RUSSIA: Fingerprint The HIV+

A bill that mandates the fingerprinting of HIV+ people and those with other infectious diseases has been introduced in Russia's national legislature. Russian state news reports:

State Duma deputy Roman Khudyakov of the Liberal Democratic party told mass circulation daily Izvestia that he had prepared an amendment to the federal bill on fingerprinting to provide for a database of people carrying dangerous contagious diseases. This agency will collect medical records and make patients undergo fingerprinting. The information will then be collected in a special nationwide database. If the amendment is passed the new rules would apply to Russian citizens and foreigners who are visiting the country. Several federal ministries and agencies, including the Federal Migration Service, Interior Ministry, Emergencies Ministry and Prosecutor General’s Office have already approved the draft, the parliamentarian told the newspaper.

Under the proposed bill, those that refuse to be fingerprinted can fined 50,000 rubles. Foreigner who refuse to submit would be deported. (Via Towleroad)