Irina Karabulatova is bedridden for long illness and infection Covid-19. A few days ago, this Russian nevertheless received two fines for non-compliance with the confinement in Moscow. She had downloaded the geolocation app to her son’s phone. First mistake. The second fine fell when her son walked away from home with the phone. Other Muscovites were punished for being transferred to the hospital or for not downloading the app. Some phones simply do not take this monitoring tool into account.
Over 2,500 complaints filed
By mid-May, more than 54,000 tickets had been issued for more than 216 million rubles (2.7 million euros). In total, more than 2,500 complaints were filed. The President of the Presidential Human Rights Council has called for a general amnesty. Refusal from Moscow City Hall: Some citizens have actually breached the containment repeatedly, putting others at risk.
The Interior Ministry has decided to abolish fines for victims of domestic violence who have left their home …
Another setback of the surveillance system: the 100,000 face-recognition cameras could not determine and therefore punish the residents who had moved away from their homes because many Russians do not live at their declared address. Opponent Alexei Navalny says he discovered that certain districts of central Moscow were completely devoid of cameras so as not to disturb the political leaders who live there …
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