The digital noose tightens around Russia
The digital noose tightens around Russia
Your identity and civil privileges, all conveniently stored on a convenient app
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed into law the use of electronic military subpoenas, as well as the creation of a unified register of all those who qualify for service.
Under the newly approved legislation, anyone sent a summon via state services portal Gosuslugi—regardless of whether it is actually read—will be prevented from leaving the country until they report to an enlistment office.
Suspected draft dodgers can be barred from driving, buying or selling property, and taking out loans.
The law was blitzed through the Federal Assembly without any meaningful debate before landing on Putin’s desk. The State Duma unanimously passed the bill in under 30 minutes, despite the fact that the text wasn’t made available to lawmakers until shortly before the vote.
The “hasty, ill-conceived” law will lead to more “stupidity” and “social tension”, State Duma Deputy Nina Ostanina wrote in a recent op-ed:
[F]or the Ministry of Defense, [the draftee] is just a conscript, but for a mother it is a son, for a wife it is a husband, and for a child it is a father. […]
It is not clear to me what is being planned, and why it needs to be introduced now, because the constant failures of the state services portal indicate that this system is imperfect.
On April 14, Russia’s most popular military news portal, Topwar.ru, published a scathing op-ed about the new law, warning that it could open a Pandora’s Box of corruption, government incompetence, and social unrest:
[T]he law has two enemies: the constantly lying state and the self-preservation instinct of citizens.
Coincidentally, just days before the digital summonses law was ratified, Russians were informed that they could no longer delete Gosuslugi from their phones—purportedly to protect them from “hackers”.
The decision was eventually reversed after public outcry. Officials stressed the curious episode had nothing to do with the possibility of another wave of mobilization.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Digital Development has submitted a draft bill that will allow Russians to use Gosuslugi as a replacement for their domestic (paper) passports.
While not mandatory, Gosuslugi is used by the vast majority of Russians to carry out daily tasks that would otherwise be bogged down by horrific bureaucratic red tape.
You can even use Gosuslugi to make an appointment for a safe and effective genetic injection!
Again, just to reiterate: None of this is being forced on anyone—it’s just extremely convenient; it’s what people crave.
And now under this extremely convenient system you will be able to conveniently identify yourself and/or check at your convenience if you are allowed to leave the country, or sell your house.
The digital kill switch for dignity is already here. The future is now.
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Looking at the Ukraine SMO in light of Russia's continued march in lock-step with the global cattle tagging project, I'm reminded of this quote from 1984:
"In one combination or another, these three super-states are permanently at war, and have been so for the past twenty-five years. War, however, is no longer the desperate, annihilating struggle that it was in the early decades of the twentieth century. It is a warfare of limited aims between combatants who are unable to destroy one another, have no material cause for fighting and are not divided by any genuine ideological difference."
Don't worry. Russia still sells Ukraine diesel fuel so the glorious war can continue for the great 5d belt you on the road initiative.
Even Jimmy dore was perplexed why Russia sells Ukraine fuel.