Roskomnadzor reported to replenish the list of blocking VPN providers, whose activities are considered invalid due to providing the possibility of circumventing restricting access to the content recognized in the Russian Federation with unlawful. In addition to VYPRVPN and OperaVPN, the blocking will now spread to Hola VPN, ExpressVPN, Keepsolid VPN Unlimited, Nord VPN, Speedify VPN and IPVanish VPN, which in June received a warning with the requirement to connect to the State Information System (FGIS), but ignored it or refused to cooperate with Roskomnadzor.
I wonder what, unlike past blockages, “to exclude violations of software and applications that do not violate Russian legislation and using VPN services for technological purposes,” white lists “were formed. The white list for which the VPN lock should not be applied, more than 100 IP addresses belonging to 64 organizations using VPN to ensure their technological processes.