Penza Oblast

And when the state builds a surveillance matrix, the Russian population in the provinces is already fighting back with their hands.

In the Penza region, 70-150 km southeast of Moscow, the authorities launched a pilot program to test workplace recruitment.

Police units and military commissars conducted aggressive raids on local enterprises, including a massive raid on a local sugar factory in the town of Bekovo.

The state attempted to disguise the operation as a routine sweep for migrant workers.