The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs warned the public that it can no longer buy special matrix printers from foreign suppliers, and they are not produced in the aggressor country.
Due to Western sanctions, the delivery of foreign dot matrix printers used to print internal passports in Russia has been stopped. This was announced by Yuri Voynov, head of the Department of Information Technologies, Communications and Information Protection of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, according to the Russian edition of Vedomosti.
According to him, such equipment is not produced in Russia. And the department is currently unable to purchase new printers from abroad. As a result, the Ministry of Interior fears that in the future this will lead to problems with the issuance of internal passports.
“Dot-matrix printers are historically not produced in Russia. Given the imposition of new sanctions, theoretically we can’t even get new ones,” Voinov said.
He also said that the Ministry of Internal Affairs is ready to buy equipment from Russian developers if they can develop it in accordance with certain quality requirements.
“As a state institution, we cannot say: Here is the money in cash and you will give it to us after three years. [принтеры]. However, we are ready to say it openly with a guarantee: If you provide us with printers that meet clear and understandable requirements, then we will actually buy them and we are ready to order these volumes,” stressed Voinov.
Earlier, the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs bought the Japanese Epson and OK printers, as well as the Italian Olivetti.
Russian equipment purchased before the full-scale war will take about a year, after which there will be problems with issuing passports. But this also depends on the availability of spare parts and consumables.
Recall that the EU is preparing the ninth package of sanctions against Russia. According to Ursula von der Leyen, head of the European Commission, Europe will hit the Russian Federation at its most vulnerable points to stop the war in Ukraine.
On 23 November, the European Parliament recognized Russia as a sponsor of terrorism. Members of the European Parliament consider it necessary to develop substantial sanctions and create conditions for the international isolation of the aggressor.
Source: Focus
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