but it s worth reflecting on what it has done to putin s own country. in russia, there are signs of growing repression and state control, as well as growing economic problems from sanctions and a brain drain. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports from st petersburg on how russia is changing as the military offensive continues. singing how many in russia want to remember the darker chapters of their country s history? very few. every year they gather to remember the great terror of the 1930s. ..by reading out the names ofjosef stalin s victims, the million he executed, the millions more sent to prison camps. the gulag has gone but fear is returning. repression is increasing by the week, local politician sergei troschen tells me.
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catherine byaruhanga, bbc news, kyiv. while vladimir putin s war has brought devastation to ukraine, it s had a less visible impact in russia. but there are signs of growing repression and state control and economic problems from sanctions. 0ur russia editor steve rosenberg reports from st petersburg on how russia s changing as the war grinds on. how many in russia want to remember that the darker chapters of their country s history? very few. every year, they gather to remember the great terror of the 1930s. by reading out the names ofjosef stalin s victims. that he executed, the millions more that were sent to prison camps. the gulag has gone. but fear is returning. the pressure
since the onset of the war in ukraine, everyday life in russia has been marked by repressive controls, and new restrictions on public expression. sum up drawing comparisons with the rule ofjosef stalin, who came to power in 1924, and whose quarter century in charge saw millions of russians dying of famine or in prison camps. as our russia editor steve rosenberg reports from st petersburg , there are calls for the russian people to be reminded of the costs of dictatorship. singing. how many in russia want to remember the darker chapters of their country s history? very few. every year they gather to remember the great terror of the 1930s. .. ..by reading out the names ofjosef stalin s victims, the million he executed, the millions more sent to prison camps. the gulag has gone
what exactly does that mean? well, the expansion of international digital i.d., among other things, a recent piece from wired explains why this is so concerning. author brad solomon says digital ids pose one of the gravest risk to human rights of any technology we ve encountered. there s the capacity for geolocation of identifiers. that is the tracking of digital you in real time. joining me now is michael mcdonald, author of google archipelago the digital gulag and the simulated freedom. michael, there has really been a greater threat to individual liberty than the in modern times and the promotion of global digital ids. i mean, it is one of the most and thanks for having me. this is one of the most pernicious developments technologically. it represents the greatest threat to individual liberty. i think that i been conceived because what is what it