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Rene Millman

Russian official admits completely banning VPNs is 'simply impossible'

Russia flag on the left, VPN icon on smarthpne on the right.
  • Head of Russia's Human Rights Council admits banning VPNs is "impossible"
  • Attempting to block all VPNs would disrupt businesses and banks
  • The official still condemned citizens using VPNs to access blocked media

A Kremlin official has publicly conceded that completely blocking Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) in Russia is "simply impossible" and admitted that doing so could catastrophically impact the country's digital infrastructure.

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