The Russian Ministry of Digital Development has instructed hosting providers and internet resource operators to separate the IP addresses of sites included in the "whitelist" into distinct subnets. This measure is being implemented to ensure network security and restrict access to prohibited content. Currently, due to the shared nature of technical infrastructure, some illegal resources are inadvertently categorized alongside trusted sites.
Andrey Svintsov, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, emphasized that these changes do not imply a complete and simultaneous blocking of VPN services. According to him, the VPN technology itself is not banned in Russia. Individuals and legal entities have the right to establish and use VPN tunnels through their providers on a legal basis.
Experts note that the process of isolating "whitelisted" resources is technically complex and costly. Providers will have to manually migrate client IP addresses, which could lead to temporary technical glitches. The "whitelist" includes government service portals, major social networks, banking systems, and navigation services.
Authorities state that they will continue a systematic fight against VPN services. However, it is technologically difficult to completely eliminate VPN services, as developers are constantly adapting to new methods. Nevertheless, regulatory bodies will continue their work on identifying traffic and restricting the activities of illegal services.
