If Mr Putin is assassinated as Mr Ponomarev suggests, who will take the former's place? Another despot? Did Stalin's, Mao's or Kim's deaths end dictatorship in their respective regimes?

Russian, Chinese and North Korean citizens are closely watched and identified. George Orwell's telescreen in his novel, 1984, has come to life especially in China.

The surveillance state seems to be rising in the USA. 😞