Since 2012 Russia has used watchdog Roskomnadzor to monitor all Internet activity in the country and control what sites are accessible or blocked. Fortunately for citizens, VPNs have been helpful to circumvent these restrictions, allowing Internet without restriction. But that could change with Russia planning to block the VPN.
A Russian MP proposes to prohibit all tools circumvent restrictions in the country. The kind of sites that were the object censorship were not only acceptable sites that are related to terrorism and child abuse, but censorship extends to sites related to drugs and suicide. This kind of censorship cover a lot more harm than good and block people who manage to achieve with these questions. Sites that may contain materials copyright are usually blocked immediately for all torrent sites or file sharing are targeted regardless of content.
Russian MP Leonid Levin announced at a conference his plans to restrict all access to tools that allow the user to bypass, become anonymous or transfer illegally obtained media. This includes VPN and users of the Tor anonymity network. Levin says that by blocking access to these tools will reduce the access and distribution of illegal content citizens. Investigations show 150,000 citizens use the Tor network and up to 25% of Internet users use a VPN.
This is not the first time Russia tried to block the use of VPN but their last attempt in 2013 that came to nothing, there is concern that the law could come into force some point in the future. Until then, make sure you get the most out of using VPN to make sure to browse the internet safely and anonymously and circumventing censorship or restrictions in your country.
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