of course, the decision on what passports to issue to its own citizens must be made by Russia independently,” stressed S. Ebata.