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Research

How the Allowlist Works When Mobile Internet Is Cut Off

Russian Mobile Operators Started Blocking Phone Calls

Apple and Google Delete VPNs at Roskomnadzor’s Request

Russia Pushes for Phone-Number Auth on Foreign Platforms

KakaoTalk and BiP Are Being Blocked in Russia

Why Blocked Services (WhatsApp, Signal) Occasionally Work Without a VPN in Russia

Russia Tries to Block the App Store. Here’s What We Found Out

Russia Began Blocking Access to Popular Online Game Servers

The Delta Chat Outage in Russia: A Symptom of a Broader Internet Censorship Trend

Russia Now Filters Traffic from Foreign SIM Cards

Russia Will Regulate AI Using “Traditional Values”. How?

The Government Wants to Require Users to Log In via Max Messenger and SMS. How to Avoid It?

Russian Authorities Plan to Restrict eSIMs. Evading the Restrictions

Russian Authorities Promote Their Own SSL Certificates. Here’s Why It’s Dangerous

Gmail Logins in Russia are Banned and Penalized, though Users Won’t be the Ones on the Hook

Russian State and Telecom Prepare Special VPN to Access Netflix and GitHub. What’s Wrong?

Telegram’s Block Bypass Mechanism is Becoming Increasingly Unresponsive for Russian Users

Developer Resources are Becoming Less Accessible in Russia. Reasons and Possible Responses

Roskomnadzor Demands IP Data from Telecom Operators. Methods and Possible Responses

Roskomnadzor Dreams of Blocking 92% of VPNs

Government Takes Control on the Hosting Providers

Moscow Goes Offline Before Victory Day: Methods, Impacts, and Responses

Russian Platforms Ordered to Restrict VPN Users

Russian ISPs Introduce “Censorship-as-a-Service” Opt-out Functionality

Russian Platforms’ War on VPN. How to Fight Back?

“Economic Containment Model” as a New Policy to Combat VPNs