Russian Villagers Reject 'Satanic' Passports

More than a hundred residents of a Russian village have refused to switch to new passports because they believe the documents' bar codes contain satanic symbols.

"We believe these new passports are sinful", Valentina Yepifanova, an elderly resident of the village Bogolyubovo, told Russian television as she held her old passport which she said she wanted to keep.

"They have these bar codes and people say they contain three sixes. We are against that".

Some residents of Bogolyubovo, which means "God-loving" in Russian, have also stopped collecting their pensions at the local post office because the payment slips also have bar codes which they are afraid may contain the "mark of the devil".

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