Had a friend go drinking and driving...couldn't stop him. Told the bouncer to call the cops while he was wabbling away to get his car, several blocks off. Gave them the direction and dispcription of the car. Cops said they'd look into it. Thank God he made it back to the house without killing anyone, since the cops were to busy sitting in a next door parking lot eating donuts and talking (2 cop cars at that!).
I don't think a Russian has much legitimacy lecturing an Englishman about living in a 'Big Brother' society. I mean in Russia you have SORM2, which allows the FSB to read anyone's emails and see what websites they visit, all without a judicial warrant. It also allows them to scan all the emails being sent or received in Russia for keywords.
I suppose they have also started covertly compiling dossiers on the known political and economic characteristics of Russians, since that could be done automatically using a computer program. After all, this is the former KGB we're talking about and the President of Russia is a former KGB career officer. But like President Putin said its all just to fight terrorism and organised crime, it couldn't possibly be misused, even though there are no safeguards in place. Oh well, Stavka, you had better not say anything controversial. Who knows what list of subversives you might be put on.