Importantly, Telegram users in Russia on the evening of April 16 began writing in channel comments and chats that the blocked messenger was working without a VPN for several hours. What this is connected to is unknown.
In particular, on this topic I mentioned Director of Industrial Relations at Yandex Ksenia Boletskaya: “It’s strange, but my shopping cart now works without a VPN, and even downloads videos.”
The channel “before everyone. Well almost,” referring to the subscribers, that Telegram started working with them without connecting to a proxy and turning on a VPN.
Medusa scan ShowTelegram works without VPN and Proxy for 6% of users. Meanwhile, for more than 60% of participants, the messenger works with a VPN and a proxy.
International research project registeredOn April 16, the messenger was available in 11% of cases, which is similar to the numbers for the previous four days.
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Roskomnadzor blocked Telegram in Russia in March. Before that, the ministry restricted the work of the most popular messenger in Russia for several months. Against this background, the authorities have intensified their campaign against VPNs.