INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russian users are encountering issues accessing the Proton VPN service due to likely interference by Russian authorities and internet
social networks Instagram and Facebook in the early days of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine
Observers say the blocks were aimed at stifling anti-war dissent and enforcing the Kremlin's narrative of what it calls a "special military
users began reporting disruptions with Proton VPN earlier Wednesday.The GlobalCheck monitoring NGO reported 0% availability of the proton.me
The protonvpn.com domain name was available across all seven major Russian internet providers.Neither domain name appears on state
VPN services that allow Russian users to access blocked content.Roskomnadzor has blocked more than 65,000 websites, which are still
24 and Thursday, June 2.In March, Proton and two other VPN services announced they would give Russian users free access to independent news
service ProtonMail until it agreed to delete accounts that had been used to send fake, anonymous bomb threats.
