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Inside Moscow’s High-Tech Surveillance Turn

NYT World Monday 14 September 2026, 08:53 UTC By Ivan Nechepurenko, Rebecca Suner, Joey Sendaydiego and Coleman Lowndes 1 min read
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From facial-recognition payments at checkout to autonomous delivery robots on the sidewalks, Moscow is rapidly transforming into a high-tech city. But this seamless convenience comes at a cost: an expanding web of citizen surveillance. Our reporter Ivan Nechepurenko reports from Moscow.

From facial-recognition payments at checkout to autonomous delivery robots on the sidewalks, Moscow is rapidly transforming into a high-tech city. But this seamless convenience comes at a cost: an expanding web of citizen surveillance. Our reporter Ivan Nechepurenko reports from Moscow.
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