The Law “On Communications” allows services to be provided only after the data of the subscriber has been verified. NeuroVision is built into the salon software, the dealer account and billing: a passport without manual entry and with a forgery check, the Ministry of Internal Affairs database, the register of controlled persons for foreigners, a corporate customer by INN.
Russian software register No. 19972 · 152‑FZ
All obligations are in one law, No. 126‑FZ “On Communications”. The subscriber’s data is verified first, then the service begins: if the data is not confirmed, the operator does not provide services for that number.
126‑FZ, Art. 44, para. 6; the Rules for the provision of telephone communication services, approved by Government Resolution of 30.12.2024 No. 1994.
126‑FZ, Art. 44, para. 6; Art. 44.2; Art. 45, para. 7.1.
126‑FZ, Art. 45.1 (law of 08.08.2024 No. 303‑FZ, from 1 January 2025); Art. 44, para. 1.1, sub-paras. 6–10.
The law is one, but the verification points differ: the counter of the operator’s own salon, a dealer’s sales outlet, an online eSIM order, a home internet contract, a corporate plan for a hundred SIM cards.
The verification method is chosen not by the salon but by the law: there are four, and each is either the operator’s request to a state system or confirmation by a trusted organisation. NeuroVision comes before them — so that the request carries the correct data from a genuine document.
Whichever method is used, the check is made before the service starts, and data on the contract and on the employee who drew it up goes to the state monitoring system (sub-para. 10 of para. 6 of Art. 44).
The data is confirmed by an organisation on presentation of an identity document. The list includes systemically important telecom companies, systemically significant banks, multifunctional centres (MFC) and operators that meet the criteria on revenue, regional coverage and headcount.
The subscriber’s data is checked against a confirmed account. For users of corporate SIM cards it is the only route: they are entered in ESIA and confirmed on Gosuslugi.
Confirmation by biometrics — in the Unified Biometric System under Art. 9 of Law No. 572‑FZ. For foreigners it is mandatory together with Gosuslugi.
A check against the information systems of state bodies — if the operator is connected to them through interdepartmental interaction.
Only with an enhanced qualified signature (QES), an unqualified signature in the state services infrastructure or a simple signature whose key was received in person — with identification through Gosuslugi and the Unified Biometric System. For a foreigner — not allowed.
The passport is photographed — the fields in the contract are filled without manual entry. Forgery, a photo of a screen and a pasted-in photo are flagged before the request. The validity of the passport against the Ministry of Internal Affairs database and the register of controlled persons — before the data is confirmed.
A salon or dealer employee photographs the document instead of retyping it. While the subscriber chooses a plan, NeuroVision checks the passport, and the operator sends the data for confirmation by a method under the law.
The employee photographs the passport with a tablet or a workstation camera. The fields arrive without manual entry: full name, date of birth, series and number, date of issue, issuing unit code and registration address. A foreign passport — in Latin letters, with the MRZ.
Anti-fraud flags a photo of a screen, a printout, a pasted-in photo and traces of editing. A Russian passport is checked for validity against the Ministry of Internal Affairs database, a foreigner — against the register of controlled persons. A corporate customer — by INN, their representative — in their own session.
The verified data goes into the contract and into the operator’s request: Gosuslugi, the Unified Biometric System, an organisation from the list or SMEV. The result of the check and the document number are saved in the session log.
Bank and Gosuslugi codes arrive through it, victims are called from it and accounts are registered with it. That is why the law checks not only the subscriber but also the employee who drew up the contract.
For a small payment a person registers SIM cards in their own name and hands them over. The limit of 20 numbers caps the scale, and a passport checked against the Ministry of Internal Affairs database shows that the document is genuine and valid.
Leaked data, a passport photo from a correspondence, an edited scan. Document anti-fraud flags a photo of a screen, a printout and a pasted-in photo before the data goes into the contract.
A dealer “completes” SIM cards using the passports of previous customers. The check results for each registration show where documents were photographed not from the original.
Dozens of SIM cards in one device pass fraudsters’ calls. A corporate contract with a shell company is a frequent source of such cards: the company is checked by INN before connection.
The order in which the operator and dealer connect a new subscriber. Each line shows who performs the step: NeuroVision, the operator itself or a state system.
Risk. An employee retypes Latin letters and mixes up characters — the data in the contract differs from ESIA, and the confirmation fails.
NeuroVision — recognises passports and ID cards of 195+ countries and territories, 16 000+ document types; the MRZ check digits are verified.
Operator — accepts the document in person only: a contract with a foreigner is not concluded over the internet.
Risk. Without a confirmed account and biometrics in the Unified Biometric System, a contract with a foreigner cannot be concluded — and old SIM cards had to be re-registered before 1 July 2025.
NeuroVision — flags traces of forgery in the document before the request; residence permits and temporary residence permits are added to the same session at 10 ₽.
Operator — confirms the data through ESIA and the Unified Biometric System in the procedure of the Ministry of Digital Development.
Risk. A foreigner’s SIM card is moved to another phone — by law, no service is then provided until the device identifier is entered in the contract.
NeuroVision — the document data is already in the contract, and when a new device is entered the subscriber does not fill in the form again.
Operator — enters the device identifier and changes it at the subscriber’s request.
Risk. A foreigner obtains numbers from different operators and through corporate contracts — the limit is counted across all of them.
NeuroVision — checks the foreigner against the Ministry of Internal Affairs register of controlled persons and the wanted list, at 5 ₽ per request.
Operator — checks the limit in the state monitoring system before the service starts.
The rules of Art. 45.1 do not apply to some foreigners — for example, to staff of diplomatic missions: the list is in para. 5 of the article. The draft of the third anti-fraud package (October 2026) proposes new restrictions for SIM cards — we will update this page when it becomes law.
A screenshot from a phone
A dealer accepts a “scan” from a messenger. Anti-fraud flags a photo of a screen, a printout and a pasted-in photo — a contract based on someone else’s picture will not go through.
Real data, a forged form
The number and full name are genuine, the form is not. The forgery check and the validity of the passport against the Ministry of Internal Affairs database come — before the request to confirm the data.
SIM cards on the passports of past customers
A sales outlet re-registers contracts on old passports. If every contract requires a new session with a photo of the document, a registration “from the database” without a session is visible.
A corporate contract for a gateway
The numbers are registered to a firm with a nominee director and blocked accounts. A check by INN shows this before the plan is connected.
A SIM card passes to a third party
A number may be transferred only to family members and close relatives. Re-registration — a new contract and a new check of the new subscriber’s document.
Art. 44
Data — before the service starts
The check at connection is not the last one. The document is needed again when the regulator asks to confirm data, when someone tries to reissue the number to another SIM card and when it passes to another person.
At the request of the authorised body the operator asks the subscriber within three days to confirm the data. The subscriber photographs the passport in the app — the fields are matched with the contract without a visit to the salon.
Reissuing a SIM card in someone else’s name is a way to intercept bank codes. A document with anti-fraud and Liveness before the replacement show that the number’s owner is in front of the camera, not a person with a copy of the passport.
The number passes to a relative or to the actual user of a liquidated company. A new subscriber — a new contract and a full check of their document.
A company asks for another hundred SIM cards. A repeat check by INN shows whether it has become inactive and whether the head has been changed to a nominee.
Each check is switched on separately — for the sales outlet and the risk. Payment is for completed requests; a check that lacked data is not charged. All database checks are in the general catalogue.
A subscriber at the counter
A passport without manual entry and a forgery check.
A Russian passport is recognised from a photo: the fields arrive as a JSON response to the platform.
from 16 ₽
Learn moreA foreign citizen's document is recognised from a photo; the name in Latin script is taken from the machine-readable zone.
from 16 ₽
Learn moreAn additional document is added to the same session: the fields arrive together with the main one.
10 ₽ per document
Learn moreA check that a live person is in front of the camera, and matching their face against the photo in the document.
from 29 ₽ per session
Learn moreBefore the contract
Passport, wanted list and foreigners in the Ministry of Internal Affairs register.
The authenticity and validity of a Russian passport through the interagency interaction system. It catches expired, replaced, lost and invalid documents and verifies that the passport was issued to this particular person.
5 ₽ / check
Learn moreA check on a foreign national against the register of controlled persons that the police have kept since February 2025: people who have lost the legal grounds to stay in Russia. Russian citizens do not need the check — by law they are not in the register.
5 ₽ / check
Learn moreA search of the federal database of people wanted by the police. Filtered by the full date of birth — results with no namesakes.
5 ₽ / check
Learn moreDetermining the tax number from the passport data. It unlocks the checks that need precise identification of the person — with no namesakes.
5 ₽ / check
Learn moreCorporate customer and dealer
By INN: unambiguous, no namesakes.
Status in the state registers, signs of a shell company, court cases and debts, the director and shareholders — in a single request.
on request
Learn moreA flag that the person is listed as a nominee or serial company director.
5 ₽ / check
Learn moreTax authority decisions suspending account operations: the date, the decision number and the reason for the freeze.
5 ₽ / check
Learn moreA history of disputes from the commercial court case file, bankruptcy cases included. Matching is done by tax number, so namesakes never reach the results.
5 ₽ / check
Learn moreDealers and large customers
Lists and sanctions by full name, date of birth and name.
Screening against the list of people involved in extremist activity or terrorism. A mandatory check under 115-FZ.
5 ₽ / check
Learn moreScreening against the consolidated lists of OFAC (USA), the European Union, the United Kingdom and the UN. Every match carries a similarity score and a flag if it was triggered by an alias.
5 ₽ / check
Learn moreA check against the Russian Ministry of Justice's foreign agents register. Its entries carry a date of birth and a tax number, so a match can be verified.
5 ₽ / check
Learn moreInternational screening against politically exposed persons and their associates, sanctions lists from more than 50 countries, regulatory actions and adverse media coverage. For Russian citizens it runs from the international passport or from the full name and date of birth.
36 ₽ / check
Learn moreA fixed price per check, with no subscription fee. A salon counter, an online eSIM order and a corporate contract are checked differently — you pay only for the steps you switch on.
A Russian passport or a foreigner’s document without manual entry, anti-fraud: screen photo, printout, pasted-in photo, editing. A residence permit or temporary residence permit in the same session — 10 ₽.
from 29 ₽ per session
Everything from “Document”, plus Liveness and matching the face against the photo in the document — for an online order, SIM delivery and SIM card replacement.
5 ₽ per check
Passport validity, the register of controlled persons and the wanted list of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, a nominee director, the Rosfinmonitoring list and sanctions — 5 ₽ each. A company by INN — priced individually, compliance screening — 36 ₽.
One session — one person: a company representative passes their own. The session price falls with volume: at 10 000 checks a year — 18 ₽ by the calculator, for a dealer network — an individual quote. A check that lacked data is not charged. Calculator on the pricing page.
The check is built in where the contract is already drawn up: in the salon’s sales software, the dealer account, the courier’s app and the subscriber’s personal account. Steps are switched on by scenario rules — the document always, the Ministry of Internal Affairs database for a Russian passport, the register — for a foreigner.
Payment for completed checks, the data retention period is set in the scenario, support through a ticket system.
An operator needs a check that does not hold the subscriber up at the counter, works the same way in its own salon and at a dealer, and leaves a trail that can be shown to the regulator.
The passport is recognised without manual entry and checked for forgery, a Russian passport — against the Ministry of Internal Affairs database, a foreigner — against the register of controlled persons, a corporate customer — by INN. All sales outlets work to one scenario, and the result of each check is saved.
There is no need to assemble a solution from several vendors and reconcile their responses.
A brief guide to the concepts found in the Law “On Communications” and in the Rules for the provision of telephone communication services.
The Unified Biometric System, passport forgeries, foreign documents and anti-fraud — in our blog.
To enter reliable data about the subscriber in the contract and verify it before the service starts (para. 6 of Art. 44 of the Law “On Communications”). If the data is not confirmed, no services are provided for that number. A dealer acting on behalf of the operator is responsible for the data in the same way, and the operator verifies that too.
Four: confirmation by an organisation from the Government list on presentation of a document, Gosuslugi (ESIA), the Unified Biometric System and the information systems of state bodies through SMEV. NeuroVision is the tool before them: it recognises the passport and checks it for forgery.
Yes, but only with an enhanced qualified signature, an unqualified signature in the state services infrastructure or a simple signature whose key was received in person — with identification through Gosuslugi and the Unified Biometric System. A contract with a foreigner is not concluded over the internet.
The law links confirmation of data by biometrics to the Unified Biometric System. NeuroVision Liveness is an anti-fraud check that a live person, not a photo or a screen, is in front of the camera; it does not replace the Unified Biometric System.
In person only: against an identity document, with confirmation of the data through Gosuslugi and the Unified Biometric System. The contract states the device identifier, and the number of numbers is no more than ten. NeuroVision recognises documents of 195+ countries and checks the foreigner against the Ministry of Internal Affairs register of controlled persons.
A citizen — no more than 20 across all operators together, corporate numbers included, a foreigner — no more than 10. The operator checks the limit in the state monitoring system, and the self-imposed ban on communication contracts — through Gosuslugi.
The company — by INN: status, signs of a shell company, nominee director, account blocks. The representative passes their own check with a passport. The company enters number users in Gosuslugi, they confirm the data themselves, and the operator checks them through SMEV.
All sales outlets work to one scenario: the passport is photographed, not retyped, and forgeries and screen photos are flagged before the contract. The check result and the document number are saved for each registration.
Web SDK for the dealer account and the subscriber’s personal account works in the tablet browser and in a WebView inside the app, and there is a REST API for CRM and billing. A unique link to the check can be sent to a dealer.
The image retention period is set in the scenario settings, and data can be deleted. Where the servers are located and how personal data is processed — is determined by the contract.
No. A The “Antifraud” state information system — a state system for exchanging information on fraudulent calls and transactions, to which operators and banks connect. Checking the subscriber when a contract is concluded — a separate obligation under Art. 44 of the Law “On Communications”.
A passport with anti-fraud — from 16 ₽ per session, with Liveness — from 29 ₽, Ministry of Internal Affairs database checks, nominee directors and blocks — 5 ₽ each, a company by INN — priced individually. There is no subscription fee. A test — in the test scenario of the personal account.
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