[Zagadka]

Putin bans VPNs to stop Russians accessing prohibited websites
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-russi ... SKBN1AF0QI

MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin has signed a law that prohibits technology that provides access to websites banned in Russia, the government's website showed on Sunday.

The law, already approved by the Duma, the lower house of parliament, will ban the use of virtual private networks (VPNs) and other technologies, known as anonymizers, that allow people to surf the web anonymously. It comes into force on Nov. 1.

Leonid Levin, the head of Duma's information policy committee, has said the law is not intended to impose restrictions on law-abiding citizens but is meant only to block access to "unlawful content," RIA news agency said.

[Albert]

Man, this is sad, Russia is turning into authoritarian state once again. Communism was not enough, now we have bandits doing the same shit.

[MistyTiger]

That totally sucks! VPNs rock!

[Zagadka]

Only a matter of time until Europe does ,because that is totally the direction Europe is headed in. For different reasons, maybe, but the fist is the same.