Leaked documents reveal details on Russia’s upcoming surveillance system

The Kremlin is spending millions of dollars on facial recognition-powered surveillance that can track its citizens. A new cache of leaked documents has now revealed the extent of involvement of biometrics companies such as NtechLab in the project and how the system will be managed.

The Russian government's 12 billion rouble (US$ 129.6 million) plan to create a nationwide system for storing and processing data from all surveillance cameras in Russian cities has been public for some time. In November …

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