The share of Russians using VPN services has fallen to March-April 2022 levels, says Maksut Shadayev, head of the Ministry of Digital Development. Writes about this “Kommersant”.
Maksut ShadayevIt is claimed that this is “positive news” and that the VPN services themselves are “not taking root” in Russia. At least that’s what the head of the department says. The quote is given in its original version.
The news is actually positive that when we analyze the traffic of mobile operators, we see that the share of VPNs started to grow at one point, but has now returned to March-April levels. That is, in general, VPNs in the country have not yet taken root.
Similar services are used to access blocked resources such as Facebook and Instagram (both owned by Meta, which is recognized as an extremist organization in Russia and banned). And in the US, they have doubled funding for VPN developers, as the number of users from the Russian Federation has increased significantly. Indie developers create a brutal slasher with a sexy heroine
Source: VG Times