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ForkLog 8 10.02.2025

BestChange Cryptocurrency Aggregator Blocked in Russia

Roskomnadzor has restricted access to the website of the cryptocurrency exchange aggregator BestChange.ru within Russia. The service team reported this development. According to them, the aggregator continues to operate. Users have access to an official mirror and extensions for popular browsers. “The extension provides access to the main monitoring tools: it makes it easy to […]

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ForkLog 13 26.05.2022

U.S. State Department urges against disconnecting Russia from the Internet

The U.S. State Department says that access to the Internet must be preserved in Russia so that residents can receive independent information.

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ForkLog 9 24.12.2020

Fines for violations of the sovereign Runet law approved in first reading

On 24 December, the Russian State Duma, in the first reading, approved the bill establishing penalties for non-compliance with the so-called sovereign Runet isolation law.

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ForkLog 3 04.12.2020

Not Prohibited by Law: Why You Shouldn’t Abandon Crypto Services Over Blockades

In July 2020, the State Duma passed the Law on Digital Financial Assets (the DFA Law). The document brought cryptocurrencies into the legal framework, but Roskomnadzor continued to block sites with information about them.

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ForkLog 25 24.11.2020

Russia proposes fines for violations of the sovereign Runet law

The Russian State Duma introduced a bill on fines for telecom operators that did not install equipment to filter traffic under the so-called sovereign Runet law.

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ForkLog 7 16.11.2020

ECtHR Responds to Telegram Complaint Over Blocking in Russia

The European Court of Human Rights has responded to complaints by Telegram Messenger LLP and Telegram Messenger Inc., filed in 2018 and 2019 over a fine for refusing to provide FSB encryption keys and blocking of the messenger in Russia.

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ForkLog 4 09.10.2020

Roskomnadzor seeks information on Google’s Global Cache servers. Banning them would hit YouTube

Russian telecom operators have received letters from Roskomnadzor demanding information on whether they are connected to Google's Global Cache servers. The letters' authenticity has been confirmed by several large providers.

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ForkLog 11 25.09.2020

Opinion: Court ruling blocking Binance is legally unfounded

The prosecutor's office did not provide a clear explanation of why the information posted on Binance's website should be deemed prohibited, and acted unilaterally, which contradicts procedural norms. GMT Legal managing partner Andrey Tugarin told ForkLog.

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ForkLog 5 25.09.2020

Roskomnadzor informs Binance of its addition to the registry of banned websites

Binance, the cryptocurrency exchange, received a notification from Roskomnadzor about its inclusion in the registry of websites banned in Russia for information about selling cryptocurrencies.

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ForkLog 8 24.09.2020

Roskomnadzor blocks LocalBitcoins mirror site

On Thursday, 24 September, Russian users began reporting problems accessing the LocalBitcoins p2p platform mirror for buying and selling bitcoin.

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ForkLog 5 31.08.2020

Opinion: Data-centre accountability to Roskomnadzor is an excessive and dangerous demand

The Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media published a new draft bill obliging data-centre operators to transmit information about their equipment to Roskomnadzor.

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ForkLog 67 20.08.2020

Russian Prosecutor-General’s Office blocks two anonymous email services

The Russian Prosecutor-General's Office blocked the anonymous email services anonymousspeech.com and vistomail.com, which provide enhanced anonymity, according to RosKomSvoboda.

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