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The Guardian: ‘Cybergulag’ – Russia looks to surveillance technology to enforce lockdown

Published April 3, 2020 at 4:10 am

A man walks through the deserted Red square in Moscow on April 1, 2020, as the city is under lockdown to stop the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus.

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Russia is considering aggressive new surveillance methods as the country seeks to enforce mandatory shelter-in-place orders in cities including Moscow and St Petersburg and other regions across its 11 time zones.