Russia | Tor Blocking

Users and specialists have recorded the blocking of access to the Tor network in the Russian Federation.

Russia | Tor Blocking

Users and specialists have recorded the blocking of access to the Tor network in the Russian Federation.

According to the OONI Explorer service, problems with Tor operation in Russia began on December 2.

Vadim Misbakh-Soloviev, a technical expert from the public organization RosKomSvoboda, said that some providers or TSPU equipment in Moscow are blocking access to the "default" Tor servers.

It is unclear at this stage whether this blockade has anything to do with the RUNET project, where it is also noteworthy that as early as 2019 in the Russian Federation had a historic rate of TOR browser consumption, it can be said that Russia has set a record in this regard.