Overview
- The government’s second legislative package against fraud has been filed to the State Duma and its concept won support from the Federation Council’s Constitutional Committee, according to chairman Andrey Klishas.
- The draft details closer coordination between telecom operators and financial institutions and the use of the Anti‑Fraud state information system to detect suspicious patterns.
- It proposes extrajudicial blocking of phishing sites, malware‑distributing resources, and pages advertising uncertified communications devices to enable faster response.
- Telecom measures would let subscribers block incoming calls from foreign numbers, require operators to label international calls, localize virtual PBXs in Russia, tie user identification to ESIA, and cap virtual SIMs at 10 per person.
- Financial safeguards include limiting issuance to five payment cards per operator and no more than 20 in total per individual, with a separate provision envisaging children’s SIM cards for parental controls.