Operator Rostelecom bought Sberbank's stake in a joint venture to develop the Unified Biometric System - Center of Identification Technologies LLC, which was established in April 2021. Earlier status of operator of GIS Unified Biometric System received Center of Biometric Technologies JSC, in which Rostelecom owns 49% and the state owns a share of 26%. Different variants of the joint venture were considered, but the optimal format was consolidation with the government, Rostelecom's press service clarified.