Ministry of Justice will publish birthdates and identification numbers of individual ‘foreign agents’

The government of the Russian Federation confirmed a list of information about “foreign agents” that is now subject to publication on the Internet.

For individuals, the information includes:

• surname, given name, and patronymic (if applicable);
• date of birth;
• taxpayer identification number;
• SNILS (similar to a social security number);
• grounds for inclusion in the registry [of “foreign agents”];
• dates of inclusion in and removal from the registry.

For organizations, the list of public information includes taxpayer identification numbers and state registration numbers. For “foreign agents” functioning without forming a legally recognized organization, and for “other associations,” participants’ addresses and full names will become public.

Publication Sota noted that the Russian Ministry of Justice recently published draft versions of orders approving the procedure for maintaining registries of “foreign agents” and affiliated entities.

According to those documents, the registry will include personal data such as addresses and passport numbers. However, they do not suggest that this information will be public. The draft orders about “foreign agents” states that the range of information published on the Ministry of Justice website will be approved by government decree, and the document about affiliated entities states that “the registry’s information will be kept in places inaccessible to unauthorized parties.”

• In March, a law was passed on the creation of a single registry of “foreign agents” and “affiliated” entities. “Affiliates” include managers and employees (including former ones) of organizations named “foreign agents.”