Thanks for these articles, Edward. It is sad to see that Russia is now no different, fundamentally, from the West. It would have been good to imagine somewhere where real human life would be left to go on, hardships notwithstanding, even if one personally couldn't escape to it. But there's going to be nowhere. Having said that, both Russia and the US are very big, which I envy them insofar as it might be easier to hide for longer, maybe even until this grandiose project unravels.
Workers of the world unite. You have nothing to lose but your QR code.
Let's have a wider perspective on the issue at hand. Video surveillance is here to stay, that much is clear. While providing a valuable public service in fighting crime, it certainly harbors a lot of opportunities for abuse in curtailing people's freedoms - this doesn't need to be explained either, I think. Official population of Moscow is 12.5 million, with guest workers, visitors and tourists it is closer to 15 - 16 million depending on the season. I haven't been to Moscow since the Soviet times, but multiple reviews, both favorable and not so much, still confirm that Moscow today is one of the best run cities in Europe, especially considering its population size, the harsh climate and the geographic spread. The city is overall very clean, has good public transportation system and has a reputation for being safe. Does the existing video surveillance play a role in the city's safety? I think it does, though I'm not sure how much. If we look at the statistics, the number of homicides in Moscow per year peaked in 2002 at around 1500 and now it is less than 300, so police is probably doing there a better job and are using modern tools to both prevent the crimes and catch the criminals. Comparing to Chicago, a city in US comparable to Moscow in population and square mileage, there the homicide rate is about twice as high as in Moscow with lesser video surveillance penetration. Have I heard any stories about Moscow government using video surveillance for political suppression reasons? No, I didn't, though I'm sure that in Russia where to organize a legal political protest is almost impossible, they are actively capturing faces and storing them in databases of the activists that participate in "illegal" protests. So all these people are numbered and tagged, as they are in the West.
Now to the scope of use of video surveillance in Moscow. Is it the highest in the world? By far it is not, but, nonetheless, it is among the 10 most video surveilled cities in the world.
Based on the number of cameras per 1,000 people, these cities are the top 10 most surveilled in the world:
Cities of China* — 540m cameras to 1.46bn people = 372.8 cameras per 1,000 people
Indore, India – 200,600 cameras per 3,208,722 people = 62.52 cameras per 1,000 people
Hyderabad, India — 440,299 cameras for 10,534,418 people = 41.8 cameras per 1,000 people
Delhi, India — 436,600 cameras for 16,349,831 people = 26.7 cameras per 1,000 people
Chennai, India — 282,126 cameras for 11,503,293 people = 24.53 cameras per 1,000 people
Singapore, Singapore — 108,981 cameras for 6,039,577 people = 18.04 cameras per 1,000 people
Moscow, Russia — 213,000 cameras for 12,640,818 people = 16.85 cameras per 1,000 people
Baghdad, Iraq — 120,000 cameras for 7,511,920 people = 15.97 cameras per 1,000 people
London, England (UK)** — 127,373 cameras for 9,540,576 people = 13.35 cameras per 1,000 people
St. Petersburgh, Russia — 70,000 cameras for 5,535,556 people = 12.65 cameras per 1,000 people
Los Angeles, US — 34,959 cameras for 3,985,520 people = 8.77 cameras per 1,000 people
What can we conclude from all of that? Russia, and especially Moscow, is a city that follows all global trends, both the good ones and bad ones. Russian authorities are for Globalism minus LGBTQ+, though I'm not sure if this distinction will stay for too long if the current course is maintained. The opposition to sexual deviation there by authorities is used as a steam release valve in their populist games with the people. One thing that makes Russia more like the Global West vs. Global East, where India and China are the biggest parts, is that in Russia opposition to the sweeping digitization, including omnipresent video surveillance, is as strong as it is among the Western democracies.
I was in Moscow in July 2022 so I am sure my face was captured. So what? No big deal. The big deal was that less than 5 percent of people in Moscow were wearing a mask so I was happy to see 95 percent of Russian faces. And I felt safe in Moscow at night.
All big cities have cameras now to prevent crime. Face surveillance helps the Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) IMMEDIATELY identify evil people like Bogdan Tsiganenko and Natalya Vovk in the plot to murder INNOCENT Russian journalist Darya Dugina.
"But, but, but.... Russia's surveillance is good surveillance, they are out to catch NATO agents and other troublemakers, hooligans and nosy journalists and other social vermin. I'm glad they are looking out for .... us." :-) Thanks, Riley, can't wait for the apologetic brigade to come streaming in.
One step closer to Social Points system = Points for Obedience & Cooperation with your new SLAVE designation? LIABILITY for Vax makers - It's just Common Sense! Mick from Hooe (UK) Unjabbed to live longer and resist the tyrants.
The hotel and mall model go online everywhere, the resources, material, time, energy and investment built into this system must be insane. The internet of things....
Safe City, I'm sure I've heard this somewhere before... Oh right, they do the same thing in my own city and even use the same term for it.
https://suspilne.media/262138-kameri-sposterezenna-u-rivnomu-skilki-e-ta-aku-kilkist-matime-bezpecne-misto/
Thanks for these articles, Edward. It is sad to see that Russia is now no different, fundamentally, from the West. It would have been good to imagine somewhere where real human life would be left to go on, hardships notwithstanding, even if one personally couldn't escape to it. But there's going to be nowhere. Having said that, both Russia and the US are very big, which I envy them insofar as it might be easier to hide for longer, maybe even until this grandiose project unravels.
Workers of the world unite. You have nothing to lose but your QR code.
The things the people are willing to trade for a bit of perceived safety.
The war effort (against mankind) is all going forward as planned, then...
"...increased terrorist threat"
Typical globalist propaganda. If you read the books of Y. Harari, the propagandist of Klaus Schwab, he is always reminding the reader of the major threats that humanity is facing: climate change, terrorism and pandemics. And they are all fabricated by the Globalists. Those who are still unsure about terrorism can learn here (https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopolitica/esp_sociopol_muslimbrotherhood15a.htm#I.%20The%20Roots%20of%20Islamic%20Terrorism) how Islam has been hijacked and instrumentalized to bring about the Clash of Civilisations. This was first conceived by Bernard Lewis (https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/246212) and later propagandized by Samuel Huttington.
Let's have a wider perspective on the issue at hand. Video surveillance is here to stay, that much is clear. While providing a valuable public service in fighting crime, it certainly harbors a lot of opportunities for abuse in curtailing people's freedoms - this doesn't need to be explained either, I think. Official population of Moscow is 12.5 million, with guest workers, visitors and tourists it is closer to 15 - 16 million depending on the season. I haven't been to Moscow since the Soviet times, but multiple reviews, both favorable and not so much, still confirm that Moscow today is one of the best run cities in Europe, especially considering its population size, the harsh climate and the geographic spread. The city is overall very clean, has good public transportation system and has a reputation for being safe. Does the existing video surveillance play a role in the city's safety? I think it does, though I'm not sure how much. If we look at the statistics, the number of homicides in Moscow per year peaked in 2002 at around 1500 and now it is less than 300, so police is probably doing there a better job and are using modern tools to both prevent the crimes and catch the criminals. Comparing to Chicago, a city in US comparable to Moscow in population and square mileage, there the homicide rate is about twice as high as in Moscow with lesser video surveillance penetration. Have I heard any stories about Moscow government using video surveillance for political suppression reasons? No, I didn't, though I'm sure that in Russia where to organize a legal political protest is almost impossible, they are actively capturing faces and storing them in databases of the activists that participate in "illegal" protests. So all these people are numbered and tagged, as they are in the West.
Now to the scope of use of video surveillance in Moscow. Is it the highest in the world? By far it is not, but, nonetheless, it is among the 10 most video surveilled cities in the world.
Data below was taken from the following site: https://www.comparitech.com/vpn-privacy/the-worlds-most-surveilled-cities/
Based on the number of cameras per 1,000 people, these cities are the top 10 most surveilled in the world:
Cities of China* — 540m cameras to 1.46bn people = 372.8 cameras per 1,000 people
Indore, India – 200,600 cameras per 3,208,722 people = 62.52 cameras per 1,000 people
Hyderabad, India — 440,299 cameras for 10,534,418 people = 41.8 cameras per 1,000 people
Delhi, India — 436,600 cameras for 16,349,831 people = 26.7 cameras per 1,000 people
Chennai, India — 282,126 cameras for 11,503,293 people = 24.53 cameras per 1,000 people
Singapore, Singapore — 108,981 cameras for 6,039,577 people = 18.04 cameras per 1,000 people
Moscow, Russia — 213,000 cameras for 12,640,818 people = 16.85 cameras per 1,000 people
Baghdad, Iraq — 120,000 cameras for 7,511,920 people = 15.97 cameras per 1,000 people
London, England (UK)** — 127,373 cameras for 9,540,576 people = 13.35 cameras per 1,000 people
St. Petersburgh, Russia — 70,000 cameras for 5,535,556 people = 12.65 cameras per 1,000 people
Los Angeles, US — 34,959 cameras for 3,985,520 people = 8.77 cameras per 1,000 people
What can we conclude from all of that? Russia, and especially Moscow, is a city that follows all global trends, both the good ones and bad ones. Russian authorities are for Globalism minus LGBTQ+, though I'm not sure if this distinction will stay for too long if the current course is maintained. The opposition to sexual deviation there by authorities is used as a steam release valve in their populist games with the people. One thing that makes Russia more like the Global West vs. Global East, where India and China are the biggest parts, is that in Russia opposition to the sweeping digitization, including omnipresent video surveillance, is as strong as it is among the Western democracies.
I was in Moscow in July 2022 so I am sure my face was captured. So what? No big deal. The big deal was that less than 5 percent of people in Moscow were wearing a mask so I was happy to see 95 percent of Russian faces. And I felt safe in Moscow at night.
All big cities have cameras now to prevent crime. Face surveillance helps the Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) IMMEDIATELY identify evil people like Bogdan Tsiganenko and Natalya Vovk in the plot to murder INNOCENT Russian journalist Darya Dugina.
"But, but, but.... Russia's surveillance is good surveillance, they are out to catch NATO agents and other troublemakers, hooligans and nosy journalists and other social vermin. I'm glad they are looking out for .... us." :-) Thanks, Riley, can't wait for the apologetic brigade to come streaming in.
One step closer to Social Points system = Points for Obedience & Cooperation with your new SLAVE designation? LIABILITY for Vax makers - It's just Common Sense! Mick from Hooe (UK) Unjabbed to live longer and resist the tyrants.
The hotel and mall model go online everywhere, the resources, material, time, energy and investment built into this system must be insane. The internet of things....
https://rumble.com/v1qlqq5-human-bodies-scanned-at-airports-for-luciferase-proof-of-vaccination.html