# Russia moves to give security services near-real-time access to citizens’ travel data

https://mins.news/en/item/23915

- Meduza, 2026-08-17 07:22 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/08/17/russia-moves-to-give-security-services-near-real-time-access-to-citizens-travel-data

> Russia’s Transport Ministry is proposing rules requiring carriers to transmit actual passenger travel data, not only planned trips, to a centralized state database. Airlines and railways would have 15 minutes after arrival to submit it, while other operators would have 30 minutes. Experts say the system would mainly support near-real-time tracking of people linked to criminal cases, including suspects, convicts, and witnesses.