Rosstat will not mind if the Russians in the census will call themselves elves or goblins, RIA Novosti reported. This was stated by Deputy Minister Pavel Smelov.
However, he asked citizens to treat the event seriously. According to him, these "jokers" the previous census was 1024 people in the whole country. Smelov noted that this figure is low for the 147 million inhabitants.
"If a person feels an elf, let it be an elf, said Smelov reporters. To fight we are not going". He added that the census impersonal, and the man, who called himself an elf, will also be taken into account in the statistics.
The Deputy head of Rosstat indicated that such phenomena could occur in the census in any country of the world and are not widespread. While Smelov emphasized that reliable data will enable the authorities to draw up plans for the development of territories.
All-Russia population census will be held in April 2021, but to work with hard-to-reach areas of the country, census takers will begin in October 2020. The census will be held in multichannel format.
Any Russian resident will be able to record yourself and your family independently on the portal and in the MFC. Home will go to 315 thousand scribes, and 45 thousand of field supervisors, which, in turn, will use electronic tablets.
