The cost of a bank card with an electronic signature is expected to be 70 rubles higher than the cost of a standard bank card, Nashchyokin said.
Holders of the cards issued by the banks are expected to be able to pay taxes, fines, and make other payments, as well as to pay for government services available on the gosuslugi.ru Web site created under the e-government plan aimed at ensuring the availability of government services on the Internet, Nashchyokin said. The Russian government assigned Rostelecom as the sole contractor for the implementation of the e-government plan in August 2009.
The cards are also expected to be used as a means of identification and authorization of users on the Web site, Nashchyokin said.
Rostelecom has also reached preliminary agreements with a number of other banks, including Gazprombank, Bank Saint Petersburg, and Sobinbank, to issue such cards, Nashchyokin said, adding that any bank providing services to individual clients can join the project.
The e-government plan is part of a government program called Information Society, aimed at developing telecommunications and IT in Russia in 2011–2020 and approved by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in mid-November 2010.
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Quelle/Source: PRIME-TASS, 23.05.2011
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