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ruslankhon Ask HN: Why so many sites block traffic from Russia?

No, Russian authorities blocked just few critical sites and they all are listed in special registry. Internet is more or less freely available in Russia. The only big things they blocked are YouTube, Instagram, Facebook. And some specific media in Russian. Media in English like WSJ, NYT are freely available.

I'm talking about Cloudflare settings or other blockers.

ruslankhon Ask HN: Why so many sites block traffic from Russia?

Great explanation, thanks! Speaking of government, the only critical things they blocked are YouTube, Instagram and Facebook. They also blocked some media in Russian, but they are basically propaganda just from other side. All media in English like NYT are freely available.

ruslankhon Ask HN: Why so many sites block traffic from Russia?

Sure, but that happens on personal blogs and small websites. And speaking of sanctions, why does Google work perfectly fine?