Kremlin's war on the global web turned VPNs into Russia's new national utility, study finds
- Russians consider VPNs an essential domestic utility, RKS Global says
- Community groups promoting shared use of VPNs are growing
- Users also rely on multiple VPNs to counter regular crackdowns
Russian citizens are increasingly viewing VPNs as a regular line item in their household bills as they create new forms of cooperation to counter censorship, a recent study by Eurasian digital rights organisation RKS Global has found.
Recent laws restricting internet freedoms, along with intensified crackdowns that recently disrupted dozens of circumvention tools, are turning the best VPNs into an essential domestic utility, as citizens treat their costs as essential as mobile internet and routine bills such as electricity and gas.
Against a backdrop of constant outages in Russia's mobile infrastructure — leaving the population in constant fear of unpredictable “digital darkness” — citizens are also banding together in solidarity groups to boost ways to circumvent the country's blocking measures.
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