German Oskarovich Gref<\/strong> (Russian<\/a>: \u0413\u0435\u0440\u043c\u0430\u043d \u041e\u0441\u043a\u0430\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0447 \u0413\u0440\u0435\u0444, romanized<\/a>: <\/small>German Oskarovich Gref<\/em>; born February 8, 1964) is a Russian politician and banker. He was the Minister of Economics and Trade<\/a> of Russia from May 2000 to September 2007. He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation<\/a>.[1]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n He is the CEO and chairman of the executive board of Sberbank<\/a>, the largest Russian bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/German_Gref<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Of interest, Herman Gref is a member of the Board of Trustees at the World Economic Forum. For an interesting report on their UBS, see this post<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n https:\/\/edwardslavsquat.substack.com\/p\/russia-marches-forward-with-safe<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n By Edward Slavsquat<\/p>\n\n\n\n Despite vigorous protests from Klaus Schwab, the Russian government continues to wage an asymmetric shadow war against unsafe and inconvenient paper documents, which are being aggressively replaced with biometric data managed by a commercial enterprise.<\/a> Every day, Soros-financed paper suffers crushing defeats at the hands of Moscow, but you never hear about these game-changers because the corporate lamestream media is engaged in a cowardly conspiracy of silence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Speaking at a forum in Kazan at the end of August, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation and Chief of Staff of the Government Executive Office Dmitry Grigorenko<\/a> revealed the latest triumph of Russia\u2019s rapidly accelerating \u201cdigital transformation\u201d. As TASS reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Republic of Tatarstan has launched a test program for entry to schools using biometrics. At the moment, 20 schools in the region are participating in the pilot program, [Grigorenko] told reporters during the \u201cDevelopment of small towns and historical settlements\u201d forum.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Grigorenko, one of Russia\u2019s leading experts in the fields of safety and convenience, explained<\/a> the clear advantages of monitoring children with the assistance of biometrics:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Entry to school \u2018by face\u2019 is not only convenient, but also very safe. Because it is always clear who is entering, who is exiting, who is in school… After all, this is where our children spend their lives.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n There is no need for Chatham House-endorsed pearl-clutching, however. As Grigorenko emphasized, this harmless biometric test, which will definitely not be used as a template for the rollout of a nationwide biometrics program for primary schoolers, is completely voluntary, and will remain that way until the end of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Furthermore, children who voluntarily participate in this extremely temporary test program will be reassured to know that their soon-to-never-exist-again biometric ID will be based on (or will be integrated into?) Russia\u2019s Unified Biometric System (UBS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe system is based on the Unified Biometric System. This is a public informational platform through which various services are provided, such as contactless payment for purchases and public transportation, remote opening of businesses, accessing and using the government services portal, check-in at hotels without a passport, and a number of other functions,\u201d Grigorenko said<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To make matters even better, the UBS is operated by a commercial joint-stock company<\/a> that works day and night to protect Russians\u2019 biometric data from power-hungry, money-grubbing corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hopefully this will give worrywart Russian parents some peace of mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Of course, schools across Russia have been using<\/a> biometric ID systems to great effect for several years now. For example, here\u2019s a local media report<\/a> from November 2021 about the introduction of a biometric ID system at a school in Novokuznetsk, a city in Kemerovo Oblast in southwestern Siberia. They\u2019ve even got face diapers on, which were quite in vogue at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe normalization of cradle-to-grave digital control must begin with children<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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