Russia threatens to block popular VPN services

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Russia threatens to block popular VPN services

Comms watchdog wants to prevent website access.

Russia's communications watchdog threatened on Thursday to block access to popular VPN-services which allow users to gain access to websites which have been outlawed by Moscow. Russia has introduced tougher internet laws, requiring search engines to delete some results, messaging services to ...

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