Russia goes after VPNs as ‘great crackdown’ gathers pace

MOSCOW: Russia is going to further clamp down Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), which are used by millions of Russians to get around internet controls and censorship, ‌Russia’s digital ⁠minister ⁠said.

In what has been cast by diplomats as Russia’s “great crackdown”, the authorities have repeatedly blocked mobile internet and jammed major messenger services while giving sweeping powers to cut off mass communications.