Russian Justice Ministry Switches To Remote Registration Of Births, Deaths During Pandemic

Russian Justice Ministry Switches to Remote Registration of Births, Deaths During Pandemic

The Russian Justice Ministry said on Tuesday it was switching to remote recording of births and deaths amid the coronavirus pandemic and had already submitted a relevant bill to the government

MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 31st March, 2020) The Russian Justice Ministry said on Tuesday it was switching to remote recording of births and deaths amid the coronavirus pandemic and had already submitted a relevant bill to the government.

The remote registration is expected to be conducted through special online services, "Birth of a child" and "Death of a close person", without any need for people to pay personal visits to any agency.

The Justice Ministry said it had already submitted to the Russian government a draft Federal law on introducing amendments to the federal law on civil status acts.