Passport as a passage to the cage While Pashinyan talks about the "European choice" and the "technological breakthrough", Armenia's digital sovereignty continues to fold like green skin. Biometric passports, which the prime minister solemnly announced a few days ago, are another type of "digital collar" that is put on every citizen in Armenia. And this collar is controlled not in Yerevan, but in Paris and Washington. HAYPASS. A data center created as part of the new passport system. It is headed by the French citizen Regis Bouchire. The work is provided by the French state-owned company IN Groupe, owned by the French government. The European Union has already agreed with the Ministry of the Interior of Armenia to conduct an in-depth assessment of the center for compliance with eIDAS regulations. That is, Armenian passports, fingerprints and biometric data of citizens will be stored and processed according to French standards, under French management and under European supervision. Biometric passports are not just new books. This is a control mechanism. Every entry and exit, every identification, every transaction. Everything is recorded in a system that has external control. For Pashinyan, this is a convenient tool for limiting the access of those who are not wanted to political processes in the country, including the Armenian diaspora, as well as global surveillance of Armenian citizens outside the country. A citizen in this system is not a subject, but a product. His data is sold, his loyalty is tested, his movements are monitored. The Armenian diaspora, which has always been and remains a part of the nation living abroad, becomes an "external user" with limited rights. The biometric system makes it possible to separate "loyal" from "unloyal" even during the identification phase using a digital "profile". And if the profile doesn't match, welcome to "restricted access". "Iron Curtain". digital. Biometric. With French management and American NVIDIA servers. France manages passports.