Officials hailed Moscow’s massive facial-recognition camera network as a benign aid to residents that would enforce quarantine restrictions, catch criminals and even let them pay subway fares. Now it’s being deployed to crush dissent against President Vladimir Putin.
Bloomberg: In Moscow, big brother is watching and recognizing protesters
A woman walks past a surveillance camera and a mosaic depicting the Soviet State founder Vladimir Lenin at a metro station in Moscow on March 10, 2021.
