Russia’s VPN Ban And How You Can Get Around It
What exactly is the Russian VPN ban? And are there ways to still use a virtual private network (VPN) in Russia? That might depend on the VPN provider one is using, keep on reading to get some answers.
What exactly is the Russian VPN ban? And are there ways to still use a virtual private network (VPN) in Russia? That might depend on the VPN provider one is using, keep on reading to get some answers.
It comes as no surprise that repressive countries like Russia, China, and Turkey are doing everything in their control to restrict online connectivity to a handful of government-sanctioned websites. Experts routinely cite many reasons for censorship, including a fear that government authority will be challenged by outside forces, fear that people will start thinking differently,…
Updated March 6, 2019 Russia is one of the countries where access to the internet is severely restricted. The lack of freedom has continued to deteriorate over the years with increased limits on content. VPNs are the recommended tool to restore internet freedom.
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Less than six months from now all Russian citizens who are using a messaging app will be required to reveal their real identity in order to be granted access to their app. Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian Prime Minister in early November 2018 signed a decree that only deepened the ongoing problem this country has with…
For many years now, Russia has been one of the countries that censor the free flow of information on the Internet. Virtual Private Networks have been the solution to the problem up until this point. However, more recently, the Russian government started a war on VPN providers by blocking a large portion of them. Nevertheless,…
Whether or not using a VPN is illegal for you depends entirely on where you’re based. For instance, someone living in the US has a completely different experience with VPNs to someone living in North Korea. The reasons countries ban or restrict them differ based on the state and its motives, but it’s likely attributed…
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Russia has been in the center of attention, once again, after the most recent events concerning their strict Internet censorship. The Russian news agency, TASS, at the beginning of this month, reported that Roskomnadzor (The Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media), or better known as Russia’s telecommunications watchdog, has banned…
Recently, Russia made another bold move towards censoring the internet by banning the use of messaging app, Telegram. Now, Russians are searching for ways to bypass this. But is this even possible, and if yes, how? One of the fundamental human rights is the right to privacy, and it should be respected and applied no…