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Heavy-censored region — most foreign services blocked via Roskomnadzor

🇷🇺 Russia

Russia runs one of the world's most aggressive internet-filtering regimes. Since 2022, Roskomnadzor has throttled or blocked Instagram, Facebook, X, and most Western media; ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and most other foreign AI services are also unreachable from Russian IPs without a proxy. Domestic services (Yandex, VK, Mail.ru, Sberbank, Wildberries, Avito) work at full speed. Telegram and WhatsApp remain technically accessible but are throttled. The reliable path is a foreign proxy exit paired with DNS-over-HTTPS to a non-Russian resolver.

Service reach

Domestic: Yandex, VK, Mail.ru, Sberbank, Tinkoff, Wildberries, Avito, Ozon, Kinopoisk, Rutube, Yandex Music, OK. Foreign via proxy: most AI (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Midjourney), Netflix, Spotify, YouTube, X (with VPN), GitHub (intermittent), Telegram (throttled). Binance.com works via TR/EU exits; OKX serves RU from EU-side infrastructure. Most EU/US SaaS requires a non-RU IP.

Best for

Limitations

  • Meta (Instagram, Facebook), X blocked at the network layer
  • ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Midjourney all blocked from RU IPs
  • Foreign payment cards (Visa/MC) don't work — only MIR, UnionPay, or domestic cards
  • Some foreign sites (GitHub, Reddit) are throttled not blocked

Pricing context

Foreign service pricing is irrelevant inside RU — payment rails are blocked. Domestic services are priced in RUB. Yandex Plus is ₽299/mo (~$3), very cheap. VK Music and OK are bundled with VK subscriptions. For RU-based users wanting global services, the only path is a non-RU payment card paired with a non-RU proxy exit — both are needed.

Proxy tip

Use a foreign exit — TR, NL, DE, or FI are good picks (low latency from RU + friendly to Russian-language content). Pair with DoH to Cloudflare or Quad9 to prevent DNS poisoning. Don't reuse the same exit across many sessions — RU ISPs log aggressively. For business use, route through a non-Russian VPS you control rather than a consumer VPN provider.

Russia — IPCombo