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Russian Minister of Communications and Mass Communications Nikolai Nikiforov at the press conference launching passports of Russian citizens using homemade chips at the Federal State Unitary Enterprise Goznak in Moscow.
- Categories: Science & Technology
- Location: Moscow, Russia
- Event date: 21.01.2013
- Date published: 21.01.2013
- Author: Grigory Sysoev
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 2832x4224px, 3.7Mb