Companies working with VPN should contact RKN to remove blocking – Kommersant

To the Ministry of Digital Development reportedthat the malfunctions of VPN services that some companies may experience are associated with the blocking of prohibited resources. To remove the blocking, the Ministry of Digital Development advised contacting them and Roskomnadzor (RKN).

“Companies that use VPN services in their work for remote access of employees or for combining servers into one network may experience difficulties due to blocking of prohibited resources,” the Ministry of Digital Development said in a statement.

“VPN protocols may be subject to Roskomnadzor restrictions, but the blocking can be lifted if the service is needed for work purposes,” the department explained.

The Ministry of Digital Development explained that lists of companies are submitted to Roskomnadzor through the relevant departments, therefore, for example, in the case of telecom operators, you must first contact the Ministry of Digital Development.

Companies themselves can submit an application to unblock access, but this must later be confirmed by the relevant department. If, after contacting Roskomnadzor, problems with using VPN services remain, you need to contact the Ministry of Digital Development.

Previously Roskomnadzor reported about plans to independently block sites that contain information about methods and means of bypassing blocking in Russia. By data AppMagic, last year Russia ranked second in the world in terms of VPN downloads.

More details in the material “VPN threatened with restrictions”.

Anastasia Larina