Russian prime minister signs decree granting FSB remote access to taxi service records

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has signed a decree that will grant the Federal Security Service (FSB) 24-hour remote access to the databases of taxi service providers included in the government’s registry of “organizers of information dissemination” beginning on September 1.

Taxi services not included in the registry will be required to provide information requested by the FSB within 10 working days for ordinary requests and within three days for “urgent” requests.