Both yes and no.

During the time of the Gulags, there were two Russias.
The cities and the country.

Out in the country, there was nobody rounded up and sent to the Gulags.
In the country, you know everyone, you know when one is disappeared.
You can also talk to everyone and be on the same page.

Only in the city, where everyone is a faceless minion (the reason for masks) can people be disappeared without serious consequence.

As Solzhenitsyn said, if the Russian people, instead of going quietly instead waited with pokers and hatchets for the Gestapo. If when the police went out, they would not know if this would be their last night...

And the problem really isn't the camps, its the Woke citizenry.
Those who believe the masks, vaccines and all is for their benefit.
These people threaten your life and livelihood far worse than the Gestapo ever could.