Moscow: Smart city or Big Brother?

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Moscow prides itself on being a ‘smart city’, access to free wifi all around the city, facial recognition cameras and traffic surveillance make it a comfortable, safe place for its citizens. But is there another side to this? Andrei Zakharov of BBC Russian explores if the smart city, can be turned into a Big Brother. Photo: CCTV cameras are seen on a lamp post in Moscow Credit: MAXIM ZMEYEV/AFP via Getty Images