The Ministry of Digital Development has decided to involve popular resources, marketplaces, banks, etc. in the fight against VPN use on the RuNet. According to RBC, at the end of March, a meeting was held with the heads of companies that own the largest Russian resources by MAU (Monthly Active Users), at which the head of the ministry, Maksut Shadayev, announced the need to restrict access to their platforms for users with VPNs enabled by April 15. VPN.
According to the source, representatives of more than 20 companies participated in the meeting, including Sberbank, Yandex, VK, Wildberries & Russ, Ozon, Gazprom-Media, Avito, X5, 2GIS, ivi, Wink, HeadHunter, Litres, CIAN, Lamoda, Magnit Market, VseInstrumenty.ru, Gismeteo, Rambler, Lemana Pro, Tutu, VkusVill, and Lenta.
They were given a guide describing how to identify and block VPNs, including those that Roskomnadzor had not previously identified or restricted. It is expected that these companies will subsequently be provided with a specific list of VPN IP addresses that, according to Roskomnadzor, do not comply with Russian law and are subject to blocking. If new VPN platforms are identified, they will be required to share information with Roskomnadzor, which will add them to the list of those subject to blocking.
A source reported that a government decree is expected to be issued by April 15th, which will monitor Russian services for VPN accessibility. "If a service is accessible, it will lose its IT accreditation, be removed from the whitelist (if it was included), and be removed from the list of software required to be pre-installed on Russian devices," the RBC source asserted.
It is expected that these restrictions will not apply to users with corporate VPNs that are not used to access restricted resources. However, since there is currently no clear and reliable technical method to reliably distinguish authorized corporate VPN traffic from other VPN traffic, there is a risk of false positives.
As part of the fight against the use of VPNs, the Ministry of Digital Development has issued instructions to the "big four" mobile operators to block The ability to top up an Apple ID from a mobile phone account to prevent VPN payments. The ministry also asked mobile operators to introduce a fee for consuming over 15 GB of international data per month by May 1. Furthermore, fines for using block circumvention tools are not ruled out in the future.
On March 31, Shadayev reported on the specialized channel "We are IT" in Max that the Ministry of Digital Development had been tasked with reducing VPN use in Russia. "The issue of introducing administrative liability for using VPN"This is a blunt decision that we categorically disapprove of. The measures being discussed today represent a difficult compromise. Of course, we understand all the consequences, but all the other options are far worse," he noted.
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