Inside Safe City, Moscow's AI Surveillance Dystopia

Sergey Vyborov was on his way to the Moscow Metro's Aeroport station last September when police officers stopped him. The 49-year-old knew that taking the metro could spell trouble. During a protest against Russia's invasion of Ukraine, police had fingerprinted and photographed him. He'd already been detained four times in 2022. But he was rushing to his daughter's birthday, so he took a chance.