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Major Russian mobile provider Beeline launches 'whitelist VPN' for Netflix and Spotify
Russian telecom giant Beeline has introduced a built-in "whitelist VPN," granting users direct access to Western streaming and gaming platforms that suspended their operations in the country.
Russia’s solution to its VPN crackdown breaking the internet? A state-owned VPN
The move comes as Roskomnadzor’s aggressive blocking of VPN services cuts off local IT specialists from essential international coding platforms
Apple pulls Russia's state-backed MAX app from App Store over sanctions compliance
Existing iOS users lose push notifications for incoming messages and calls after the super-app is delisted
Russian Roskomnadzor accused of launching active DDoS attacks on VPN services — here's what we know so far
Amnezia VPN reports an "unprecedented" cyberoffensive on its infrastructure, marking a highly aggressive shift in Russia's censorship tactics.
Russian hackers attack Europe for the Motherland in crypto fueled Great Patriotic Cyber War
NoName057(16) launched "Patriotic Online Games", calling all hackers to participate and get paid in crypto.
'The situation isn’t looking good' — Russia halts VPN fees, but the Kremlin's war against censorship circumvention tools doubles down
A new major wave of VPN blocks has left residents with very few means of going back online. Here's all we know.
Russian researcher claims state-backed MAX app secretly records users and monitors VPNs
MAX rejects the allegations, deeming the analysis "a fake," but a Russian digital rights group could also confirm most of the security claims. Here's how to stay safe.
Russia's censors want to block 92% of VPN apps by 2030
The Russian media regulator, Roskomnadzor, has set an ambitious and alarming goal: to block 92% of all Virtual Private Network (VPN) services operating within the country by 2030. Here's all we know.
Kasperky warns popular Daemon Tools app backdoored by hackers to target specific victims
A two-stage process targets government, science, and retail in Russia, Belarus, and Thailand.
Russia orders Apple and Google to remove Important Stories, an investigative media app that works without a VPN — leaving Russians without a key source for accessing uncensored news
Important Stories launched the IStories mobile app in February to make sure information would reach Russians despite widespread internet censorship and VPN restrictions.