Russia threatens to block popular VPN services to prevent website access

ronjor · Mar 28, 2019

March 28, 2019 Reporting by Anton Zverev. Writing by Andrey Kuzmin; Editing by Alexander Smith

The internet censor said that it had sent notifications to NordVPN, Hide My Ass!, Hola VPN, Openvpn, VyprVPN, ExpressVPN, TorGuard, IPVanish, Kaspersky Secure Connection and VPN Unlimited, giving them a month to reply.
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guest · Jun 7, 2019

Russia Plans to Block Major VPNs as Next Step in Closing Up Internet
June 7, 2019
https://gizmodo.com/russia-plans-to-block-major-vpns-as-next-step-in-closin-1835326332

In March, Russia’s telecommunications regulations agency Roscomnadzor told the top VPN providers to link their servers to the government-run IT system, which it uses to prevent people in the country from accessing banned sites.

TorrentFreak reports that since the notice went out, NordVPN explained it would not comply because the act would be a violation of customer service agreements. IPVanish, VPN Unlimited, VyprVPN, and OpenVPN also dismissed the censorship efforts.
Roscomnadzor chief Alexander Zharov told Russian outlet Interfax on Thursday that only Kaspersky connected to the state IT server.

“All the others did not answer, moreover, they wrote on their websites that they would not comply with Russian law,” Zharov told Interfax. “And the law says unequivocally if the company refuses to comply with the law—it should be blocked.”
Zharov said that Roscomnadzor plans to block the other VPN services within a month.

As TorrentFreak reports, this would mean that the non-complying VPN services would be put on Russia’s blacklist, so local ISPs would have to block consumers from the services, but it’s unclear if this would affect the VPN’s servers or their web presences.
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guest · Jun 18, 2021

Russia bans Opera VPN and VyprVPN, classifies them as threats
June 18 2021
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...a-vpn-and-vyprvpn-classifies-them-as-threats/

Roskomnadzor, Russia's telecommunications watchdog, has banned the use of Opera VPN and VyprVPN after classifying them as threats according to current Russian law.

"In accordance with the regulation on responding to threats to circumvent restrictions on access to child pornography, suicidal, pro-narcotic and other prohibited content, restrictions on the use of VPN services VyprVPN and Opera VPN will be introduced from June 17, 2021," the Roskomnadzor said.
The two VPN services were classified as threats based on regulations introduced by the Russian Federation Government with Decree No. 127 on February 12.
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VPNs asked to register their services with state authorities
This ban comes after Roskomnadzor informed ten VPN providers in March 2019 that they were required to connect their systems to the Russian State Information System (FGIS) to obstruct their users' access to blocked websites automatically.
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guest · Dec 6, 2021

Russian internet watchdog announces ban of six more VPN products
December 2, 2021

Russia’s internet watchdog, ‘Roskomnadzor’, has announced the ban of six more VPN products, bringing the total number to more than a dozen, shows a notification to companies in the country.

The latest services added to the list of banned VPN services are Betternet, Lantern, X-VPN, Cloudflare WARP, Tachyon VPN, PrivateTunnel.
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15 VPN services illegal in Russia
The agency sent a request to inform the Center for Monitoring and Control of the Public Communications Network about the removal of the above products from the systems of all registered Russian companies and public organizations.

With the new services on the list, the number of VPN services illegal in Russia rises to 15: [...}
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