{"id":54365,"date":"2021-12-09T10:58:51","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T08:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=54365"},"modified":"2025-09-03T20:04:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T17:04:10","slug":"experts-say-tor-access-is-no-longer-blocked-in-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/experts-say-tor-access-is-no-longer-blocked-in-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Experts say Tor access is no longer blocked in Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Russia, access to the Tor network is no longer being restricted; only the main torproject.org site is blocked. This was reported by experts from Roskomsvoboda.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/telegram.org\/js\/telegram-widget.js?15\\\" data-telegram-post=\\\"rks_tech_talk\/331\\\" data-width=\\\"100%\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Since the beginning of December, when various experts <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/russia-begins-blocking-tor\">began to document<\/a> the Tor blockade in Russia, the number of connections to the network via bridges has surged. Over the past week, the number of daily connections through bridges exceeded 16,000, Russia accounted for 31% of bridge connections worldwide \u2014 the largest share among all countries, according to <a href=\\\"https:\/\/iz.ru\/1261545\/roman-kildiushkin\/tor-v-zakone-v-rf-rezko-vyroslo-chislo-serykh-podkliuchenii-k-darknetu\\\">\u00ab\u0418\u0437\u0432\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0438\u044f\u00bb<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Tor Project team, in response to the blocks, urged the creation and use of bridges. According to project representatives, residents of Russia account for 15% of all users.<\/p>\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\\\">\n<div class=\\\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\\\" >\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\" data-width=\\\"500\\\" data-dnt=\\\"true\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">Russians make up 15% of all Tor users\u2014our second largest user group. Despite an incredible recent boom in obs4 bridges, we need *many more* bridges to keep all Russian Tor users online, and it needs to happen fast.<br \/>Learn how to run a Tor Bridge \ud83c\udf09<a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/kvLC2RpBOG\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/kvLC2RpBOG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Tor Project (@torproject) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/torproject\/status\/1468304008158851076?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">December 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Earlier Roskomnadzor <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/roskomnadzor-threatens-tor-project-with-blocking-over-information-banned-in-russia\">blocked<\/a> the main torproject.org site due to information published there that was deemed illegal. The agency did not specify what information it considered illegal.<\/p>\n<p>Read ForkLog&#8217;s Bitcoin news on our Telegram \u2014 crypto news, prices and analytics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Russia, access to the Tor network is no longer being restricted; only the main torproject.org site is blocked. 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