Alexei Volin, Deputy head of the Ministry of digital development, communications and mass communications, acknowledged to reporters that blocking Internet content is increasingly proves to be ineffective.
Wolin said: “We <…> believe that it’s outgoing nature, sooner or later they need to give, because more and more people bypass them without even noticing that they are dealing with technology that allows them to circumvent blocked content”. He acknowledged that China, by its example proved the ability to bypass any lock: “In China and Telegram, and WhatsApp, which is officially blocked here”.
We will remind, lock, Telegram in Russia, commenced on 16 April 2018 on the basis of a court decision handed down on April 13. In an attempt to limit Telegram, Roskomnadzor began to “beat the squares” at the peak of the number of blocked IP addresses reached about 18 million. However, access Telegram in Russia is still available to all who need it.