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In Russia everyone has a social security number called SNILS. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNILS_(Russia)

So they have a number associated with their social safety net (ie: security), not a Social Security(tm) Number

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNILS_(Russia)

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