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"A clear escalation in Russia’s crackdown on digital privacy tools" – experts warn against recent VPN disappearances in Russia
By Chiara Castro published
The VPN Guild is calling for international advocacy to hold tech platforms accountable

Samsung and Xiaomi remove AdGuard VPN from Russian app stores – here’s what we know so far
By Chiara Castro last updated
Samsung and Xiaomi join the list of Big Tech giants facilitating Russia's censorship, killing the AdGuard VPN app from their official app stores in the country.

Apple has removed yet another popular VPN app from its Russian App Store
By Chiara Castro published
NORSE Labs DVPN adds to the over 100 VPN apps currently unavailable in Russia's Apple App Store. Here's all you need to know.

Russia demands over 200 VPNs are removed from the Play Store – but Google is resisting
By Chiara Castro published
Unlike Apple, Google appears to have resisted most Russian VPN blocking requests so far, new research reveals. Here's what's at stake.

A new wave of blocks in Russia targets VPN apps and Cloudflare subnets
By Chiara Castro published
Google received at least 47 VPN removal request orders at the same time that Cloudflare subnets were also temorarily blocked. Here's what we know so far.

Google, Apple, and internet restriction – how Big Tech is making censorship "much worse" according to experts
By Chiara Castro published
While Google is somehow resisting some censorship requests, Apple keeps killing VPN apps upon Russia's orders. Here's all you need to know.

Russia blocks almost 200 VPN services, but the Kremlin still wants to use them
By Chiara Castro last updated
Breaking While the battle against VPNs in Russia intensified, the Kremlin has already spent about $145 million on government VPNs this year. Here's all you need to know.

Russia disconnects several regions from the global internet to test its sovereign net
By Chiara Castro published
Not even VPNs managed to help Russians bypass internet restrictions in what looks like a "new phase of online censorship" for the country.
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