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In the Moscow metro, following Saint Petersburg and Ekaterinburg, checks of passengers’ mobile phones will begin, reported the publications Kommersant<\/span><\/span> and RBC<\/span><\/span>, citing the press service of the Moscow Metro<\/span><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The basis for these checks is an order from the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation<\/span><\/span> dated February 4, 2025, which stipulates that mobile phones, along with radio and TV equipment, photography and filming devices, personal computers, as well as audio-video technology, can be subject to control “by turning on the device and checking its operation”.<\/p>\n

Representatives of the metro clarified that the phones of Moscow passengers will be checked additionally to the already existing security measures. They reminded that the current measures include, among other things, control with the help of metal detector gates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the Moscow metro, following Saint Petersburg and Ekaterinburg, checks of passengers’ mobile phones will begin, reported the publications Kommersant and RBC, citing the press service of the Moscow Metro. 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