OREANDA-NEWS Roskomnadzor plans to issue an order according to which, from March 1, 2024, all VPN services in Russia will be blocked. This was stated by a member of the Federation Council Artem Sheikin, his words are transmitted by RIA Novosti.

"From March 1, 2024, an order will come into force, according to which VPN services providing access to sites banned in Russia will be blocked by Roskomnadzor in all markets," the senator said. It is clarified that we are talking about the Google Play and AppStore app stores.

Sheikin added that the order, in particular, concerns those applications that allow using the Instagram social network in Russia (banned in the Russian Federation; owned by Meta Corporation, which is recognized as extremist in the Russian Federation and banned).

Earlier, the head of the Ministry of Finance Maksut Shadaev spoke about the responsibility for Russians for using VPN services. He said that Russia does not plan to punish citizens who use applications to bypass locks.

Before that, State Duma deputy Oleg Matveichev said that Roskomnadzor is trying to block all VPN services, because they bypass blocking and thereby help violate Russian law. At the same time, according to him, it is impossible to restrict access to all VPN services at once, because new ones are constantly appearing in app stores.