---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 22:38:40 -0500 From: "R. A. Hettinga" To: Digital Bearer Settlement List , dcsb@ai.mit.edu, cryptography@wasabisystems.com, DIGSIG@LISTSERV.TEMPLE.EDU, cyberia-l@listserv.aol.com Subject: Russian Duma Adopts Law On Digital Signatures http://www.rferl.com/newsline/2001/12/1-RUS/rus-141201.asp DUMA ADOPTS LAW ON DIGITAL SIGNATURES The Duma adopted on final reading on 13 December the bill legalizing the use of electronic digital signatures and giving them the same status as conventional signatures, "Kommersant-Daily" reported. However, the bill recognizes the validation of digital signature only after an original document has first been signed with a conventional signature. According to Duma Committee for Taxes and Duties deputy head Ashot Egiazaryan, the bill is intended to speed up the work of Russian stock exchanges and, in general, to reduce expenses for mailing documents. VY -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation http://www.ibuc.com/ 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to majordomo@wasabisystems.com