https://video.echelon.pl/videos/watch/6f00a98f-0809-4570-b49c-ff7b7bcfae16 On this episode of Eastern Express, the focus is on Russia becoming a surveillance state. Over the past decade, the Kremlin has combined sweeping laws, powerful monitoring technology and pressure on private companies to track communications, control the internet and identify dissent. And with the founder of the communicator app Telegram, Pavel Durov, denounced and targeted by the Kremlin, we look into how Russia’s surveillance state grew from an ambitious plan many dismissed as unworkable into a vast system reaching from private phones and messaging apps to the streets of occupied parts of Ukraine. 🔴 Watch our 24/7 livestream - https://youtube.com/live/9RY46AUtIl4 Bringing you all the latest daily news and updates, TVP World is Poland's first English-language channel where you can find world news as seen from the Polish perspective and the latest news from the CEE region. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram. https://tvpworld.com/ https://www.facebook.com/tvpworldcom https://twitter.com/TVPWorld_com https://www.instagram.com/tvp_world/ https://www.threads.net/@tvp_world https://bsky.app/profile/tvpworld.bsky.social https://www.tiktok.com/@tvpworld.com https://t.me/tvp_world #Putin #Russia #Kremlin Tue, 25 Aug 2026 14:36:08 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://video.echelon.pl https://video.echelon.pl/client/assets/images/icons/icon-1500x1500.png https://video.echelon.pl/videos/watch/6f00a98f-0809-4570-b49c-ff7b7bcfae16 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://video.echelon.pl/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.