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Russia’s crackdown on VPNs reaches new heights as internet restrictions intensify
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this post was submitted on 16 Mar 2026
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Can't you just use VPNs with wonky protocol that will not be noticed?
A lot of legitimate connections are affected. There is a whitelist of mostly useless services and Telegram users are being MAX-herded. There currently seems to be no VPN that works reliably, out of the box.
Russia got extremely good at deep packet inspection and determining all sorts of protocols.
Most existing protocols are now blocked for connections outside the country